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IOR/G/29/5/4
- Record Id:
- 041-003435942
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100073291948.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098364806.0x000008
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/5/4
- Title:
- Diary and Consultations of Mr John Horne, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1731 and ending July 1732
- Scope & Content:
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The item is in the form of a diary (ff 121-171), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory Council members, including William Cordeaux, Edward Clift, and John Geekie, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, as well as visits to and from the Factory.
Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:
- News of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Muscauites [Muscovites]
- News of Hassan Ally Caun Mayor Bashee [Hasan Ali Khan Mu’ayyir Bashi] attacking the Turkish frontiers
- News of the revolt of Shaikh Ahmed Madannah [Ahmad Madani]
- The arrival of wool from Carmania [Kerman]
- The appointment of Nathaniel Whitewell to serve at the Council of Bombay
- News of Arabs and Aphgoons [Afghans] campaigning against the Factory and the Persians
- Reports that Mahmud Caun Balloach [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluyah] has joined the Beglerbeggy [Beglerbegi/ Beylerbeyi is Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Shyrash [Shiraz] to campaign against the Arabs
- News of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Turks [Ottomans]
- A letter received from Jonathan Winder and William Follie of a ship called the Queen Caroline
- The arrival of letters from the Hoalley [the Hawala/Huwala Arabs?] and from the Imaum's Vackeel [the Imam's wakil, or representative]
- An exchange of letters between the Factory and various Persian notables, and an exchange of letters between the Factory members at Gombroon and Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune] with the Council at Bombay
- An exchange of visits between the Factory's Agent and Mirza Ishmael the Shanobunder of Gombroon [Mirza Ismail, the Shahbandar of Bandar-e ʻAbbās], between the Agent and Meer Meer Ally [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, Deputy Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas], and between the Agent and the Dutch Chief.
The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Britannia, the Prince of Wales Galley, the Robert Galley, the Queen Caroline and the Fame. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Mocha, Surat, Bussarah [Basra], and the Mallabar Coast.
The diary also includes records of certain individuals who are either merchants or Persian officials, including the following: Mirza Mahmut Naib of Afseen [Mirza Mahmud, Governor of Afseen]; Mirza Ishmael Shano from Afseen [Mirza Ismail Khan]; and Maahmud Ally Beg [Muhammad ‘Ali Beg], former Shahbandar of Gombroon.
The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000173250
036-000177207
037-000177209
040-000177213
041-003435942 - Is part of:
- IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/29 : Factory Records: Persia and the Persian Gulf
IOR/G/29/2-14 : Bandar 'Abbas (Gombroon) Diaries and Consultations
IOR/G/29/5 : Diaries and Consultations of Messrs John Geekie, John Horne, and William Cockell, Agents of the East India Company at Gombroon…
IOR/G/29/5/4 : Diary and Consultations of Mr John Horne, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0002]/037-000177209[0004]/040-000177213[0004]/041-003435942
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (50 folio)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098364806.0x000008
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1731
- End Date:
- 1732
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1731-31 Jul 1732
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- The diary includes a cover page, and a table of contents. The diary is numbered 1-92, which corresponds to folios 121-169. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)