Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] Affairs

Title:

Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] Affairs

Date:

1843/1843

Description:

Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 91 of 1843, dated 26 December 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-29 and are dated 2 March-26 December 1843. On folio 85 a note in black ink, states that ‘Enclosures in Bombay Secret Letter Number No. 90, dated 1st December 1843 are missing from this Collection.’The papers relate to the Euphrates flotilla. The enclosures contain correspondence from the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Secretary with the Governor of India and replies to these letters from the Secret Committee including:The dates it was operating and the resulting reportDiscussions of the salary allowance for Commander Henry Blosse Lynch and Lieutenant Charles Dugald Campbell, specifically the amount of ‘command allowance’ for Campbell when he was in charge of the Euphrates Flotilla after Lynch had proceeded to England on ‘sick certificate’Compilation of river charts and a memoir of the expedition for the Geographical Society of Bombay.Other correspondents include the Chief Engineer, Government of Bombay, and the Military Auditor General, Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (61 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Euphrates Expedition (1835-1837)
Naval intelligence
Expenses

Geographic region:

Euphrates River

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100153828240.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100153828240.0x000005_en
IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 84-144
IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 84-144

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