Correspondence of the East India Company with the Levant Company

IOR/G/29/25, ff 7-21

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The record is made up of 1 item (15 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1600-7 Mar 1765. 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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Content: Correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Company related to the right to trade at Bussorah [Basra, also spelled as Bussora]. The correspondence includes a copy of a letter to Mr Henry Grenville, His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]; copies of extracts from the EIC’s charters and several acts of Parliament dated between 1600 and 1743, in support of its rights to trade in the East Indies [the Islands of Southeast Asia, and parts of East Asia], other parts of Asia and Africa; and copies of several paragraphs of the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Company’s Charter granted by King Charles II in 1661.
Extent and format: 1 item (15 folios)
It is part of: Various Papers Relating to the Work and Activities of the East India Company in the Gulf of Persia
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Ref: IOR/G/29/25
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Archival item

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/G/29/25, ff 7-21
Date(s): 31 Dec 1600-7 Mar 1765 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Trade (practice)
Places: Bussorah
People & organisations: Levant Company

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Reference: IOR/G/29/25, ff 7-21
Title: Correspondence of the East India Company with the Levant Company
Pages: 7r:21v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence