‘Instructions for the guidance of Mr Manesty’s conduct in the event of hostilities between Great Britain and the Ottoman Porte.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Instructions for the guidance of Mr Manesty’s conduct in the event of hostilities between Great Britain and the Ottoman Porte.’
- Date:
- 1807/1808
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay.The primary subjects are:• The outbreak of war between Britain and the Ottoman Empire, and the implications for Britain’s relations with the Pashalik of Baghdad• The measures put in place for the protection of British subjects and property in Bussora [Basra] and Baghdad, in particular the stationing of British vessels in the Gulf and on the Bussora River [Shatt al-Arab], including the HMS Foxunder the command of Captain Archibald Cochrane• Manesty’s efforts to find a suitable place for an encampment outside of Bussora, and his meeting with the Chaub Sheik [Sheikh of the Bani Ka’ab]• Complaints that the Pacha of Baghdad is withholding mail sent from Britain that was to be forwarded to India.The primary correspondents are: Sir George Hilaro Barlow, the Governor-General of Bengal; Thomas Brown, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal; Francis Warden, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora; and John Hine, Acting Resident at Baghdad.The title page (f 264) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 12, Season 1808/09, Draft 178, Para. 55’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, July & August 1808’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 264, and terminates at f 302, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Anglo-Turkish War (1807-1809)
Governor of Baghdad - Geographic region:
- Bussora
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001688.0x000246_ar
81055/vdc_100000001688.0x000246_en
IOR/F/4/258/5653
IOR/F/4/258/5653