Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pts 1-2
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pts 1-2
- Date:
- 1725/1731
- Description:
- Abstract: These volumes contain letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 April 1725 and 25 August 1731. The letters describe the power struggle between Ashraf Sultan Ghilza'i and Shah Tahmasb II for supremacy in Persia, political and economic relations with the Governor of Baghdad [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha] and the Governor of Bussorah ['Abd al-Rahman Pasha], as well as exchanges with agents of the East India Company based at the English factory in Bussorah.Physical description: This file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-117) and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 118-239); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-239; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and have been crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 119a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- طهماسب الثاني الصفوي
أشرف غلزائي
أحمد باشا الكرجي
السلالة الصفوية (أسرة)
والي بغداد المملوكي
شاه بلاد فارس - Geographic region:
- Kismish
Gombroon
Spahaun
Bussorah - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001251.0x00036f_ar
81055/vdc_100000001251.0x00036f_en
IOR/G/29/18
IOR/G/29/18