‘Expense of presents incurred by Mr Rich the Resident at Bagdad’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Expense of presents incurred by Mr Rich the Resident at Bagdad’
- Date:
- 1809/1813
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It concerns the amount spent on presents by the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, and includes a statement showing this expenditure since 1798, along with instructions from the Government of Bombay to Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad, to reduce the amount being spent. The item also includes a letter from the Government of Bombay in 1809 instructing Samuel Manesty, the Resident at Bussora [Basra], to limit his spending on presents, and instructions directed to the Bussora Residency in 1812 repeating those given to Rich.The title page (f 266) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 37, Season 1814/15, Draft 20’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, November 1813’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 266, and terminates at 274, 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:
- Expenses
Assistant to the Resident, Bussora
Resident, Bussora
Resident, Baghdad - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003ad_ar
81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003ad_en
IOR/F/4/418/10306
IOR/F/4/418/10306