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IOR/G/29/18
- Record Id:
- 040-000177227
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x00036f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104093922.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/18
- Title:
- Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pts 1-2
- Scope & Content:
- These volumes contain letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 April 1725 and 25 August 1731. The letters describe the power struggle between Ashraf Sultan Ghilza'i and Shah Tahmasb II for supremacy in Persia, political and economic relations with the Governor of Baghdad [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha] and the Governor of Bussorah ['Abd al-Rahman Pasha], as well as exchanges with agents of the East India Company based at the English factory in Bussorah.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000173250
036-000177207
037-000177223
040-000177227 - Is part of:
- IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/29 : Factory Records: Persia and the Persian Gulf
IOR/G/29/15-24 : Letters and enclosures received from Bandar 'Abbas (Gombroon) and Basra.
IOR/G/29/18 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pts 1-2 - Contains:
- IOR/G/29/18/1 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pt 1
IOR/G/29/18/2 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pt 2
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/G/29/18 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0004]/040-000177227
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 volumes (239 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100119036921.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1725
- End Date:
- 1731
- Date Range:
- 19 Apr 1725-25 Aug 1731
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- This file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-117) and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 118-239); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-239; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and have been crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 119a.
- Arrangement:
- The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)