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IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.269-278
- Record Id:
- 041-000175948
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000175832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000746.0x0003c9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083570755.0x00002a
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.269-278
- Title:
- Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the Factors at Mocha
- Scope & Content:
-
A copy of a general letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the factors at Mocha, dated 13 December 1723.
The letter discusses matters including: ships which had arrived and which had been dispatched; goods received from Europe; investments in coffee and other goods for sale; the trade of the East India Company with Mocha, and relations with the local government in the form of the Imaum [Imam], and the Governors of Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh]; and factors and writers of the Mocha Factory, and the Factory accounts. The letter transfers the post of 'Chief' to Robert Cowan from John Sarson (the latter having been suspended for mismanagement).
It was received via the ship Prince Augustus, 1 April 1725.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000173250
036-000175832
040-000175833
041-000175948 - Is part of:
- IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/17 : Factory Records: Egypt and the Red Sea
IOR/G/17/1 : Letters and Accounts from Mocha
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.269-278 : Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the Factors at Mocha - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0017]/036-000175832[0001]/040-000175833[0116]/041-000175948
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1725
- End Date:
- 1725
- Date Range:
- 1 Apr 1725
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)