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IOR/G/29/21/2
- Record Id:
- 041-003708144
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108849603.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100135370908.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/21/2
- Title:
- Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pt 2
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains correspondence sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 6 December 1775 and 4 October 1779 including the following:
- The correspondence between the East India Company agents at Bussora, William Digges Latouche and George Abraham and Soliman Aga the Mussaleem of Bussora [Haji Sulayman Agha, Mutasallim of Basra], Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand, Vakil of Persia], Mirza Jaffir [Mirza Muhammad Ja’far Isfahani, Vizier of Persia] and Shaik Nassir of Bushire [Shaikh Nasir Al Mazkur, Hakim of Bushehr]
- The fleet sent by the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat] to assist in the defence of Bussora
- The apparent expansion of the siege of Bussora, by Sadoo Can [Sadiq Khan Zand], into a full blockade
- The reports from Latouche and Abraham to the Court of Directors of the East India Company
- The correspondence between the British Consul at Aleppo John Abbott, British Agent at Bussora residing in Bushire Henry Moore, and British Agent at Constantinople [Istanbul], Anthony Hayes regarding Bussora
- The abstracts of the ‘charges general’ from the Bussora General Books listing expenditures
- A packet dispatched from Cairo to George Abbott in Constantinople and forwarded to the Directors
- The surrender of the Mussaleem Soliman Aga to the Persian general Sadoo Can and the fall of Bussora
- The advices on ‘some interesting points’ sent to the Presidency of Bombay through Aleppo, and in duplicate through Alexandria and Cairo to be forwarded by the Consul George Baldwin
- The negotiations between Abraham and the ruler of Persia Carim Caun at Schyraz [Shiraz]
- The Phirmaund [Firman] of Carim Caun to Latouche, received by Abraham on 23 August 1776
- The ‘translates [i.e. translations] of sundry Phirmaunds’ from Carim Caun received on 16 June 1777
- The correspondence of Latouche and Abraham with Sir Robert Ainslie, His Majesty’s ‘Embassador at the Porte’ [HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire]
- The expenses incurred by Captain Francis McKenny in conveying a packet to Bussora for the Company
- The commercial transactions of Latouche and Abraham with Coja Ezra bin Yacoob [Khwaja ‘Uzayr bin Ya’qub], Coja Ezekiel bin Ibrahim [Hizqiyal bin Ibrahim] and Coja Yacoob Aaron [Ya’qub Harun]
- The translation of another ‘Phirmaund’ from Carim Caun received at Bussora on 17th June 1778
- A letter from Colonel James Capper to the Secretary of the East India Company Peter Mitchell
- The correspondence between Latouche and Abraham and the French emissary Captain Borel du Bourg
- A letter from Luke Pocock and Charles Mordaunt to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Members of the Secret Committee, and
- The correspondence of Latouche and Abraham with P D Bonnevaux and George Banks.
- 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
040-000177230
041-003708144 - 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/29/21 : Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pts 1-3
IOR/G/29/21/2 : Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pt 2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0007]/040-000177230[0002]/041-003708144
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume (183 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100135370908.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1779
- Date Range:
- 6 Dec 1775-4 Oct 1779
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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