IOR/F/4/706/19084

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. 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 third in a series of three items on Bussora [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] (the others are IOR/F/4/706/19082 and 19083). The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Political Resident in Bussora, Robert Taylor; Pasha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad, Dāwūd Pasha].

The main topic of this item is the temporary move of the British Residency from Bussora to Grain [Kuwait] owing to a dispute between the Pasha of Baghdad, Dāwūd Pasha, and the former British Resident of Bagdad, Claudius James Rich (for a fuller account of the dispute, see IOR/F/4/706/19082). There are letters between the Pasha and Robert Taylor about resolving this dispute and returning the British Residency to Bussora. There is a discussion between Taylor, the Government of Bombay, and the Advocate General of Bengal (Robert Spankie) about the possibility of re-imposing the trade embargo between Bussora and India if the Pasha does not accept British demands. Folio 258 contains a list of imports and exports to and from Bussora 1820/21.

This item includes a contents page, and the title page contains the following references: ‘Political No. 10, P C 80, Draft 102, Season [18]23/4’ and ‘Examiners’ Office 1823’.