Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 2 October 1760 and ending 30 December 1761

IOR/G/29/13

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The record is made up of 1 volume (72 folios). It was created in 2 Oct 1760-30 Dec 1761. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory An East India Company trading post. . The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and the Factory An East India Company trading post. 's Council member Dymoke Lyster, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, as well as visits to and from the Factory An East India Company trading post. . Records of significant political and military operations in the region are also preserved.

Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:

The diary includes records of letters exchanged between the Resident at Bussorah, William Shaw, and the Factory An East India Company trading post. covering the following: details of events taking place at Bussorah and Bagdat [Baghdad]; trade with the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Bagdat [ Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad]; and the delivery of packets to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. via Aleppo and via Stambole [Istanbul].

The diary also includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Fezraboony (also written as Fuzerabooni ), the Roumania , the Monmouth , the Godolphin , the Stormont , the Prince Edward , the Rose Galley , and the Fort William .

Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Bengall [Bengal], Muscat, Charrack, Madrass [Madras], Island of Kishme, the Mallabar Coast [Malabar], Judah [Jeddah], Ormus, Busshiere [Būshehr], Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], Batavia [Jakarta], and England.

The diary was received on board the Swallow on 31 January 1762.

The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: garrison charges, hospital charges, table expenses, merchandised charges, the Afseen [Afsin] Garden, extraordinary charges, servants' wages, and ships' charges.

Extent and format
1 volume (72 folios)
Arrangement

The diary includes a table of contents (ff 2 verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. -4 recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. ) recording the main events and their sequence in the diary. The papers (ff 8-71) are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script
Type
Diary

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British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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IOR/G/29/13

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2 Oct 1760-30 Dec 1761 (CE, Gregorian)

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Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 2 October 1760 and ending 30 December 1761, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/G/29/13, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/9578> [accessed 5 October 2024]

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