Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Government of the Dutch East Indies. It is the fourteenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the safe return of the
Lorkas(also referred to as the
Gorkas) to Batavia [Jakarta] from the Persian Gulf, and the return of the British sailors who were on board to Bombay [Mumbai] via Singapore.Further information on the
Lorkascan be found at IOR/F/4/2260/114578 and IOR/F/4/2325/120980.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 13 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 420, and terminates at f 424, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Loyal Cooke(written in the journal as the Loyall Cooke) from England to China, Madras [Chennai] and Bengal (Captain Richard Bolton), 4 February 1703/4 to 12 October 1707. The
Loyal Cookedeparted from the Downs on 4 February 1703/4, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 23 June 1704, Batavia [Jakarta]; 8 August 1704, Emoy [Xiamen]; 20 February 1704/5, Malacca; 29 April 1705, Madras; 27 July 1705, Ballasore [Balashore]; 9 October 1705, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 29 January 1705/6, Callicutt [Kozhikode]; 31 March 1706, Gombron [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 18 July 1706, Madras; 10 January 1707, Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope]; 8 September 1707, Texell [Texel]; 12 October 1707, Deptford.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 130; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Williamfrom England to Swally (various spellings) [Surat] and Batavia [Jakarta] (various spellings) (Captain Christopher Brown), 1626-29 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 16 April 1626; 30 July 1626, Johaney [Anjouan]; 3 October 1626, Surat; 27 May 1627, Batavia; 17 December 1627, left Surat; 6 January 1627 [New Style date 6 January 1628] Comerrone [Bandar Abbas]; 24 February 1627 [New Style date 24 February 1628], Surat; 12 April 1628, left for England; 2 September 1628, Baye of Saldaney [Saldanha Bay]; 28 January 1628 [New Style date 28 January 1629], the Downs.The title on the original front cover (folio 2) is only partly legible. It indicates that the journal was compiled by Andrew Warden.The journal contains regular dated entries, with navigational readings and notes in the left hand margin.The journal records: navigational information; winds; weather; sightings of other vessels; and general remarks.The journal includes a description of a joint attack on Bumbaye [Bombay/Mumbai] by English and Dutch ships on 15 October 1627. The attack resulted in the capture of the fort, castle, and town, and the removal of all the best commodities (folio 13).The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 73; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 57-71, which have not been digitised. Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Phoenix(spelled 'Phenix' throughout the record) from England to Borneo, and back (Captain John Carswell), 10 December 1704-17 September 1708 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 5 January 1704 [Old Style]/5 January 1705 [New Style]; 7 May 1795, Cape of Good Hope; 25 June 1705, Johana [Anjouan]; 29 July 1705, Gomorun [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 7 December 1705, Batavia [Jakarta]; 19 January 1705 [Old Style]/19 January 1706 [New Style], Banjare [Banjarmasin]; 28 April 1706, Tonborneo [Tomborneo]; 15 August 1706, Banjarmasin; 1 January 1706 [Old Style]/1 January 1707 [New Style], Madura [Madura Island, Indonesia]; 11 April 1707, Batavia; 26 October 1707, Cape of Good Hope; 24 December 1707, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 14 April 1708, Lisbone [Lisbon]; 12 September 1708, St Helens [Portsmouth].The ship was at Bandar Abbas from 29 July to 30 August 1705; at Banjarmasin and Tomborneo from 19 January 1705/6 to 3 December 1706; at Madura from 1 January 1706/7 to 4 April 1707; and at Batavia from 11 April to 26 July 1707.Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journall the Phenix, Jno. Carswell' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd [Received] y. 2. Novemb. [2 November] 1708' (folio 1).The journal records: navigational information (including runs of latitude readings in the left hand margin); weather; sea conditions; references to the ships with which the
Phoenixsailed in convoy; the provisioning and maintenance of the ship; sightings of seabirds; cargoes carried (especially cloth at Bandar-e ʻAbbās, and bricks, pepper, and tea on Borneo); sightings of other (particularly Dutch) vessels; and reports of the deaths of crew members from disease.Also included are a brief description of the island of Anjouan (folio 25); an account of a clash with local people at Madura, which resulted in the apparent murder of a number of members of the ship's crew (folios 71-72); references to the destruction of the Company's factory at Banjarmasin in 1707 (folio 80); and sketches of coastline, including Java, Madura, and Crocatore [Krakatoa] (folio 129).The journal also includes a note (folio 5a) dated January [circa 1740?] referring to another ship named 'Phenix' [
Phoenix], Master, David Arthur, bound to Barbadoes [Barbados] with a cargo of slaves. The note lists a number of contemporary events.The journal is double-dated where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 133; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Fragment of a journal kept by Edmund Sayers of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Anne Royalto Batavia [Jakarta] 22 February 1623 [New Style 22 February 1624] to 11 April 1624. The Journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 15, and terminates at f 15, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Princess Amelia, kept by Captain John Misenor. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Batavia [Jakarta], Macoy [Macau], Mocha, and Bombay [Mumbai] (dates are those of arrival): 7 March 1725, Batavia; 11 April 1725, Borneo; 3 August 1725, Amoy [Xiamen]; 28 September 1725, Macoy (Whampoa Anchorage); 3 March 1726, Tellicherry [Thalassery, India]; 21 April 1726, Mocha; 28 August 1726, Bombay; 22 September 1726, Tellicherry; 23 December 1726, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 6 February 1727, St Helena; 3 April 1727, Barbadoes [Barbados] (unplanned due to disrepair of the ship); 2 July 1727, Deptford.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This Is my Originall Journall', signed by John Misenor, 25 July 1727.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Month, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and some navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes include observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 113; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Stringer, kept by Captain Isaac Pyke. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Batavia [Jakarta], Moccoa [Macao], Bombay [Mumbai], and Mochoa [Mocha]. The ship called at the following places (dates given are those of arrival): 6 January 1710, Downes [Downs]; 8 January 1710, Stokes Bay; 8 February 1710, Plymouth; 11 March 1710, Plymouth (returned); 1 September 1710, Batavia; 11 July 1711, Moccoa; 1 September 1711, Wampoo [Pazhou]; 20 December 1711, Moccoa; 14 January 1712, Mallacca [Malacca]; 3 March 1712, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 15 April 1712, Mochoa; 21 September 1712, Bombay; 17 February 1713, Cape; 18 August 1713, Downs.The journal consists of daily entries of two tables of data and some more general remarks. The tables contain navigational data and information on speed (in knots), depth (in fathoms), courses, winds, and weather. The remarks consist of notes on weather, wind, land bearings, ship sightings, courses, ship maintenance, flora and fauna, and other miscellaneous matters. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only or, at times, nothing at all.Pyke divided his journal into two parts, which have subsequently been kept together. The first part (IOR/L/MAR/B/688B) starts 6 January 1710 and ends 18 April 1712 (folios 2-141); the second part (IOR/L/MAR/B/688C) starts 22 August 1712 and ends 18 August 1713 (folios 145-282). Pyke has inscribed and signed the journal in several places (folios 1, 141, and 281). Throughout the journal there are short sections of blank entries.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 289; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between British officials relating to political and religious activity in Hedjaz [Saudi Arabia] and Batavia [Jakarta] by Arab merchants and other notables originating from opposing factions in the Hadhramaut [Hadramawt] region of the Aden Protectorate [Yemen]. The main correspondents are the Political Resident at Aden, the British Consul and Vice-Consul at Jeddah and the British Consul-General at Batavia. In addition to exchanging intelligence, the correspondents also discuss measures to be taken to prevent the development of a new arms smuggling route from the Dutch East Indies [Indonesia] and the Straits Settlement of Singapore, to the minor port of Bir Ali in Aden Protectorate, thereby avoiding port clearances at Mukalla.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file opens with a communication received from the HM Consulate-General at Batavia [Jakarta], informing the Aden Political Resident (Bernard Reilly) of formal approaches made to the Consulate to export arms and ammunition from Java [Indonesia] to Mokalla [Mukalla]. The communication encloses the following:A copy letter from Paulus Johannes Hartman, an arms dealer based in Batavia, requesting permission to export arms to Mokalla, and to establish a branch of his business there (folio 14).A translation of a report by the Dutch East Indies Dienst der Algemeene Recherché, on information received from Hellerman & Company, arms dealers, about an approach from Shaikhs Saleh bin Abdulla Nahdi and Sultan bin Muhammad Nahdi to export arms and ammunition to Aden (folios 15-16).The file also contains a response from the Aden Political Resident communicating the policy of restricting arms sales to recognised tribal chiefs, which states that arms can only be purchased from the Residency armoury. In response, the Consul-General at Batavia promises to forward the information to all relevant officials in the Dutch East Indies [Indonesia], and also supplies information on small arms which had recently been approved for export to Mukalla.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and the Factory's Council members John Parsons and Nathaniel Pomfret headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, as well as visits to and from the Factory. Records of significant political and military operations in the region are also preserved.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:Records of the East India Company's (EIC's) cash, staff salaries, and invoicesRecords of letters to commanders of the EIC's ships along with sailing ordersRecords of the activities of French and Dutch vesselsRecords of traded commodities such as woollen goods, wood, broad cloth, sugar, candy, iron, spices, lead, tin, and carpetsRecords of the amounts of wool arriving from Carmenia [Kerman]Records of letters received from the Linguist (i.e. interpreter) at Carmenia advising on the amount of wool sent and the billsNews of the death of George Forbes, the Factory's Surgeon, in October 1755News of the death of Factory member, John Parsons, in December 1755, and the appointment of Nathaniel Pomfret [also written Pomfrett] in his place.The diary includes records and news of inland military operations. The main governors and military officers conducting the operations are: Ahmed Shaw [Ahmad Shah Afghan Dorrani, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali ruled 1747-1772]; Sharrook Caun [Shāhrokh Mīrzā Afshār, c 1734-1796, Governor of Kerman, also written as Shawrook and Sharroock]; Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia]; Azad Caun [Āzād Khān Ghilza'ī, d 1782, Beglerbeg of Azarbāijān]; Nasseir Caun [Nāsir Khān Āl Mazkūr, Shaikh of Būshehr, ruled 1162-1203/c 1749-1788]; Hossan Caun Cadjar [Muhammad Hasan Khan Qajar, also written as Hossain]; Ally Caun Shahesamon [‘Ali Khan Shahsevan Baghdadi, one of Karim Khan's officers, also written as Shahesamand, and Shahesaman]; Shaik Hattem [Shaikh Hatim bin Jubbarah al-Nasuri, an Arab Shaikh based at Lar]; Moolah Abdul Carem Guialadary (Mulla Abd al-Karim Gallahdari, also written as Gualadory]; Zamoun Caun Ophgoon [Zaman Khan Afghan, one of Ahmed Shah's officers]; Goulam Shaw Caun [Ghulam Shah Khan, one of Ahmed Shah's officers]; Moolah Ally Shaw [Mulla Ali Shah, fl 1740-1760, the Governor of Gombroon]; Shaik Rama of Julfar [Raḥmah bin Maṭar al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Julfār]; Mahomet Raza Caun [Muhammad Reza Khan]; Fattally Caun [Fath Ali Khan]; and Mahomet Caun Zand [Muhammad Khan Zand].The main regions involved in the military campaigns are: Lhar [Lar, also written as Lhor], Spahaun [Eṣfahān], Casbin [Qazvin, also written Cazbin], Yazd, Hodjebaud [Haji Abad, also written Hodjeabaud], Tarroun [Tehran], Ahmadabaud [Ahmad Abad], Tabreez [Tabriz], Corasoon [Khorasan, also written as Carasoon], Mushad [Mashhad], Casshoun [Kashan], Rasht, Roumia [Rumiyyah], Guirmassir [Garmsir, also written as Guiarmassir, and Garmassir], Mesandroon [Mazandaran], Shyrash [Shiraz, also written as Shirash], Fars [also written as Farse], Sistan, Nessabour [Nishapur], and the Island of Kishme [Qishm, Qeshm].The diary includes records of letters exchanged between the Factory and members of the Council of Bombay. The letters cover the situation of affairs in the region, the Act of Parliament related to officers and soldiers in the service of the Company, and a copy of sundry paragraphs (folios 29-44) of the Company’s commands on the ship
Dragonrelated to the Gombroon Factory.Another group of letters recorded in the diary are the ones exchanged with William Shaw, Resident at Bussorah [Basra, also written as Bussora] and with Francis Wood, the Resident at Bunderick [Bandar-e-Rīg, also written as Bunder Reek and Bundreek]. The former contain information on the state of affairs at Bussorah, and Bagdad [Baghdad, also written as Bagdat], the cash received, the packets dispatched to the British Consulate at Aleppo, the Dutch activities, relations with the Turks [Ottomans], in addition to a detailed narrative of Mr Shaw's dispute with the Mussaleem [Mutasallim] of Bussorah, (folios 60-66v). The letters exchanged with the Bunderick Resident contain information on the following: the state of affairs at Bunderick and Carack [Bandar-e Chārak], relations with Meer Hossain [Mir Husayn bin Nasir al-Zu‘abi, Governor of Bunderick, also written as Hossan], the establishment of a factory there, relations with the Chief of the Dutch Factory, and the dispute with Meer Maanna [Mir Muhanna bin Nasir al-Zu‘abi, also written as Manna, brother of Meer Hossain].The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Experiment Snow, the
Neptunegalley, the
Success, the
Pasteronia, the
Prince George, the
Prince Edward, the
Cawdery, the
WarrenKetch, the
Houghton, the
Fezraboony[Fayz Rabbani], the
Bridgewater, the
Swallow, the
Ally Racky, the
Countryketch, and the
Stretham.The ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Bunderick, Bengal [also written as Bengall], Surat, Cochin, Carack, Batavia [Jakarta], Busshire [Būshehr, also written Bussheir, Busshire] and Ormuse [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, Hormuz, Ormuz].The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: table expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen [Afsin] Garden, merchandised charges, extraordinary charges, stable charges, servants' wages, ships' charges, and factory repairs.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 90; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Discoveryfrom England to Surat, Persia [Iran] and Java, (Captain Johnson), 1626-1629, (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated). The
Discoverydeparted from the Downs on 16 April 1626 and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations: 30 July 1626, Johanna [Anjouan]; 15 October 1626, Bombay [Mumbai]; 24 October 1626, Saratt [Surat]; 18 January 1627, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; March, Saratt; 27 May 1627, Batavia [Jakarta]; October, Surat; 12 May 1628, Cape [of Good Hope]; 15 June 1628, St Helena; 25 October 1628, Downs.Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.The journal also records (folio 39) the
Discoveryanchoring with East India Company ships the
Mary, the
Hartand the
Starr.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 119; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.A previous foliation sequence, bottom right corner, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages ff 60-102, which have not been digitised.