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1. IOR/G/29/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/20
Title:
PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773
Scope & Content:
These three volumes contain correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Basra from 17 January 1753 to 17 August 1773. The individual parts are as follows: IOR/G/29/20/1 (17 January 1753-19 April 1765); IOR/G/29/20/2 (20 April 1765-24 August 1766); IOR/G/29/20/3 (2 S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1753-17 Aug 1773
Extent:

3 volumes (550 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/21
Title:
Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pts 1-3
Scope & Content:
These volumes contain correspondence between the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] and the Court of Directors of the Company in London, as well as the Bacha of Bagdat [Pasha of Baghdad], the Zand rulers of Persia [Iran], and the British Ambassador at the Porte [Ottoman Empire] from 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jan 1774-1 Dec 1783
Extent:

3 volumes (549 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/23
Title:
Factory Records, Persia, Vol 23
Scope & Content:
This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 22 November 1792 and 11 January 1799, and includes material relating to: The negotiations between the Factor, Harford Jones, and the Bacha of Bagdad [Pāshā of Baghdad, also spelt Bagdat in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1792-11 Jan 1799
Extent:
1 volume (747 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/25, ff 111-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 111-142
Title:
Correspondence Related to the Company’s Affairs in India and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence related to the Company’s affairs in India and the Persian Gulf covering the following: The appointment of Sir John Lindsay as Commander-in-Chief of all the East India Company’s (EIC) ships, frigates and armed vessels in India The Treaty of Perpetual Friendship and Peace made ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1769-19 Apr 1770
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/32, ff 483-508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/32, ff 483-508
Title:
Papers Relating to Disputes and Relations between the Bussora [Basra] Residency and the Pasha of Bagdad [Baghdad]
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to disputes between the Bacha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad] and the Residency at Bussora [Basra] which resulted in the removal of the East India Company Factory from Bussora to Grain [Kuwait] and the establishment of a Residency at Baghad in 1798, with Harford Jones as Resident. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1794-3 Jul 1798
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)