OF TREATIES, ENGAGEMENTS, AND SUNNUDS RELATING TO INDIA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. COMPILED BY C. U. AITCHISON, B.C.S., UNDER-SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN THE VOL. VII. CONTAINING THECA. BODI THE TREATIES, &c., RELATING TO TURKISH ARABIA, THE PERSIAN GULF, ARABIA, AND AFRICA. REVISED AND CONTINUED UP TO THE PRESENT TIME BY LIEUTENANT A. C. TALBOT, B.S.C., ATTACHÉ IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. CALCUTTA: RE-PRINTED AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE PRESS. 1876. 177 PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION. THE Capitulations with Turkey, the Foreign Jurisdiction Act of 1843, the Indian Foreign Jurisdiction and Extradition Act of 1872, and the Slave-Trade Circular of 15th December 1875, though not properly within the scope of this collection, have been included in the Appendices in the belief that they will be found useful for purposes of reference. CONTENTS. I. Firman granted by Soleiman Pasha for privileges of trade to the English II. Imperial firman for the protection of English commerce at Basrah Consular Commission from the Sultan of Turkey, dated 29th August 1764 III. Imperial Ottoman Diploma for the establishment of a British Consulate at Bagdad, dated 2nd November 1802 IV. Turkish note on the restoration of friendly relations with the Resident at VI. Decree of the Pasha of Bagdad for the restoration of Natives of India VII. Letter from the Pasha of Bagdad engaging to restore the privileges of VIII. Order of the Pasha of Bagdad confirming the privileges enjoyed by Bri- IX. Imperial firman for the protection of steam vessels navigating the Vizierial instructions for the suppression of the African slave-trade Instructions issued by the Sublime Porte to the Pasha of Bagdad re- garding the suppression of the African slave-trade, dated 6th April XII. Engagement for the extension of a telegraph line from Basrah to Bagdad XIII. Convention between Great Britain and Turkey for the establishment of ib. 23 |