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IOR/G/29/18/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003478898
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099424464.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119036921.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/18/1
- Title:
- Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pt 1
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 April 1725 and 25 September 1726. It includes material relating to:
- The rivalry of the English at Tillicherry [Thalassery] with the French at Mihie [Mahé]
- The trading privileges obtained from the Governor of Bagdat [Baghdad], Achmat Bashaw [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha]
- An Act of Parliament to deter British citizens from taking direct or indirect part in the ‘Ostend trade’
- The remonstrance of the Chief Agent with the Governor of Bussorah, Abde Rahman Basha [Abd al-Rahman Pasha]
- An order [firman] from Constantinople [Istanbul] to the Dafftardar Efendy [i.e. Daftardar Efendi, the Book Keeper, Mahmud Efendi] and Cawzy Efendy [i.e. Qadi Efendi, the Chief Judge]
- The execution of the ‘male line’ of the Persian royal family by King Mahmud [Shah Mahmud Ghilza’i], and the deposition of Mahmud by his cousin, subsequently proclaimed as Ashreff Sultan [Sultan Ashraf Ghilza’i; also rendered as Ashroph and Ashroff in the volume]
- The arrival of an embassy from Ashroph Sultan at Mussull [Mosul] on its way to the Porte
- The measures taken to stamp out private trade conducted by the employees of the Company
- The negotiations with Ottoman officials over customs to be paid on imported merchandise at Bussorah
- The appointment, by the Callantar of Minoe [Kalantar of Minoo], of Sheik Rashet [Shaikh Rashid bin Matar al-Qasimi], as keeper of the forts on the Island of Kismish [Qeshm] for Shaw Thomas [Shah Tahmasb II]
- The dismissal and appeal of the Factory’s Linguist [i.e. interpreter], Hodje Ismael [Hadji Isma‘il]
- A request from King Ashroff to the English and Dutch for assistance to the new Governor of Gombroon [Bandar-e 'Abbas]
- The wresting, by Zyed Ahmat Caun [Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Hakim of Kerman], of the governorship of Carmania [Kerman] from Valéé Mahmud Caun [Vali Muhammad Khan, previous Hakim of Kerman]
- The instructions from the President and Council at Bombay [Mumbai] to abandon the Factory at Bussorah
- The arrival of Rice Jungee [Ra’is Jangi] with a following of 1200 Ballooches [Baluchis] at Gombroon
- The letters from Ashroff, King at Spahaun [Isfahan] to the English and Dutch captains at Gombroon
- The complaint of former Chief Agent Isaac Houssaye and William May against Captain Martin French
- The Governor of Bussorah, Abde Rahman Pasha’s extortions from the English Factory between 1721 and 1726.
- 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
040-000177227
041-003478898 - 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/29/18 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pts 1-2
IOR/G/29/18/1 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pt 1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0004]/040-000177227[0001]/041-003478898
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume (117 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100119036921.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1725
- End Date:
- 1726
- Date Range:
- 19 Apr 1725-25 Dec 1726
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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