Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pt 1 [‎71v] (153/250)

Content

This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 April 1725 and 25 September 1726. It includes material relating to:

• The rivalry of the English at Tillicherry [Thalassery] with the French at Mihie [Mahé]
• The trading privileges obtained from the Governor of Bagdat [Baghdad], Achmat Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ]
• An Act of Parliament to deter British citizens from taking direct or indirect part in the ‘Ostend trade’
• The remonstrance of the Chief Agent with the Governor of Bussorah, Abde Rahman Basha [Abd al-Rahman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ]
• An order [ firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). ] from Constantinople [Istanbul] to the Dafftardar Efendy [i.e. Daftardar Efendi, the Book Keeper, Mahmud Efendi] and Cawzy Efendy [i.e. Qadi Efendi, the Chief Judge]
• The execution of the ‘male line’ of the Persian royal family by King Mahmud [Shah Mahmud Ghilza’i], and the deposition of Mahmud by his cousin, subsequently proclaimed as Ashreff Sultan [Sultan Ashraf Ghilza’i; also rendered as Ashroph and Ashroff in the volume]
• The arrival of an embassy from Ashroph Sultan at Mussull [Mosul] on its way to the Porte
• The measures taken to stamp out private trade conducted by the employees of the Company
• The negotiations with Ottoman officials over customs to be paid on imported merchandise at Bussorah
• The appointment, by the Callantar of Minoe [Kalantar of Minoo], of Sheik Rashet [Shaikh Rashid bin Matar al-Qasimi], as keeper of the forts on the Island of Kismish [Qeshm] for Shaw Thomas [Shah Tahmasb II]
• The dismissal and appeal of the Factory’s Linguist [i.e. interpreter], Hodje Ismael [Hadji Isma‘il]
• A request from King Ashroff to the English and Dutch for assistance to the new Governor of Gombroon [Bandar-e 'Abbas]
• The wresting, by Zyed Ahmat Caun [Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Hakim of Kerman], of the governorship of Carmania [Kerman] from Valéé Mahmud Caun [Vali Muhammad Khan, previous Hakim of Kerman]
• The instructions from the President and Council at Bombay [Mumbai] to abandon the Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah
• The arrival of Rice Jungee [Ra’is Jangi] with a following of 1200 Ballooches [Baluchis] at Gombroon
• The letters from Ashroff, King at Spahaun [Isfahan] to the English and Dutch captains at Gombroon
• The complaint of former Chief Agent Isaac Houssaye and William May against Captain Martin French
• The Governor of Bussorah, Abde Rahman Pasha’s extortions from the English Factory An East India Company trading post. between 1721 and 1726.

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1 volume (117 folios)

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English in Latin script

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