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IOR/G/29/22/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003724712
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111654157.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/22/1
- Title:
- Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 1
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 8 February 1784 and 9 October 1785, and covers the following:
- The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah, William Digges Latouche, with the Court of Directors and Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the Company
- A letter from Governor George Macartney and minute from the Select Committee at Madras [Chennai]
- The correspondence between the Agent at Bussorah and the Governor of Bagdat [Baghdad], Soliman Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Walī of Baghdad], the Ottoman Grand Vizier [Ispārtālī Halīl Ḥamīd Pāshā], Shaik Gathban Chaub [Shaikh Ghaḍbān al-Ka’bī], and Coja Marcar Aviat [Khwaja Markar Aviyat]
- The departure of Count de Ferrieres [Louis-François, Comte de Ferrières-Sauvebeuf] for Bagdat
- The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah with the Resident and Select Committee at Bombay [Mumbai]
- The clashes between the armies of Colonel William Fullarton and the Nabob of Mysore
- The conclusion of a peace treaty between the Company and the Nabob Tippoo Sultan [Tipū Sulṭān]
- The letters of the Government of Bussorah and Coja Marcar about a Danish ship bound for Bussorah
- The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah, Samuel Manesty, with Soliman Bacha and Coja Marcar
- The intelligence from Bombay about a possible invasion from the north by the Seeks [Sikhs], a contemplated meeting between Governor-General Warren Hastings and Mahadjee Scindia [Mahadji Sindhia], and the inevitable outbreak of war between the Mahrattas [Marathas] and Tippoo Sultan
- A warning from the Ambassador at the Ottoman Porte about the expansion of French power in India
- The rebellion of prince Jaffier Caun [Ja’far Khān Zand], eldest son of the former ruler Sadoo Caun [Ṣadiq Khān Zand], against the present regent of Persia [Iran], Ally Morat Caun [‘Alī Murād Khān Zand]
- The appointment of Ibrahim Effendi to replace Ishmael Aga [Isma’īl Āqā] as Mussaleem [Mutasallim]
- An expedition by the Turks and Montaficks [Muntafiq Tribe] against the Chaubs [Banū Ka’b Tribe]
- The instructions provided by Latouche to his successor Manesty on his departure from Bussorah
- The correspondence of Manesty with Coja Petrus Mellick [Khwaja Petros Malik] in Bagdat
- A report from the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr] on the death of King Ally Morat Caun, the succession of Jaffier Caun and his campaign against Sciad Morat Caun [Ṣayd Murād Khān Zand, Valī of Shīrāz]
- The Resident’s instructions to Manesty to establish contact with members of the Bacha’s court
- The instructions to Manesty from Bombay regarding the fleet of Lalla Challaby [Lalah Chalabī]
- The seizure of a boat belonging to the Company by Shaik Moosa of the Chaub [Shaikh Mūsā al-Ka’bī]
- The departure of Governor-General Hastings from Calcutta [Kolkata] on board the ship Berrington for Europe
- The intelligence conveyed by the Resident at Bushire on the arrival of French vessels at Muscat
- The correspondence of Sir Robert Ainslie, Ambassador at Constantinople, with Manesty at Bussorah
- The discussions between a French commander and Shaikh Calfoun [Shaikh Khalfān bin Muḥammad Āl Bū Sa’id].
- 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
040-000177231
041-003724712 - 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/29/22 : Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pts 1-4
IOR/G/29/22/1 : Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0008]/040-000177231[0001]/041-003724712
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume (201 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000004
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1784
- End Date:
- 1785
- Date Range:
- 16 Feb 1784-9 Oct 1785
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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