‘Bussorah. Report by Mr Taylor the Honble. Company’s Agent at Bussorah upon the trade of that place.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Bussorah. Report by Mr Taylor the Honble. Company’s Agent at Bussorah upon the trade of that place.’
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 19 July 1853. The enclosures are dated 1 February 1853-9 July 1853.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and John George Taylor, the Company’s Agent and HM Vice Consul at Busreh [Basra, also rendered as Bussorah in the item].The item concerns a report on the trade of Busreh produced by Taylor. A copy of the report, which covers a period from 1 September 1851 to 31 August 1852, is included (ff 184-208). The report contains a number of tables providing: details of the value and types of imports and exports, as well as their origins and destinations; details of the prices of various goods in local markets; and the income and expenditure of the Busreh government.The item contains a table of contents (f 182), and the title page (f 181) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 75 of 1853’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘1’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘6’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 181 and terminates at f 211, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade statistics
Reports - Geographic region:
- Busreh
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100149251889.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100149251889.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149179
IOR/F/4/2550/149179