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032-000173250 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Beglerbeg of Fars, 1501-1736

1. IOR/G/29/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/1
Title:
‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
These two volumes contain the East India Company’s early correspondence about Persia [Iran], together with translations of firmans [farmāns, i.e. edicts] and trading privileges [rughūms] issued by the Shah and various Persian administrators between 19 March 1621 and 3 August 1697.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1621-3 Aug 1697
Extent:
2 volumes (252 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/G/29/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/4
Title:
The Diary and Consultation Book of William Henry Draper, Esq, 'Cheif for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulph of Persia & ca. [in] Councill'
Scope & Content:
This volume is the Diary and Consultation Book of William Henry Draper, 'Cheif for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulph of Persia'. The volume contains diary entries and consultations at Gombroon [Bandar-e ‘Abbas], including: the appointment of John Fothringham to take 'Charge of the Wareho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 March 1727-31 July 1727
Extent:
1 volume (86 folios)