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IOR/G/29/22/2
- Record Id:
- 041-003724713
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111654171.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/22/2
- Title:
- Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 2
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra, also spelt Bussora in the volume] between 9 October 1785 and 4 October 1787, and covers the following:
- The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah, Samuel Manesty, with the Court of Directors and Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the Company
- The movements and possible instructions of the French vessels visiting Muscat and the Persian Gulph [Gulf], and the potential for the French to intercept British communications through the Gulf in the event of a war
- The departure of Captain Matthew Jenour of HM 102nd Regiment from Bussorah for Aleppo
- The conclusion of a peace, by Mahomed Beg, between Bagdat [Baghdad] and the Chaub [Banū Ka’b]
- The cultivation of friendly relations between Manesty and Shaik Gathban [Shaikh Ghaḍbān al-Ka’bī]
- The correspondence between Manesty and Soliman Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā] of Bagdat
- The appointment of William Gamul Farmer as Resident at Bussorah and his arrival on the King George, and the relinquishment of his appointment by Farmer and replacement with John Griffith
- The struggle between Jaffier Khan [Ja’far Khān Zand] and Mahomed Khan [Āqā Muḥammad Khān Qājār], Governor of Mazanderan [Mazandaran], over possession of Ispahan [Isfahan], and the apparent reconciliation between the Zand claimants Sciat Morat Khan [Ṣayd Murād Khān] and Jaffier Khan
- The arrival of four ships belonging to Tippoo Sultan [Tipū Sulṭān] at Muscat en route to Judda [Jeddah]
- A letter from the Grand Vizier Jussef Pashaw [Koca Yūsif Pāshā] to Suleiman Pashaw [Sulaymān Pāshā]
- The hostilities between the Mahrattas [Marathas] and Nizam Ally [Nizām ‘Alī] against Tippoo Sultan
- The arrival of four of Tippoo Sultan’s ‘vakeels’ [vakīls, representatives] in Bussorah, with the apparent intention to proceed to Bagdat and Constantinople [Istanbul], and thereafter to France and England
- The resignation of his post by Griffith, and handover of charge for the factory to Manesty
- The revolt of Hodjee Soliman Bey [Ḥādjī Sulaymān Bey al-Shāwī], Shaik of the Bey [‘Ubayd] Arabs
- The departure of an army of Montifick [Muntafiq], Benuchalid [Banū Khālid] and Anisa [‘Anizzah] Arabs on an expedition against Abdulul Whahab [‘Abd al-Wahhāb], Shaik of the Whahabee [Wahhabī]
- The seizure, by Shaik Swiney [Shaikh Thuwaynī bin ‘Abdullāh al-Sa‘dūn], of the town of Bussorah
- The entertainment by Shaik Swiney of Hodjee Soliman Bey, and his son Daud Bey [Dāwūd Bey]
- The reception of Hodjee Soliman Bey’s brother, Mahomed Bey [Muḥammad Bey al-Shāwī] at Bagdat
- The intelligence from Persia [Iran] on the return of Jaffier Caun to Schyras [Shiraz] on 18 April [1785]
- The departure of Charles Watkins to replace Edward Galley as the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr]
- The defection of Shaik Ahmood son of Tamar [Shaikh Ḥammūd bin Thāmir al-Sa‘dūn] to the Bacha of Bagdat
- The Bacha’s appointment of Ahmood as Shaik, and his preparations for war against Swiney
- The requests of Soliman Bacha for assistance from the Company and the Imaum [Imam of Muscat]
- The directions of Soliman Bacha to the Shaik of the Chaub to engage and destroy the fleet of Bussorah
- The correspondence between Manesty and Captain Peter Scott of the Snow ‘Begler Beg’ [Beglerbeg]
- The confirmation of Soliman Bacha’s appointment as Ottoman Vizier of Bagdat and Bussorah
- The victory of Soliman Bacha against Shaik Swiney, and Swiney and Hodjee Soliman Bey’s subsequent escape.
- 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
041-003724713 - 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/29/22/2 : Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0008]/040-000177231[0002]/041-003724713
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1785
- End Date:
- 1787
- Date Range:
- 9 Oct 1785-4 Oct 1787
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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