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IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 150-155
- Record Id:
- 041-003678411
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105229161.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000f
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 150-155
- Title:
- Affairs of the Bagdad Pachalic
- Scope & Content:
-
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 96 of 1848, dated 11 November 1848.
The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 18 September 1848. It consists of copies of two despatches from HM Consul in Bagdad [Baghdad] and Political Agent in Turkish Arabia (Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Palmerston), dated 18 September 1848, forwarded under flying seal to the Secretary to the Government of India.
The despatches concern affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Pashalik] and Persia [Iran] following news of the death of the Shah of Persia [Mohammad Qajar], including a confidential agent of Assef-ed Dowlah [Allahyar Khan Asif al-Dawlah Qajar Davallu, also spelled Assef-ed Dawlah in this item] visiting Rawlinson and informing him of Assef-ed Dowlah's aspirations to be the new Shah of Persia.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539304
041-003678411 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/458 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 150-155 : Affairs of the Bagdad Pachalic - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0096]/040-000539304[0005]/041-003678411
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 11 Nov 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 96 of 1848
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-2, on folio 151. The number 2 is repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)