The Steam Ship Nitocrison the Rivers of Mesopotamia
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- The Steam Ship Nitocrison the Rivers of Mesopotamia
- Creator:
- Author: President and Governor of Bombay in Council
- Date:
- 1848/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 102 of 1848, dated 30 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-36 and are dated 13 January to 23 December 1848. They mostly consist of copies of correspondence, and minutes by the Governor of Bombay, regarding the East India Company's steam ship Nitocrison the rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq].The enclosures discuss matters including:An application from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia for sanction to purchase a supply of two hundred tons of coal for the use of the Nitocris, which was about to be despatched from England to Bussorah [Basra]The views of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy on the inexpediency of allowing Commander James Felix Jones to be absent from the Nitocrisfor the purpose of conducting surveys in Mesopotamia and adjacent areasThe grant of a superior command allowance to Commander Jones of the Nitocriswhile employed on the rivers of MesopotamiaThe continuance of the allowance of one hundred rupees per month granted to Commander Jones, for defraying the expenses incurred in making presents to Arab Chiefs.The main correspondents are as follows: the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Arthur Malet); the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia (Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (Commodore Sir Robert Oliver); the Secretary to the Government of India (Henry Miers Elliot); and the Military Auditor General, Bombay (Lieutenant Colonel George Moore).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatches, numbered 1-36, on folios 320-324. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- James Felix Jones
Nitocris - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000009_ar
81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000009_en
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 319-374
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 319-374