IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199

Copies of letters and enclosures from the East India Company’s (EIC) Residents at Bussorah [Basra], William Digges Latouche and then later, Samuel Manesty, respectively, to the Court of Directors of the Company. The correspondence covers the following matters:

• Latouche reporting on settling the Company’s accounts with the Bacha of Bagdat [Pāshā of Baghdad, also spelled as Pashaw]; the Basha’s request of musquets [muskets] and gunpowder; and the Company’s trade status in Bagdat and Bussorah
• Latouche appointing Samuel Manesty to be in charge of the Company’s affairs at Bussorah, and his instructions on how to manage the Company’s affairs, its accounts, and wool trade
• Reports of the activities of the Monteficka Arabs [al-Muntafiq Arab tribal confederation, also spelled as Montificka]
• Correspondence with Soliman Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā] of Bagdat regarding the debt the Turks had to pay to the Company
• A translation of imperial commands dated 1784, from the Sublime Porte to Soliman Bacha in relation to the debt (ff 184-187)
• Correspondence with local woollen goods contractors and merchants including Coja Yacoob Aron [Khwaja Hagop Aharon, also spelled as Aroon], Coja Petrus Mellick [Khwaja Petros Malik], and Coja Marcar [Khwaja Markar Aviyat] at Bagdat regarding the settling of their accounts
• The arrival and departure of ships and trade activities in the region.