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IOR/G/29/19/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003477183
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099045321.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119036930.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/19/1
- Title:
- Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vol I
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 March 1732 and 24 July 1745. It includes material relating to:
- The departure of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan, later Nadir Shah] for Bagdat [Baghdad]
- The departure of Achmat Bashaw [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha] from Bagdat for Bussorah [Basra]
- The agreement of the Muscovites [Russians] to surrender Gillaun [Gilan] to the Persians
- The increase of the Angria’s [Angrias’] fleet to eleven following the capture of two Portuguese vessels
- The resolution of Ally Bashaw [Ottoman Grand Vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha] to go to war with Persia [Iran]
- The deposition of the King of Persia [Shah Tahmasb II] by Thomas Coolee Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] and the proclamation of his son Shaw Abass III [Shah ‘Abbas III] as King
- A letter from Tahmasb Quli Khan to Ahmed Pasha demanding the restitution of Persian territories
- The death of Abdurahman Bashaw [Abd al-Rahman Pasha, Governor of Basra]
- The defeat of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] by Serasquir Osman Bashaw [Serarsker Topal Osman Pasha]
- The defeat of Mahomet Balooch Caun [Muhammad Khan Baluch] by Achmat Bashaw
- The arrival of the ‘Tartars who forced their way through Muscovy’ at Shamakee [Shamakhi]
- The victory of Thomas Caun over the Turks, his conclusion of peace with Achmat Bashaw, and pursuit of Mahomet [Caun] Ballooch and his Arab and Ophgoon [Afghan] confederates
- The assumption by Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] of the title of King [as Nadir Shah Afshar]
- The expedition of Luttiffa Caun [Muhammad Latif Khan Daryabegi] against Ottoman Basra
- The death of Captain Martin French, Resident at Bussorah, and his replacement by Nathaniel Whittwell
- The capture, by the Marrattas [Marathas], of the Island of Bombay [Mumbai] from the Portuguese
- The siege of Cabull [Kabul] by the King of Persia [Nadir Shah]
- The victory of an Omani fleet over that of the Beglerbeg of Fars, Mahomet Tockey Caun [Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan Shirazi]
- The loss of ‘a great many of his people & above half of the Spoil he brought from Dilly’ [Delhi] by Shaw Nadder [Nadir Shah] due to the collapse of a bridge over the Indus on his return march to Persia
- The peace between Tockey Caun [Taqi Khan] and the ‘Muscatters’
- The capture of the Anne by the Maratha Navy off Diu Head
- The appointment by Shaw Nadder of his son [Reza Quli Mirza Afshar] as the Viceroy of Persia
- The defeats suffered by Nadir Shaw [Nadir Shah] on his expedition against the Lazgees [Lezgis]
- The deposition of the Imaum of Muscat [Imam Sayf bin Sultan Al Ya’rubi] by his nephew [Imam Sultan bin Murshid Al Ya’rubi], the former’s request for assistance from the Government of Persia, and the preparation of a fleet by Mahomet Togghy Caun [Muhammad Taqi Khan] to invade Muscat
- The capture of a French ship by Sambojee [Sambhaji] Angria and his death shortly afterwards
- The replacement of Yahia Aga [Yahya Agha] with Rustrum Aga [Rustam Agha] as Governor of Bussorah
- The letters of Shaw Nader to the Grand Signor [i.e. Sultan], the Grand Vazier [Vizier], and Achmett Bashaw
- The demand of the Beglerbeggy of Aveeza [Beglerbegi of Huwayza?] for Bussorah to surrender
- The reports of the siege of Carcooke [Kirkuk] by Nadir Shaw and the fall of Hilla to the Persians
- The conclusion of peace between Nadir Shaw and Achmett Bashaw and end of the siege of Basra
- The murder of Shaw Nadir’s brother-in-law, Curbally Caun [Kalb ‘Ali Khan Afshar] by Mahomet Tockey Caun
- The declaration of war against France by King George II of England and its repercussions.
- 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
040-000177228
041-003477183 - 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/29/19 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vols I-II
IOR/G/29/19/1 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vol I - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0005]/040-000177228[0001]/041-003477183
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume (125 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100119036930.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1732
- End Date:
- 1745
- Date Range:
- 19 Mar 1732-24 Jul 1745
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)