‘Turkish Arabia – Cholera – prevalence of – on the banks of the River “Tigris” – Vol: 1’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Turkish Arabia – Cholera – prevalence of – on the banks of the River “Tigris” – Vol: 1’
- Date:
- 1846/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]. It is the first in a series of two items on cholera at Bagdad [Baghdad] (the other is IOR/F/4/2180/106054).The item concerns the outbreak of cholera in Bagdad and the surrounding area, where it is estimated that 30,000 people died during October 1846.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 9, Collection No 1 of No 136’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 862, and terminates at f 867, 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:
- Cholera
- Geographic region:
- Bagdad
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098463804.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098463804.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2180/106053
IOR/F/4/2180/106053