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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/29/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/3
Title:
Diary and Consultation Book of Thomas Waters, Supravisor of the East India Company's Activities in Persia and the Persian Gulf at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]
Scope & Content:
This volume is the Diary and Consultation Book of Thomas Waters, 'Supravisor' of the East India Company's activities in Persia and the Persian Gulf. The volume contains diary entries and consultations held at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] including: a consultation with William Henry Draper and John ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1726-14 Mar 1727
Extent:
1 volume (43 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)

4. IOR/G/29/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/5
Title:
Diaries and Consultations of Messrs John Geekie, John Horne, and William Cockell, Agents of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 20 November 1728 and ending 31 July 1737.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of nine entries in the form of diaries, covering the period between November 1728 and July 1737. The diaries contain records of the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory, a trading post where a number of merchants, or factors resided. The Gombroon Factory, along with those at Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1728-31 Jul 1737
Extent:
1 volume (390 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/18
Title:
Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pts 1-2
Scope & Content:
These volumes contain letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 April 1725 and 25 August 1731. The letters describe the power struggle between Ashraf Sultan Ghilza'i and Shah Tahmasb II for supremacy in Persia, political and economic relations with the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1725-25 Aug 1731
Extent:
2 volumes (239 folios)

6. 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)