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IOR/G/29/1/2
- Record Id:
- 041-004250984
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000177207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144112123.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100149251873.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/G/29/1/2
- Title:
- ‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2
- Scope & Content:
- This item contains the East India Company’s early correspondence about Persia [Iran], together with translations of firmans [farmāns, i.e. edicts] and trading privileges [rughūms] issued by the Shah, his Commercial Agent [Mālik al-Tujjār] and Master of the Mint, the Beglerbeg [Governor-General] of Fars and other Persian administrators. The item include material relating to:
- An attack on a Portuguese ship by the English, who decapitated all the men on board, and sent their heads to Muscatt ‘for a present’ to Ruy Fferejra [Rui Freire de Andrade]
- The skirmishes of the King of Denmark [Christian IV] and Duke of Brunswick [Christian the Younger] against the Imperial Army under Monsieur [Johann Tserclaes, Count of ] Tilly
- The Spanish recapture of Baja [Bahia] in Brazillia [Brazil] from the ‘Hollanders’
- The return of the Shah’s ambassador, Sir Robert Sherly [Shirley], from his mission to Europe
- The outbreak of war between England and Spain, and the English expedition against Cádiz.
The item also includes:
- The accounts of expenses for two journeys in Persia: March 1626-January 1627, and February 1627-December 1628 (ff 152-197)
- Firmans, mandates, and letters issued by the Shah and others, June 1627-June 1630 (ff 203-226)
- Instructions from King Charles I to Nicholas Wilford, sent on a Mission to the Emperor of Persia (f 235); and Patterns [of silks] from Persia, received overland via Aleppo, 3 August 1697 (f 243).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000173250
036-000177207
040-000177208
041-004250984 - Is part of:
- IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/29 : Factory Records: Persia and the Persian Gulf
IOR/G/29/1 : ‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’
IOR/G/29/1/2 : ‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000173250[0029]/036-000177207[0001]/040-000177208[0002]/041-004250984
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/G
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (127 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100149251873.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1625
- End Date:
- 1697
- Date Range:
- 2 Nov 1625-3 Aug 1697
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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