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1. IOR/G/29/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/2
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Eaton Dodsworth, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 November 1708 and ending 31 July 1710
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, Eaton Dodsworth, and the Factory's Council members Robert Weldon, followed by William Elton, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1708-31 Jul 1710
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/15
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas, also written as Gomroon] 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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Marathi
Date Range:
18 Feb 1703-25 Oct 1727
Extent:
2 volumes (270 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/G/29/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/17
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]
Scope & Content:
Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Each letter has the date it was received overland, and the date it wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1745-16 Mar 1763
Extent:
2 volumes (247 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/25, ff 7-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 7-21
Title:
Correspondence of the East India Company with the Levant Company
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with the Levant Company related to the right to trade at Bussorah [Basra, also spelled as Bussora]. The correspondence includes a copy of a letter to Mr Henry Grenville, His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]; copies of extracts from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1600-7 Mar 1765
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/25, ff 22-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 22-30
Title:
Correspondence Related to the Trade in Mecca, Judda, Bussorah and Mocha
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with Lord Shelburne [William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne], Secretary of State for the Southern Department, related to the complaints of the Sheriff of Mecca [Sharīf of Mecca] with respect to the inhabitants of Mecca and Medina s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1763-10 Jan 1767
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/25, ff 31-110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 31-110
Title:
Correspondence Regarding the Naval Powers in the East Indies and the Gulph of Persia
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) related to the request of naval assistance for the Company in order to use against its maritime enemies in the Gulph [Gulf]. The correspondence includes: A ‘Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Troubles in the Gulph of Persia [Iran].’ The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1767-30 Aug 1769
Extent:
1 item (80 folios)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. IOR/G/29/25, ff 200-289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 200-289
Title:
‘Report on the British Trade with Persia and Arabia.’
Scope & Content:
Extract of Bombay Commercial Consultations prepared by Charles Walking, the Secretary to the Court of Directors, in which he includes an enclosure from the Resident and joint Factor at Bussora [Basra] and from the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones respectively. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1790-22 Jan 1791
Extent:
1 item (90 folios)