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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Wool trade Place Bombay, India

1. 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)

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/29/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/9
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 August 1755 and ending 30 July 1756.
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 members John Parsons and Nathaniel Pomfret headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the admi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1755-30 Jul 1756
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/G/29/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/16
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes in one slipcase containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was received...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1728-20 Jun 1744
Extent:

2 volumes (291 folios)