The item consists of letters discussing an uprising in Bussorah [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] involving the Bani Tamim. The correspondents are Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Bagdad; I M Dalrymple, Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the For...
Correspondence discusses the rising of the Bohtan Kurds against the Turkish [Ottoman] Government and its impact on British imperial communications. Letters discuss the leadership of the insurgents led by Yezdisheer Bey (nephew of Beder Khan Bey) and how they obtained money from the Mosul Treasur...
The first part of a bulletin written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 20 September 1802. The bulletin describes a struggle for power in Bagdad between Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] and the Janissary Aga [Commander of the local Janissary corps], in particular a batt...
The second part of a bulletin written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 20 September 1802. The bulletin describes a struggle for power in Bagdad between Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] and the Janissary Aga [Commander of the local Janissary corps], culminating in the ...