Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; George Buist, Secretary of the Bombay Geographical Society; and Captain Start, Acting Assistant to the Chief Engineer. It is the second in a series of two items on the travels of Commander Felix Jones from Baghdad to Sulemaneyeh [Sulaymaniyah] via Kirmanshah [Kermanshah] and back to Baghdad.The item concerns the arrangements made by the Government of Bombay to make copies of Jones’s account of his travels and the map which he created, and distribute them. The item does not contain a copy of the map.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 586/49’, ‘Coll[ection]: 3’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 19’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 707, and terminates at f 719 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 item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 December 1849.The item relates to a proposed treatment for cholera – by bleeding the feet of patients – as proposed by John Barker, a retired diplomat living in the Aleppo Pachalik [Pashalik]. The bulk of the item comprises reports on trials of the treatment as conducted by numerous medical officers under the Medical Board, Government of Bombay. The reports, collected by the Medical Board, are passed on to the Government of Bombay, which in turn forwards copies to the Court of Directors and to the governments of India and Madras.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 213 of 1850', 'Collection No. 11 of No. 135', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 340, and terminates at f 359, 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: Enclosure nos. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 October 1844. The enclosures are dated 11-28 July 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: border negotiations at Erzeroom [Erzurum], which ended inconclusively; a perceived risk of rebellion in Turkish Kurdistan [now Iraqi Kurdistan]; and a proposal for Sulimanieh [Sulaymaniyah] to be recognised as a separate Pachalie [Pashalik] from Baghdad.The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Lynch, Officiating Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and Commander Felix Jones. It is the first in a series of two items on Jones’s travels.The item concerns Jones’s account of his travels accompanying Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] from Baghdad to Sulemaneyeh [Sulaymaniyah] via Kirmanshah [Kermanshah] and their separate return to Baghdad, to investigate the border between the Persian [Iranian] and Ottoman Empires prior to the Second Treaty of Erzroum [Erzurum]. The account includes frequent latitude and longitude bearings, observations of the temperature, and exact timings, as well as remarks on local history, the people Jones met, and descriptions of ancient ruins and inscriptions with etymological and historical conjectures. A detailed description of the Behistan [Behistun] Inscription appears on folios 670-675, and the Tak-i-Bostan [Taq-e Bostan] sculptures are described on folios 679-681. The item does not contain a copy of the map which Jones created.The places visited include:The River Diyleh [Diyala]Village of Bakuba [Baqubah]Shehraban [Al Miqdadiyah]The Holwan River [Nahr Alwand]Kasri Shirim [Qasr-e Shirin]Sar-puli-Zohab [Sarpol-e Zahab]Sar-mil [Sarmil]Kirrind [Kerend-e Gharb]Kirmanshah [Kermanshah]Mahidasht [Mahi Dasht]Halebjah [Halabja]Sulemaneyeh [Sulaymaniyah].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 586/49’, ‘Coll[ection]: 3’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 139’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 630, and terminates at f 706 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: 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.
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)
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.
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.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item mostly relates to information provided by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to the Government of Bombay, regarding stolen indigo from the wreck of the British merchant vessel,
Centaur, off the coast of Oman. In particular, Rawlinson discusses the measures agreed to by Namik Pasha [Muḥammad Amīn Nāmiq Pāshā] for seizing any indigo imported into Turkish [Ottoman] ports, including concerns about claims to indemnification by merchants. Rawlinson also gives his opinion on what has likely happened to the indigo and to what extent Turkish authorities can aid in the search for the indigo.The item also contains a letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay, 8 October 1852, conveying the Governor-General's satisfaction that the Imam [Imām] of Muscat did everything possible to recover the plundered cargo of the
Centaur.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 105', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1131, and terminates at f 1135, 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 volume is J A Saldanha [Jerome Antony Saldanha],
Précis of Turkish Arabia Affairs. 1801-1905(Simla: G C Press [Government Central Press], 1906).The volume is a précis of correspondence from the records of the Government of India illustrating the history of Turkish Arabia and its relations with Britain during the period 1801-1905, with a retrospect into the preceding period, 1646-1800.The volume is divided into four parts and twenty-one chapters:Part I (chapters I-III): Internal tribal and other affairs and external affairs in relation to Persia, the Wahabis [Wahhabis] and Maskat [Muscat] (folios 11-56);Part II (chapters IV-IX): British Agents and their rights (folios 57-93);Part III (chapters X-XV): British rights on Turkish Arabia rivers (folios 94-154);Part IV: (chapters XVI-XXI) Protection of British subjects and their property (folios 155-179).There are two appendices:Appendix A, entitled 'Memorandum on the Kaab tribe and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] by Sir H. Rawlinson, dated 6th January 1844' (folios 180-186);Appendix B, entitled 'Correspondence about the Kerbella Massacre, 1843, between the Foreign Office, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, the Envoy at Teheran [Tehran] and Lieutenant-Colonel Farrant' (folios 187-194).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 195 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-354 (folios 11-194). These numbers appear at the top centre of each page.Condition: The front and back boards are detached from the volume. Folio 3, which is loosely inserted, has come from another copy of the volume. It is a duplicate of folio 6.
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.
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)