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1. 'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1865-66'
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- Abstract: Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1865-66.The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 7-30), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice; Court of Small Causes; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails‘REVENUE’ (ff 31-42), consisting of: Land Revenue; Alienated Revenue; Income Tax; Customs, Salt and Opium‘FINANCIAL’ (ff 43-50), consisting of: Finance; Mint; Paper Currency‘POLITICAL’ (ff 51-58), consisting of: Political; Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Kutch [also known as Kachchh]; Rewankanta [Rewa Kanthar]; Khadeish; Surat; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Persian Gulf‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 59-117), consisting of: Military Army; Ordance; Commissariat; Military Finance Offices; Civil Buildings; Public Improvements‘PUBLIC WORKS – RAILWAY’ (ff 118-134) consisting of: GIP [Great Indian Peninsular] Railway; BB and CI [Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian] Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Valley Survey; Indus Steam Flotilla‘MILITARY’ (ff 135-161)‘PENSIONERS’ COLONY AT CHALLISGAUM [Chalisgaon]’ (f 162)‘INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH’ (ff 163-251). This section gives details on the Mekran [Makran] Coast and Musandam telegraph station. This section also has appendices: A (letter from Colonel Frederic John Goldsmid, Director in Chief of Indo-European Telegraph, and a report by Major Smith on the Island of Angaum [Hengam]); B (a report by Colonel Goldsmid of his journey through Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Asia Minor [Turkey]); C (a letter from Colonel Goldsmid and reports by himself, Major Smith of the Royal Engineers, and Mr Johnstone, British Agent at Busrah [Basra], of the journey from Ispahan [Isfahan] to Gwadur [Gwadar] to survey the land for connecting the Persian [Iranian] and Mekran Coast land lines of the telegraph); and D (a letter from Colonel Goldsmid with enclosure proposing an alternative land line from Gwadur to join the main Persian line between Bushire [Bushehr] and Tehran).‘PUBLIC INSTRUCTION’ (ff 252-258)‘MEDICAL’ (ff 259-260)‘SURVEYS’ (ff 261-265), consisting of: Revenue Survey; Topographical Survey‘FORESTS’ (ff 266-268)‘EMIGRATION’ (f 269)‘MILLS’ (ff 270-272)‘MUNICIPAL’ (ff 273-275)‘ECCLESIASTICAL’ (ff 276-277)‘COTTON FRAUDS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 278-279)‘POPULATION, SIND’ (f 280)‘AGRICULTURE, SIND’ (f 281).A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-6. There are two maps relating to surveys of the Indo-European Telegraph line.Physical description: 1 item (278 folios)
2. 'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.'
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- Abstract: The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs other than those relating to the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan, and Persia' for the months of January to March 1905 inclusive (folios 4-17); memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to Arabia' for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 18-54); and memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to the North-East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China', for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 55-108). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.The combined 'other external affairs' reports (folios 4-17) relate to Arabia (Aden), Turkish Arabia, the Persian Gulf, China, Tibet, and Bhutan; the Arabia memoranda (folios 18-54) relate to Aden, Turkish Arabia, and the Persian Gulf; and the North-East Frontier etc. memoranda (folios 55-108) relate to Tibet, Bhutan, China, Siam [Thailand], Nepal, Burma, and Assam.Memoranda covering the Persian Gulf include intelligence reports concerning Maskat [Muscat], Koweit [Kuwait], Nejd [Najd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif [Al-Qatif], El Katr/Katar [Qatar], the Arab Coast, Musandim [Musandam], and the Pirate Coast.The memoranda relating to Arabia include references to the following subjects: political intelligence, tribal affairs, relations with the Ottoman Government, frontier settlement, pearl fisheries, quarantine, and slavery.The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-East Frontier of India cover a similar broad range of political and economic intelligence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 112; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. 'REPORT ON A TOUR IN TURKISH ARABIA AND KURDISTAN APRIL-MAY 1910 BY J. G. LORIMER, ESQ., C.I.E., I.C.S., British Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Baghdad.'
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- Abstract: Tour report written by John Gordon Lorimer from notes taken during his journey from 18 April to 22 May 1910. The report comprises information on topographical matters.The report is divided into sections describing each day's journey, giving start and end destinations, time travelled and topographical features of the route taken, including drawings on some entries. On days where travel was not undertaken the report describes an expedition to the Nasālah coal workings, hunting trips, visits to local religious sites and ruins, insights into local schooling and education, production of crude oil at Qaiyārah, and the distribution of Christian and Jewish populations in the areas travelled.The places visited on the journey included Khānaqīn, Zangābād [Jingābād], Salāhīyah [Şalāḩīyah], Tūz Khurmātu, Dāqūq, Kirkūk, Āltūn Kōprū [Āltūn Kūbrī], Arbīl [Erbil], Shaqlāwah, Bātās, Rowānduz [Ruwāndiz], Askhar, Kandīl Ferry [Qandīl], ‘Aqrah, Bardaresh, Mūsal [Mosul], Baghdād, Qaiyārah [Al Qayyārah], Khandīdah, Sharqāt, Sāmarra, ‘Ausajah, and Mallūh.The transliterations given are as they appear in the volume; modern day variants have been provided where necessary.Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla 1913.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 32; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
4. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Nov 3 1855’
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 September 1855, Numbers 52-54) and the Government of Bombay (3 October 1855, Numbers 60-61). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The section from the President in Council (folios 83-87r) discusses an attack on the Kokan Pass by the Aka Kheil [Aka Khel] of the Afreedees [Afridi], the departure of the Kokan Envoy from Peshawar, the progress of the Government of India's diplomatic mission to Ava, and provides updates from Afghanistan.The dispatches from Bombay (87v-92) discuss a proposal to withdraw troops from Turkish Arabia, arrangements for peace between the Oulaki and Foutheli, a proposal to send Indian Cavalry to Aden for policing purposes, the policy towards slave ships arriving at Aden, and the blockade of the coastline of the Habr Owel tribe for the alleged murder of officers of the Somali Expedition.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
5. 'Book No 197. Turkish Arabia, Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] & Miscellaneous'
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters sent and received by the Resident at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones and by Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Commanding Resident's Escort. Correspondents include the India Office in London, the Government of Bombay, H M Minister at the Court of Persia.The main subject is the construction of an overland telegraph line from Constantinople to Baghdad, to be extended to Karachi.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation is in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The numbering 1-58 covers all pages of writing.
6. 'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.'
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- Abstract: Memorandum, written by Richard William Brant and Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, Apr 1913 regarding navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum is divided into four parts:Historical Memorandum respecting the navigation of the Mesopotamian rivers. The memorandum describes the history of British relations with Turkish Arabia and the progress of their relations in order to determine the rights that Great Britain possesses which allow it to participate in the trade and navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum covers both the period where rights were acquired by the East India Company (1579-1859) and from 1860s onwards where rights and special privileges were acquired and maintained on behalf of the Tigris and Euphrates Steam Navigation Company (folios 8-66);British rights by treaty with regard to the navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates, which looks at the rights accrued by Great Britain through treaties with the Ottoman Government and through the Ottoman Empire's treaties with other nations (folios 67-70);Conclusions, which summarises the conclusions that can be drawn from the information provided in both the historical memorandum and the treaties sections (folios 71-74);Chronological Table covering the period 1759 to 1912, with annual entries from 1873 onwards (folios 75-119) ;Annex: Instances where the employment of British steamers in the navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates has been asserted or admitted to be limited by the Firmans of 1834 and 1841;Appendices: 34 items which are listed on folio 122, and include extracts and copies of Treaties, Firmans, Memorandum, Circulars and other relevant documents covering the period 1718 to 1912.Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso). An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 4-139; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
7. ‘Permission granted to Nuwab Moomtaz-ood-Dowlah and his consort to proceed on a pilgrimage to the Shrines in Turkish Arabia.-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Foreign Letter from Fort William [Government of India] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 15 February 1856.The item relates to two petitions addressed to the Governor-General of India from Nawab Moontazood Dowlah Hoosein Alee Khan Bahadoor [Nawwāb Ḥusayn ‘Alī Khān Bahādur, Muntazid al-Dawlah] and Nawab Zeenutoonissa Begum [Nawwāb Zinat al-Nisā’ Begum], requesting permission to visit the shrines in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and to draw their pensions from the Bagdad [Baghdad] Political Agency. The petitions are forwarded to the Governor-General via Major-General J Outram, Resident at Lucknow, who also provides details of the pensions, who the petitioners are and why they are entitled to the pensions.The item also contains the response from the Government of India to Outram.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'India Political Department', Draft Number '71 [18]57', 'Collection No. 21', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '45' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '21'. Similarly, the reference department was noted as 'Fort William Foreign' but this has been crossed out and replaced with 'India Political'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 756, and terminates at f 761, 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.
8. Affairs in Turkish Arabia
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 25 September 1844.The enclosures consist of a ‘Memorandum on the Perso [Iranian]: Turkish frontiers, as defined in the treaty of 1639 between Sultan Murad 4 [Murād IV] and Shah Saffer [Shāh Safī]’, dated 7 July 1844, by the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia.Physical description: 1 item (30 folios)
9. Affairs in Turkish Arabia
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 28 February-17 May 1844.The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], particularly in relation to the situation along the border with Persia [Iran], including:A clash at Khanaikeen [Khanaqin] between Turkish residents and a group of Persian refugees, which was settled without loss of life or major property damageAttempts to resolve a dispute between Nejib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā], Ottoman Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], and Ahmed Pasha [Aḥmad Pāshā Bābān], Kurdish Chief of Suliemanieh [Sulaymaniyah]The elevation of the position of British Consul, Bagdad, to the level of Consul GeneralPersecution of Christians in Jezireh [Al Jazirah], including the murder of the Jacobite Primate of Jebel Tor [Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin]A potential rebellion at Mohemerah [Khorramshahr] that was subdued by the Persian Governor of Khuzistan [Khuzestan].The correspondents are: the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; and HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.Physical description: 1 item (31 folios)
10. Reports on Turkish Arabia
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871.The papers consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Consul General at Baghdad, and Political Agent in Turkish Arabia. The reports include: the Turkish occupation of El-Hasa [Al Hasa]; the revolt of the Shammar Arabs; and a memorandum of deaths from cholera at Baghdad and Kerbella [Karbala].The Enclosures are dated 1-3 August 1871.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
11. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 40 of 1850, dated 25 July 1850. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 15 June 1850.They consist of correspondence relating to military operations by the Turkish authorities at Sulmanieh [As Sulaymaniyah] in the Kurdish mountains in connection with a rebellion by the Jaaf [Jaf] tribe.Correspondents include: the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] (Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball); HM Ambassador to Constantinople [Istanbul]; and HM Envoy at Tehran.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
12. Turkish Arabia and Aden Affairs
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- 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 28 of 1840, dated 23 May 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-128 and are dated 4 March -23 May 1840. A note in black ink states that ‘Enclosure numbers to Secret Letter from Bombay No. 28, dated 23rd May 1840, are missing from the Collection below, viz:- 3-4, 6, 8, 10-11, 38, 57 & 118’.The enclosures 13-33 contain correspondence on the Euphrates flotilla led by Lieutenant Lynch, as well as arrangements for the transport of boiler makers from the Gulf in the Clive. Also discussed are the arrangements for the detention of Hyder Khan [Ḥaydar Khān] (son of Sirdar Dostallah Khan [Sirdār Dūst Allāh Khān]) Governor of Ghuznee [Ghazni] in Afghanistan. Enclosures 123-126 discuss arrangments for the stationing of an armed vessel in the Red Sea during the monsoon and military supplies from Aden.Correspondents include: the Secret Committee; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Officer Commanding the Force at Aden; and the Political Agent at Aden. Other enclosures (1-12, 47-123 except the missing enclosures noted above) contain correspondence on matters relating to Scinde [Sindh].Physical description: 1 item (526 folios)
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