![‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2 [‎249r] (248/254)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x00035e/IOR_G_29_1_0506.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2 [‎249r] (248/254)")
‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2 [249r] (248/254)
The record is made up of 1 item (127 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1625-3 Aug 1697. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
restore them to their owners And likewise if Christians
fly to Mussellmen t they shall accordingly restore them
hack to the English t And in the freindly assistance each
of other they shall not faile.
Whereas it was Conceaved that the woord Jeroone
often mencioned in these Articles, Comprehended the
Hand of Ormus and other Countries adjacent we are Ad
vertised uppon Inquiry that it is meant onely by the
Hand of Ormus.
Thom: Kerridge.
( Endorsed K
Ooq)y of the Articles of Ormus as it was delivered
by the Company to the Lord Chancellor.
r
There is a duplicate copy of the alove Articles
in State Papers Colonial, Past Indies, No.6.
with the following endorsement:
Copy of the Articles of Ormus as they
were delivered hy the East India Company
to the Lord Chancellor, upon the debate
1664 at Worcester House.
About this item
- 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).
- Extent and format
- 1 item (127 folios)
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2 [249r] (248/254), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/G/29/1/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100097383481.0x00006b> [accessed 22 August 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100097383481.0x00006b
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100097383481.0x00006b">‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2 [‎249r] (248/254)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100097383481.0x00006b"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x00035e/IOR_G_29_1_0506.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x00035e/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/G/29/1/2
- Title
- ‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 2
- Pages
- front-a-i, 126r:202v, 203v, 208v, 212v, 216v, 220r:221v, 226v:251v, back-a-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence