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IOR/G/29/18/2
- Record Id:
- 041-003478901
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099428902.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119036921.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/18/2
- Title:
- Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pt 2
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 25 September 1726 and 25 August 1731. It includes material relating to:
- A proposal that English vessels stop visiting the port of Bussorah, and that a vessel should instead cruise between Ormus [Hormuz] and Cape Mussledoon [Cape Musandam], to prevent any ‘Moors Vessells’ from entering the Gulf
- A petition from a Persian woman, captured by the crew of the Victoria, to the Pasha of Bussorah
- The Pasha’s demand either for the release of the Persian woman or for the head of Captain Forbes
- The remonstrance of William Phipps, President of Bombay, with Abde Rahman Basha ['Abd al-Rahman Pasha] of Bussorah
- The expulsion of the Dutch East India Company by the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja’ al-Din Muhammad Khan Nasiri, from Hughly [Hooghly], following the capture of a vessel belonging to the Ostend Company
- The wresting of Mombase [Mombasa] from the Portuguese by the ‘Muscat Arabs’, and of Portuguese territories between Basseen [Vasai] and Damaun [Daman] by the Sou Rajah [Shahu Rajah]
- The victory of Shaw Thomas’s [Shah Tahmasb II's] General against Hoshroff [Sultan Ashraf Ghilza'i, also referred to as Ashroph and Ashroff Sultan] and the fall of Spahaun [Isfahan]
- The victory of Thomas Cooly Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] over the Ophgoons [Afghans] at Shyrash [Shiraz]
- The victories of the Persians against the Ottomans at Hamadan and Kirmanshaw [Kermanshah]
- The killing of Ashroff Sultan by Hossein Caun [Husayn Khan Ghilza’i] at Candahar [Qandahar]
- The papers relating to the Chief Agent, Isaac Houssaye’s management of Company’s affairs at Bussorah
- An engagement between the Maratha Navy and the Bengal Galley, the Bombay, and the Victoria
- The confirmation of all the ‘Rogoms’ [i.e. trading privileges] received from the kings of Persia
- The wresting of Kirmanshaw by the Ottomans from the Persians, and the Turkish march on Hamadan
- A Rogom from Shaw Tomasb [Shah Tahmasb II] to the Company for the collection of customs at Gombroon [Bandar ‘Abbas].
- 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
041-003478901 - 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/29/18/2 : Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pt 2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0004]/040-000177227[0002]/041-003478901
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume (122 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100119036921.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1726
- End Date:
- 1731
- Date Range:
- 25 Dec 1726-25 Aug 1731
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)