Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay.The item is concerned with the assassination of Ali Pasha, Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], and the interference of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussorah [Basra], in the nomination of the new Governor by the Ottoman Court. In particular, the item relates to:The Government of Bombay's criticism of Manesty for abandoning a neutral position by promising his support for the nomination of Soliman Bacha [Sulayman] as the new Governor of BagdadReports on the circumstances of the assassination of Ali PashaManesty's accounts of his conversations with the Mussaleem [Mussallim] of Bagdad regarding the Mussaleem's plans for becoming the Governor of Bagdad in the event of Soliman Bacha's deathThe Government of Bombay's strong protests to Manesty's proposals to travel to Constantinople [Istanbul] in order to address the Ottoman Ministry against the permanent installation of Eusuf Bacha [Yusuf Ziyaeddin Pasha], the temporary Governor of BagdadManesty's opinions that the placement of a 'Contstantinople Turk' in the role of Governor of Bagdad would be disastrous for the East India Company's interests in the area and that the French are supporting the nomination of Eusuf Bacha in order to easily pass through the region into Persia [Iran] and then IndiaManesty's proposals that, in the event of Eusuf Bacha being permanently installed as Governor of Bagdad and this being a result of French influence, he will barricade the river at Bussorah to prevent the entry or exit of any French vesselsConfirmation from the Acting Resident at Bagdad that Soliman Bacha has succeeded Ali Pasha as the new Governor of Bagdad due to Eusuf Bacha declining the offer from the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire].The correspondence is mainly between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Bussorah. The other correspondents included are: John Hine, Acting Resident at Bagdad; Francis Warden, Secretary to Government, Bombay; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary to the Supreme Government at Fort William.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 18, Season 1814/15, Draft 20, Para 73' and 'Examiner's Office November & December 1808'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 59 and terminates at f 98, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920).Folios 3 and 4 are copies of the same map, and both bear the classification 'Secret'.Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2943. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heights and contours, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, place names, post and telegraph offices, and international and internal boundaries. Sheet compiled from GSGS 2555 sheets NJ-35 Izmir (Smyrna) (dated 1916), NJ-36 Konia (1916), NK-35 Istambul [Istanbul] (Constantinople) (1919) and NK-36 Sinob (1916) and originally produced by the Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office; projection information is derived from this source. The Boundary of the Demilitarized Zone [Zone of the Straits] has been added in red.Folio 3 bears the manuscript number '27'; folio 4 bears the manuscript number '2'.The verso of folio 3 bears the annotation 'The Straits'.Additional copies are filed at Maps X.1493. and Maps MOD 2943; neither bears a 'Secret' classification.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in crayonDimensions: 446 x 518mm, on sheet 570 x 558mm
Abstract: Western half of printed map sheet; the eastern half, disassociated, was not present on transfer.Western portion bears the imprints 'London; Published by Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12, 13, & 14, Long Acre, W.C., Oct. 1st., 1912' and '11012'. Covers western Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads, railways, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. A full copy of this map, also incorporating a red plate not present on this version (showing steamship routes, proposed railways and limits of British jurisdiction in Persia [Iran]), is filed at Maps X.6918.Manuscript additions portray supplementary railway information, religious sites, naval and submarine bases and oil sites, and includes strategic notes.Creation end date derived from position of military forces on Mss Eur F112/552, f 11.Verso bears the note 'Arabia [?]Sykes'.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in ink, pencil, crayon and watercolour, on paperDimensions: 630 x 577mm, on sheet 710 x 616mm
Abstract: Western half of printed map sheet; the eastern half, disassociated, was not present on transfer.Western portion bears the imprints 'London; Published by Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12, 13, & 14, Lon[g Acre, W.C., Oct. 1st., 1912]' and '11012'. Covers western Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads, railways, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. A full copy of this map, also incorporating a red plate not present on this version (showing steamship routes, proposed railways and limits of British jurisdiction in Persia [Iran]), is filed at Maps X.6918.Manuscript additions portray supplementary road and railway information, and the positions of British, Russian, Turkish, and 'friendly' or 'hostile Arab or Kurd' forces.Creation start date derived from imprint (11012) and Mss Eur F112/552, f 12; end date derived from position of military forces.Verso bears the note 'Arabia [?]Sykes'.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in ink, pencil, crayon and watercolourDimensions: 630 x 521mm, on sheet 710 x 561mm
Abstract: The file contains the observations of Edwin Samuel Montagu (Secretary of State for India) on a previous memorandum by Lord Curzon on the future of Constantinople. It covers the question of Indian Mohammedan opinion, and the lack of Muslim representation of India in the Councils of the Empire; and argues against turning the Turks out of Constantinople as it would cause resentment in India and be viewed as an anti-Muslim action.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) for this description commences and terminates at f 158, as it is part of a larger physical volume; this number is written in pencil, is circled, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel for ff 158; this number is also written in pencil, but is not circled.
Abstract: The file consists of a memorandum by Lord Curzon outlining the discussion undertaken by the Eastern Committee about the future of Constantinople. The first section covers the arguments for and against the ejection of 'the Turk' from Constantinople. The second section discusses which world power would take control of the area should 'the Turk' be removed, and the benefits or problems which would arise as a result. The third section details the idea of an international authority presiding over Constantinople.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 18, and terminates at f 19, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
"Contents: Ḥayim ben Yitsḥaḳ ben Eliyah of CordovaMeʿulefet sapirim (Commentary on the difficult words of the Targum of Ezekiel) (ff. 1-88). David KimhiPerush maʿaseh merkavah (ff. 88-96). David Kimhi's and Rashi's commentaries on the Minor Prophets (ff. 97-184). David Kimhi's and Rashi's commentaries on Chronicles (ff. 185-267). Supplementary notes and liturgical pieces (ff. 268-276)."
Abstract: This printed work by Nūr al-Ḥasan b. Ṣiddīq b. Ḥasan Khan (also seen as al-Qannawjī) deals with taqlid (adherence to Islamic tradition) and ijthad (flexible interpretation of religious principles), issues that have occupied Muslim thinkers for 1,400 years. Al-Ṭarīqah al-muthlá fī al-irshād ilá tark al-taqlīd wa-ittibāʻ mā huwa al-awlá (The ideal way to shed traditions and embrace first principles) is in itself less important than the context in which it was published. The author was from the Muslim court of Bhopal in India. He was the son of a prolific author, Muḥammad Siddīq Ḥasan Khan, consort of the reigning begum of that Indian principality. The family was distinguished in the Islamic sciences and the politics of the age. The present work was published at the Jawa’ib Press in Istanbul, where several books written by both father and son were issued in Arabic. The father is known to have corresponded with Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II and presumably influenced him in his thinking. The topic of taqlid was hotly debated at this time in all parts of the Muslim world. It also was of interest to the imperial British authorities, who wished to limit its influence in the spread of Wahhabism. The volume is incomplete, lacking the final stanzas of the terminal qasidah (poem). The book has guidewords and the signatures are numbered. The printing suffers from a broken and worn type font. In the biographical literature and in library catalogues, this work is often attributed to the author’s father. It was republished in Beirut in 2000.Physical description: 59 pages ; 22 centimeters