Diary and Consultations of Mr John Geekie, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing November 1728 and ending January 1729
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Diary and Consultations of Mr John Geekie, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing November 1728 and ending January 1729
- Date:
- 1728/1729
- Description:
- Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 3-24), which contains records of consultations at the [East India Company's] Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Geekie, and the Factory Council members, including Edward Clift and William May, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, as well as visits to and from the Factory.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:The trading activities of the Dutch and the French in the regionLists of certain commodities and their prices in Persian currenciesRecords of the activities of a certain Arab Shaikh named Rachid [Rashid], and his Arab supportersRecords of letters received from various merchants and Persian officialsThe Dutch-Aphgoons [Afghan] disputeThe arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]The death of a person named Mynheer Tlaam [?]The payment of customsThe murder of the Dutch Chief by a Persian servantThe appointment of John Horne as the new Chief of the Gombroon Factory.The consultations also include records of visits exchanged between Factory members and Persian officials and merchants, such as Baroo Caun [Baru Khan] and Abdullah Caun [Khan]. There are also reports of ships' arrivals and departures, including the Britannia, and the Victoria Frigate. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Ormuz [Hormuz, also written as Ormuse], Bombay, and Bunder Bouchier [Bushire].Physical description: The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Diary
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Victoria
- Geographic region:
- Ormuz
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098364806.0x000007_ar
81055/vdc_100098364806.0x000007_en
IOR/G/29/5/1
IOR/G/29/5/1