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IOR/G/29/25, ff 31-110
- Record Id:
- 041-000177239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000802.0x0003a4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143423755.0x00000a
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/25, ff 31-110
- Title:
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Correspondence Regarding the Naval Powers in the East Indies and the Gulph of Persia
- Scope & Content:
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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 narrative is about Chaub Shaik Soliman’s [Shaikh Sulaymān, Head of Banū Ka‘b] maritime force interrupting the trade of Bussorah [Basra]; Kerim Khan [Karīm Khān Zand, King of Persia] asking for the Company’s naval help to protect his port towns; and the commercial privileges the Company would receive in return of its help (ff 38-40)
- An ‘account of the Maritime Force of the several Indian maritime powers’ covering the Persian Gulph; Bunderick [Bandar-e Rig, also spelled as Bundereck] and Bushire [Bushehr, also spelled as Abooshehr]; Coasts of Scindy and Guzarat [Sindh and Gujarat]; and the Coast of Malabar (ff 43-44)
- The status of the EIC’s maritime force at Bombay [Mumbai]
- The memorial of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Company covering accounts of: the seize of Company ships in Bussorah, the status of the woollen goods trade sale, French military and naval activities, and an extract of a letter from the President and Select Committee at Bengal to the Company’s Court of Directors (ff 47-70)
- Intelligence report covering the war with Hyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Sulṭān of Mysore]; the Company’s acquisition of sailing frigates; and a petition of Francis Douglas, free merchant in Bengal, whose ship was attacked and detained by the Shaick [Shaikh] of Bunderick (ff 107-110).
The main correspondents are Lord Viscount Weymouth [Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath], Secretary of State for the Northern Department, and Robert Wood, the Under-Secretary of State to Lord Weymouth.
This part of the volume includes duplicates of correspondence that are part of IOR/G/29/25, ff 452-478. These are as follows: folios 38-40, 41-42, 43-44 and 51-53 corresponding to folios 469-472, 477-478, 475-476 and 453-455 respectively.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000173250
036-000177207
037-000177234
040-000177235
041-000177239 - Is part of:
- IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/29 : Factory Records: Persia and the Persian Gulf
IOR/G/29/25-39 : Miscellaneous papers
IOR/G/29/25 : Various Papers Relating to the Work and Activities of the East India Company in the Gulf of Persia
IOR/G/29/25, ff 31-110 : Correspondence Regarding the Naval Powers in the East Indies and the Gulph of Persia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0004]/037-000177234[0001]/040-000177235[0004]/041-000177239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (80 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100143423755.0x00000a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1767
- End Date:
- 1769
- Date Range:
- 5 Dec 1767-30 Aug 1769
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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