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IOR/G/29/22/3
- Record Id:
- 041-003724714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111654190.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/22/3
- Title:
- Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 3
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 8 October 1787 and 20 July 1790, and covers the following:
- The entry of Mustapha Aga [Musṭafā Āqā] as the new Mussaleem [Mutasallim]
- The return of Shaik Swiney [Shaikh Thuwaynī bin ‘Abdullāh al-Sa‘dūn] and Hodjee Soliman Bey [Ḥādjī Sulaymān Bey al-Shāwī] with a large body of Montifick [Muntafiq] and Benuchalid [Banū Khālid]
- The appointment of Harford Jones Brydges as a factor to join the Resident and Council at Bussorah
- The re-appointment, by the Ottoman Government, of Shaik Swiney as Shaik of the Montifick Arabs
- The ‘channels of conveyance’ for packets from Constantinople [Istanbul] and Aleppo to London
- The simultaneous wars of the Ottoman Empire against Russia (1787-92) and Germany [Austria] (1788-91)
- The correspondence of the Resident, Samuel Manesty with George Baldwin, Consul in Alexandria
- The conduct of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Naṣir bin Madhkūr] towards the English at Bushire [Bushehr]
- The dispatches of the Governor General and Sir Archibald Campbell to the Secretary of War
- The victory of Mhadjee Scindia [Mahadji Sindhia] against Myrza Ismael Beg [Mīrzā Ismā’īl Beg Hamadānī]
- The grant of a ‘Calaat’ [khal’at, robe of honour] by Jaafer Khan [Ja’far Khān Zand] to the Resident
- A Farman issued by ‘Jaafer the son of Mohammed Sadek’ [Ja’far son of Muḥammad Ṣādiq Khān Zand]
- A conspiracy involving Mustapha Akau [Musṭafā Āqā], Shaik Swiney, and the Shaik of the Chaub [Banū Ka’b]
- The struggle for power between Jaafer Khan and Mohammed Khan Cajar [Āqā Muḥammad Khān Qājār]
- The preparations of the Musaleem and Shaik Swiney against the Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā]
- The authorisation of the Resident by the Bacha to negotiate a peace with the Musaleem
- The proclamation of Ismael Aga [Isma’īl Āqā] as Musaleem of Bussorah and the flight of Mustapha Aga
- The murder of Jaafer Khan by Sceid Morad Khan [Ṣayd Murād Khān Zand] and Ally Kooli Khan [Ḥadjī ‘Alī Qulī Khān Kazirūnī], Shaik Nasir’s protection of prince Lutf Ally Khan [Luṭf ‘Alī Khān Zand], and the possibility that Mohammed Khan Khajar might establish ‘compleat sovereignty’ over the Kingdom of Persia
- The possibility of moving the factory from Bussorah to Grain [Kuwait], under the rule of Shaik Abdullah Ibn Subbah [Shaikh ‘Abd Allāh I bin Ṣabāḥ] of the Benichalid [Banū Khālid] Tribe
- The demand from the Bacha to Shaik Abdullah that he surrender the former Musaleem Mustafa Aga
- The departure of Monsieur Moustier, the French agent resident in Bussorah for Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelt Bagdat in the volume]
- The displacement of Shaik Swiney by Shaik Ahmood Ibn Tamar [Shaikh Ḥammūd bin Thāmir al-Sa‘dūn], the appointment of Ally Beg as the new Musaleem of Bussora, and the Bacha’s departure for Bagdad
- The return of Lutf Ally Khan to Scherauze [Shiraz] and the punishment of his father’s murderers
- The death of Shaik Nassir and succession of his son Shaik Nesir [Shaikh Naṣr I bin Nāṣir Āl-Madhkūr]
- The correspondence of the Resident with Soliman the Bacha of Bagdad and his Kia [Kīyā]
- The correspondence of the Resident with Abdullah ibn Subbah, Shaik of Grain regarding Mustafa Aga
- The victory of Shaik Ahmood over Shaik Swiney and Mustafa Aga at Seffwan [Safwan], the dispersal of the latter’s supporters to Persia and Muscat, and Shaik Swiney’s asylum with Shaik Gathban [Shaikh Ghaḍbān al-Ka’bī]
- The victory of Mahommed Khan against Lutf Ally Khan and the siege of Schyras
- The counter-attack by Lutf Ally Khan, his breaking of the siege, and Mahommed Khan’s retreat
- The challenges of conveying the package entrusted to Lieutenant John Taylor and Adam Blackader
- The attack by Tippoo Sultan [Tipū Sulṭān] on the Rajah of Travancorre [Maharaja of Travancore]
- The departure of Shaik Swiney from Shaik Gathban to Shaik Abdullah, and on to the Whahab [Wahhabī] 'Tribe'.
- 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
041-003724714 - 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/29/22/3 : Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 3 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0003]/037-000177223[0008]/040-000177231[0003]/041-003724714
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1787
- End Date:
- 1790
- Date Range:
- 8 Oct 1787-20 Jul 1790
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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