IOR/G/29/12

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 occasionally, the Factory's Council members William Nash and Dymoke Lyster, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, and the significant political and military operations in the region.

Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:

• The French seizing the East India Company's ship Speedwell
• Reports of the country people attacking the Factory
• News of Shaik Rama [Raḥmah bin Maṭar al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Julfār, also written as Rama and Rammah] of Julfar [Julfār in what is now Ra's al Khaymah, also written as Gulfar] seizing the effects of Moolah Ally Shaw [Mulla Ali Shah] in Ormuse [[Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, Hormuz, Ormuz, also written as Ormus]
• The enmity between Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia, also written as Carim] and Nasseir Caun [Nāsir Khān Āl Mazkūr, Shaikh of Būshehr, ruled 1162-1203/c 1749-1788]
• The Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also written as Muskatt] trying to entice the French ships ashore either at Muscat or Bourka
• Records of the activities of French and Dutch vessels
• Nasseir Caun sending his brother Jaffar Caun [Ja‘afar Khān] to Afseen [Afsin] to build a fort there
• Records of military engagement between Dutch and English ships
• Correspondence with William Hutchinson, Captain of the ship Godolphin regarding sailing orders
• The Benimine [Banu Mu‘in] and Charrack Arabs' [Al-'Ali, based at Charrack, modern (Bandar) Charak] confrontation with the Haram and Julfar Arabs over the Island of Kishme [Qishm, Qeshm]
• Records of a battle at Nandervash [Vandavasi or Wandiwash, south-west India] between French and English forces
• The arrival of wool from Cermina [Kerman, also written as Carmenia]
• Records of letters received from the Linguist (i.e. interpreter) at Carmenia advising on the amount of wool sent and the bills
• Accounts of damaged cloth delivered out of the Company's warehouse
• The Agent visiting the Cutwal [Kutwal from Persian, means the chief of a fort] of Ormuse castle
• The engagement between Nasseir Caun’s troops and the Julfar Arabs at Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh]
• Letters exchanged between the Factory Agent and the President and Governor-in-Council at Bombay, and Council Members
• The President and Governor-in-Council at Bombay, Richard Bourchier resigning from his post, and Charles Crommelin taking over
• Records of the work of the Committee of Accounts
• The Bombay Council corresponding with the King of Siam regarding ship Northumberland which had been seized by his people
• Letters exchanged between the Resident at Bussorah [Basra, also written as Bossarah], William Shaw, and the Factory at Gombroon
• Records of events taking place in Bussorah and Bagdat [Baghdad]
• William Shaw's visit to the Bashaw [Pasha] of Bagdat and the good relations paved between the two
• The delivery of packets to the Court of Directors via Aleppo and Stambole [Istanbul].

The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Dragon, the Welcome, the Godolphin, the Swallow, the Fort William, the Royal George, the Duke of Dorset, the Drake, the Calcutta, the Monmouth, the Roumania and the Fuzeraboony.

Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Bengall [Bengal], Surat, Muscat, Bushier [Būshehr], and Ormuse.

The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: table expenses, garrison charges, house repairs, the Afseen Garden, merchandised charges, extraordinary charges, servants' wages, ships' charges, and hospital charges.