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.
Abstract: The Memoir, written by Surgeon-Major James McAdam Hyslop, commences by describing the location, physical geography and conditions of Mohamreh [Khorramshahr] and Busreh [Basra] before going on to describe the climate; fevers that might be suffered there; and known outbreaks of cholera. Also included are excerpts from medical reports that discuss various fevers suffered by regiments in Mohamreh and Bushire:Extract from a 'Medical History of the Bombay Fusiliers', by the late Doctor Francis Shortt ArnottExtracts from the Annual Report of the 29th Regiment, Bombay Native Light Infantry, for the year ending 31 March 1858, by Surgeon John Robert MillerExtract from the Annual Report of the 26th Regiment, Native Infantry, for the year 1857-1858, by Surgeon James Ebenezer BathoThe memoir continues by describing places nearby to Mohamreh and Busreh where the climate is more favourable and people less prone to suffering fever and other illnesses: Subleh, Zobeir [Zubayr], Koorna [Kūnah?], Koot-al-amarah [Kut Al-Amarah]; Sook-esh-Shiukj [Sūq ash Shuyūkh], Hillah, Baghdad. Each place has a brief description of its location and general climate. Also described are the availability of water from the rivers Karoun [Karun], Tigris and Euphrates. A detailed description of the climate of Baghdad is then given, followed by information under the following headings: Bedsteads; Water; Ice; Clothing; Snakes and Scorpions; Date mark, a disease consisting of boils on the hands and feet of adults which afflicts many who visit and live in Baghdad, and which is known in Busreh and Aleppo too.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 51, and terminates at folio 55, since it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the top right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 February 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 16 March 1874. With reference to the letter from the Resident at Aden, No. 15-50, dated 20 January 1874, regarding the destruction of certain dhows by HMS
Thetis,the despatch draws attention to paragraph 18 of the Assistant Resident's report of his visit to Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], in which it is stated that enslaved persons are conveyed from the port to Busreh [Basra] and the Persian Gulf in Turkish [Ottoman] men-of-war [ships].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 349, and terminates at f 350, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 16 March 1874, forwarding a copy of a report of a tour recently made by the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] to Busreh [Basra], Mahomerah [Khorramshahr], and the headquarters of Nasir Pasha at Hamar [Hammar], on the Euphrates River.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 383, and terminates at f 387, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.