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6721. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.290-293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.290-293
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by Robert Cowan and Francis Dickinson, dated 26 January 1723/4 [Old Style date 1723, New Style date 1724]. The letter reports on matters including: ships and goods which had arrived at Mocha, and sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1725
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6722. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.425-430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.425-430
Title:
Letter from Robert Cowan, Chief at Mocha, to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A letter from Robert Cowan, Chief at Mocha, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 5 August 1725, and signed by Cowan. Cowan complains about impositions on trade imposed by the Government, in the form of the Emaum [Imam], the Vizier, the Governor of Mocha, and the Imam’s age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1726
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

6723. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.134-137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.134-137
Title:
‘Account of Presents given the Sundry Officers of Mocha & Beetlefuckee from July 17.th 1721 to July 14. 1722. To the Govern.r & Second of Beetlefuckee their annual present’
Scope & Content:
An account of presents given to officers in the Government of Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], including the Governor of Beetlefuckee, the Governor of Mocha, and the Immaume [Imam], from 17 July 1721 to 14 July 1722. It was received via the ship Townshend on 8 June 1723.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1723
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6724. IOR/G/29/38, ff 516-519

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 516-519
Title:
Beni Boo Ali Arabs
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a memorandum, dated 14 March 1822, relating to the 1820 and 1821 expeditions against the Beni Boo Ali [Banū Bū ‘Alī], inhabitants of Jalan province and nominally under the authority of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The justifications for th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1822
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6725. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.39
Title:
‘A List of the Hon:ble Companys Convenant’d Servants In Mocha Factory. Their Stations & what Sallarys allowed them’
Scope & Content:
A list of the covenanted servants of the Mocha Factory, their occupations and their salaries in Spanish dollars. It is signed by Edward Say and Thomas Rammell and was received via the ship Princess Anne on 18 Mar 1720 [New Style date 18 March 1721].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1721
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

6726. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.144
Title:
‘Account of Cash Remaining in the Right Honble Companys Factory in Mocha the 16 July 1722.’
Scope & Content:
Account of cash remaining in the Mocha Factory, 16 July 1722, signed by Henry Albert. Received via the ship Caesar on 1 March 1722 [New Style date 1 March 1723].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1723
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

6727. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.175-176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.175-176
Title:
‘List of those persons who Constantly or Generally diet at the Expence of the Rt Honble Company’
Scope & Content:
A list of the people who dined at the expense of the East India Company, divided into those who constantly dined at the Company’s expense, and those who frequently or generally dined at the Company’s expense. It is dated 11 August 1722, was examined by John Style, and was received via the ship T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1723
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6728. IOR/G/29/25, ff 438-445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 438-445
Title:
A Memoir on the Whahaubee
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at Baghdad, to Sir Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors. The letter includes a memoir titled ‘The Whahaubee [Wahhābīs]’ covering the history of the Whahaubee movement, and giving details of some of their ideas. It also includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1798-14 Apr 1810
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

6729. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.508-513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.508-513
Title:
General Letter from the Mocha Factory to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A general letter from the Mocha Factory to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by Robert Cowan, Charles English and Francis Dickinson. Dated 12 June 1726. The letter reports on matters mostly relating to the following: ships which had arrived at Mocha and ships which had d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1727
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

6730. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.526-531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.526-531
Title:
‘A Relation of the Manner of Mr. Cowan's abusing the Company in their Investment of Coffee at Mocho in the Year 1726.’
Scope & Content:
A document setting out how Robert Cowan, when Chief of the Mocha Factory, with the aid of John Gerrard, Second of the Mocha Factory, was accused of purchasing coffee for his own private account at a cheaper price than the East India Company would have been expected to pay, and therefore serving ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1726
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)