Abstract: This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. It is the second in a series of three items on Bussora [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] (the others are IOR/F/4/706/19082 and 19084). The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay; Bombay merchants; the Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford; the Advocate General of Bombay, Ollyett Woodhouse; the Advocate General of Bengal, Robert Spankie.The item consists of the following topics:The requests for compensation and consideration of the legality of the trade embargo imposed on British ships arriving in Bussora [Basra] (for a fuller account of the embargo, see IOR/F/4/706/19082)The death of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Claudius James Rich, on 5 October 1821 at Shirauz [Shiraz], of choleraThe possibility of moving the Residency from BussoraPolitical relations of the Ottoman Empire with RussiaThe Wallachian Uprising of 1821The Greek War of Independence, including a description of Smyrna [İzmir] by John Cartwright, Consul General of the Levant Company.This item includes a contents page, and the title page contains the following references: ‘Political No. 10, vol 2, P C 80, Draft 102, Season [18]23/4.’Physical description: The papers are arranged under headings of ‘Bombay Political Consultations’; these headings are in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and notes on various subjects connected to the Near and Middle East. The majority of the papers are written by George Curzon himself and concern the settlement of former territories of the Ottoman Empire following its break up after the First World War. Matters such as the Greek occupation of Smyrna, the division of Thrace, the Greco-Turkish War, Georgian independence, and the Treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne are all discussed.Other matters covered by the file include those concerning the Arab territories of the former Ottoman Empire, American advisers in Persia, and the future of Palestine, including a report by the Committee on Palestine (Colonial Office) dated 27 July 1923 (folios 168-171).Correspondence within the file is mostly between Curzon and representatives of the other Allied Powers, as well as officials from other governmental departments and diplomatic offices.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 174; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.