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1. IOR/G/29/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/6
Title:
Diaries, Consultations, and Accounts of John Geekie, Esq, and Nathaniel Whitwell, Esq, Agents of the East India Company at Gambroon [Bandar-e ʿAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 August 1737 and ending 31 August 1746
Scope & Content:
Diaries, consultations, and accounts of the East India Company merchants in Persia [Iran], specifically factories at Gambroon [Bandar-e ʿAbbās, Laristan, Iran], written and signed by John Geekie (Agent and Council) and Nathaniel Whitwell (succeeding Agent and Council) respectively, countersigned...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1737-31 Aug 1746
Extent:
1 volume (346 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/7
Title:
Diary, Consultations, and Accounts of Nathaniel Whitwell and Henry Savage, Agents of the East India Company at Gambroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 August 1746 and ending 31 July 1752
Scope & Content:
Diary, consultations, and accounts of the East India Company merchants in Persia [Iran], specifically factories at Gambroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Laristan, Iran], written and signed by Nathaniel Whitwell (Agent and Council) and Henry Savage (succeeding Agent and Council) respectively, countersigned ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1746-31 Jul 1752
Extent:
1 volume (395 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/14
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 2 December 1761 and ending 7 February 1763.
Scope & Content:
The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and the Factory's Council member Dymoke Lyster headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1761-7 Feb 1763
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/19
Title:
Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vols I-II
Scope & Content:
These two volumes contain letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 March 1732 and 13 February 1753. The letters contain material relating to the overthrow of the Safavid Dynasty, and the rise of the Afshar Dynasty in Persia [Iran]; Nadir Shah Afshar's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1732-13 Feb 1753
Extent:
2 volumes (250 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/20/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/20/1
Title:
PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773, PT 1
Scope & Content:
This item contains correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] from 17 January 1753 to 19 April 1765. It contains correspondence relating to the following: The Mussaleem of Bussora’s [Mutasallim of Basra] arrest of the Dutch Resident [Tiddo Frederik ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1753-19 Apr 1765
Extent:
1 item (180 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/20/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/20/2
Title:
PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773, PT 2
Scope & Content:
This item contains correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] from 20 April 1765 to 24 August 1766. It contains correspondence relating to the following: The displeasure of Carim Caun [Karīm Khān Zand] with the Mussaleem [Mutasallim], Solliman Aga [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1765-24 Aug 1766
Extent:
1 item (178 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/25, ff 143-152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 143-152
Title:
French Naval Activities in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Extracts of letters from William Digges Latouche, the East India Company’s (EIC) Resident at Bussorah [Basra], to the Company’s Court of Directors reporting on French activities in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. In particular, their capture of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat’s ship bound at Catiffe [Qatif...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1781-31 Jul 1784
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from the East India Company’s Residents at Bussorah
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters and enclosures from the East India Company’s (EIC) Residents at Bussorah [Basra], William Digges Latouche and then later, Samuel Manesty, respectively, to the Court of Directors of the Company. The correspondence covers the following matters: Latouche reporting on settling the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1784-24 May 1785
Extent:
1 item (47 folios)