Turkish Arabia Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Turkish Arabia 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 95 of 1843, dated 30 December 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 25 November to 29 December 1843.The correspondence relates to affairs in the vicinity of Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] including:The subjugation of the Nestorian Christians and razing of villages and churches by the combined chiefs of Coordistan [Kurdistan also spelled Khoordistan in this item].The Patriarch Mar Shemon [Shimun XVII Abraham] taking refuge in the British Vice-Consulate Mosul while his mother is executed and her corpse thrown into the River Zab.The main correspondent is the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia.Physical description: 1 item (18 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political intelligence
Religious minorities
Religious discrimination - Geographic region:
- Turkish Arabia
Coordistan - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100153828240.0x000006_ar
81055/vdc_100153828240.0x000006_en
IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 299-316
IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 299-316