Affairs in Bussorah
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Affairs in Bussorah
- Date:
- 1846/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 21 of 1846, dated 14 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to: the murder of an Arab villager of Bussorah [Basra] by a British seaman; assessment of the risk of exiled Qajar [Qājār] princes inciting rebellions through partisan factions at the Court of Persia [Iran] and beyond; and the imposition by the Ottoman Governor of Bussorah of ad valorem taxes on Persian Shia [Shīʿah] pilgrims visiting the town of Kerbella [Karbala] and those journeying onto Mecca. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 16-18). Correspondence from Her Majesty’s Consul General in Bagdad [Baghdad] addressed to the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq].Physical description: 1 item (39 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Rebellions
Taxation
Pilgrims
Qājār Dynasty (Family) - Geographic region:
- Kerbella
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100152739553.0x000010_ar
81055/vdc_100152739553.0x000010_en
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 16-54
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 16-54