Abstract: A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 17 December 1799. The letter reports Malcolm’s intention to travel to Muskat [Muscat] and meet with the Imaume [Imam] [Sultān bin Ahmad Al Bū Sa’id], who is suspected of pro-French sympathies, and thence to Bushire [Būshehr], and proposes installing an East India Company representative in Muskat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 17 December 1799. The letter reports Malcolm’s plans to travel to Muskat [Muscat] and meet with the Imaum [Imam] [Sultān bin Ahmad Al Bū Sa’id], who is suspected of pro-French sympathies, and thence to Bushire [Būshehr], and proposes installing an East India Company representative in Muskat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bushire [Būshehr] and dated 3 February 1800. The letter reports Malcolm’s arrival in Bushire and meeting with the Imaume [Imam] of Muscat [Sultān bin Ahmad Al Bū Sa’id], who was induced to sign an agreement with Malcolm and allow an East India Company representative to be installed in Muscat, and recommends strengthening ties with Muscat due to its maritime strength. It also reports Malcolm’s onward plans from Bushire and the Shaw [Shah] of Persia’s movements towards Khorassan [Khorāsān].Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Wexfordfrom England to India and back, recorded by Captain Charles Bernard between 13 April 1807 and 10 July 1809.The journal contains:List of passengers on board the ship from Bombay, received on board on 16 October 1808 (f 5)List of invalid seamen and soldiers from Bombay, received on board on 15 October 1808 (f 5)List of the
Wexford'spersonnel, stating name and rank (or 'station') and where applicable, whether dead, deserted (given as 'run' in the journal) or discharged (ff 6-8)List of a detachment of the Bombay Artillery to the Gulph [Gulf] of Persia (f 8v)List of personnel attached to General John Malcolm's Escort (f 9)List of lascars attached to the Bombay Artillery (f 9)List of names including wives, children, and children born during the ship's passage (f 144)List of a detachment of soldiers of the 47th Regiment, received on board at Madras on 9 January 1808 (ff 144-147)List of the officers serving under Commander Charles Bernard, recorded on 19 June 1807.The stops made during the ship's voyage from Deptford to Madras and Bombay and back include the following (dates are those of arrival): Blackwall (30 May 1807), Portsmouth (22 June 1807), Motherbank (5 July 1807), Cape of Good Hope (17 September 1807), Madras (30 December 1807), Colombo (22 January 1808), Bombay (2 March 1808), Bushire (27 May 1808), Muscat (15 August 1808), Bombay (26 August 1808), Cape of Good Hope (9 December 1808), St Helena (24 February 1809) and the Downs (23 May 1809).The journal contains daily entries in nine columns split into two sections. First section: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], and Remarks. Second section: Course and Destinations, Latitude, Longitude, Variation, Departure, and Navigation Information. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and other observations made during the course of the voyages.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 150; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file also contains an original printed foliation sequence.
Abstract: 'The Journal of a Voyage by God's Permission in the Ship Wilmington from the Port of London, to Mocha & Bombay and Other Places and Parts in the East Indies commenced ye 23rd Sep:br 1736 at Deptford Cpn Mr Charles Massey Commander. Rec. 12th May 1739' and 'The Diary of the Most Material Transactions Signals and Passages during my Commandoreship over the Marine Squadron belonging to the Hon:ble East India Company at Bombay'. The first journal records the following (dates are those of arrival):The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (6 October 1736), the Downs (2 November 1736), Praia (3 January 1736/37), Table Bay (13 March 1736/37), Joanna [Anjouan] (3 May 1737), Aden (5 June 1737) and Bombay [Mumbai] (2 July 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Bombay to Mangalore [Mangaluru] (16 October 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Mangalore to Garia [Girye] (9 November 1737), Dabull [Dābhol] (11 November 1737), Dunde Rogi Pore [?] (13 November 1737) and Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (9 December 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Gombroon to Bombay (26 January 1737/38)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Bombay to Tellecherry [Thalassery] (6 March 1737/38), Cochin [Kochi] (10 April 1738), Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (15 April 1738), Sadrassapatam [Sadras] (4 May 1738) and Madras [Chennai] (4 May 1738)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Madras to St Helena (27 November 1738), the Downs (8 April 1739), Westcott Bay (12 April 1739), Sheerness Point (17 April 1739) and Poorfleet [Purfleet] (18 April 1739).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds, Courses, and Calendar Date, weather conditions and other observations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and other observations, and all dates are given in both old and new style.The second diary records the most material transactions, signals and passages during Captain Massey's command over the East India Company's Marine Squadron based at Bombay. The diary contains further observations on the ship's passage from Bombay to Mangalore, Annanore [Kannur], Dunde Rogi Pore, Gombroon, Bombay and Tellicherry.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 241; 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 155-225, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the
Londonfrom England to Bombay, and back (Captain John Webb), 1763-65. The
Londonwas at Muscatt [Muscat] from 12 to 20 January 1765; at Busheere [Bushire] from 5 to 14 February 1765; and at Muscatt [Muscat] again from 28 February to 2 March 1765.Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal in my own hand writing. John Webb' (folio 1).The last entry in the Journal is dated 20 December 1765. The Journal is marked 'Recd [Received] 26 Decr 1765'.The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The Journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships, sightings of other vessels, commodities carried, maintenance of the ship, and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
London: Journal, 1757-59 (IOR/L/MAR/B/1A-B);
London: Journal, 1763-65 (folios 1-119, IOR/L/MAR/B/1D); and
London: Journal, 1766-69 (IOR/L/MAR/B/1E).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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: This volume is the Diary and Consultation Book of Thomas Waters, 'Supravisor' of the East India Company's activities in Persia and the Persian Gulf. The volume contains diary entries and consultations held at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] including: a consultation with William Henry Draper and John Fothringham, following the arrival of the
Fort St GeorgeGalley, about the ‘utmost disorder’ prevailing in the Company’s business; the arrival of a vessel supposedly belonging to the Imaum of Muscatt [Imam of Muscat, Muhammad bin Nasir al-Ghafiri], under the command of Noquedah Shaik Mahmud Ben Jessas [Nakhuda Shaikh Mahmud bin Jassas], the instructions provided to Captain Walley Echelin to keep the
Fort St Georgein a ‘posture of Defence’, and a request from the Governor of Gombroon for the Galley to prevent a ‘Moor Ship' from being captured by Nakhuda bin Jassas; the ‘advices’ to be carried by the
Futtacadarin[Futuh al-Qadirin] to the Presidency of Bombay, and those to Owen Phillipps at Spahaun [Isfahan] on the remittance of the ‘whole Amo[un]t of their Arrears’; a proposal for William Cordeaux to be ‘call’d in to take his place at the [Gombroon] Board, the balance due to Kessourjee [the] Broker [Kisurji Dallal Hindi], ‘remains of goods in Warehouses belonging to the H[onourable] Comp[any]’, ‘Publick Papers & Registers being now dispos’d in good Order’, and the ‘Rogums [Ruqum or Raqams: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges] found among the old Papers in the Office’; a List of ‘Rogums granted [to] the Hon[oura]ble East India Company by the Kings of Persia’ (1635-1714); The List of ‘Authentick Coppys’ of Ruqum granted to the Company by the Kings of Persia (1677-1726); the Register of ‘Sundry Books and Papers remaining in the Factory at Gombroon’, including the ‘Gombroon Journalls & Ledgers’ (1700-25), ‘Spahaun Journalls and Ledgers’ (1700-07/8, 1716-20, 1721-22), ‘Bussorah [Basra] Journalls & Legers’ (1723-25), ‘Gombroon Consultations & Diarys’ (1698-1726), ‘Spahaun Consultations & Diarys’ (1712-22), ‘Bussorah Consultations & Diarys’ (1723-24), ‘Letters Inwards & Outwards’ (1616-1726), ‘Invoice & Freight Books’ (1705-26), and ‘Broker’s Acco[un]ts with H[onourable] Company’ (1722-26); the perceived decline of Gombroon and diversion of its trade to Bassidore [Basa‘idu], ‘occasion’d through the Artifices and Crafty management of Shaik Rachide’ [Shaikh Rashid bin Matar al-Qasimi]; the Prince Sultan Mahmud Mirza [Sultan Muhammad Mirza Safavi’s] design of ‘raising forces against the Ophgoons’ [Afghans]; a request from the Supravisor to Shaikh Rashid to return the ‘Tranky’ hired by Cordeaux; the revolt of the Province of Jarroon [Jahrum] and closure of the trade routes to Shyrash [Shiraz]; a report from Lhor [Lar] that the Ophgoons had made ‘two attempts on the Turks lying before Spahaun’; the news that Shaw Achmat [Shah Ahmad Khan Mar‘ashi Safavi] has ‘got a few forces together’; the return of Mirza Zeid Alley [Mirza Zahid ‘Ali Lari] as Shawbunder [Shahbandar] of Gombroon; the delayed departure of the Galley for the ‘Mocha Service’; the request of William Brewer to the Supravisor for permission to return to Bombay with the Galley; the charges against Captain Forbes and the ‘withdrawal’ of the English Factory from Bussorah as related in the 'Bussorah Diary'; the delivery by Isaac Houssaye of the ‘Books of Acco[un]ts [and] Papers of Publick Registers’ and the ‘Invoice of Treasure’ on board the
Victoria; the presentation by the Dutch East India Company of the ‘Bills drawn by the Gentlemen at Spahaun’; a letter from Dr Arthur Forbes to the Supravisor on the ‘Chest of Physick’ that came by the Galley; the demand of Governor Mirza Mahmud Salley Beg [Mirza Muhammad Zal Beg] from the Supravisor, on behalf of Sultan Mahmud Mirza, of goods belonging to Mirza Zeid Alley; the charges brought by Isaac Houssaye and William May against Captain Martin French; the departure of the
Good Neighbourunder the command of Master James Ford for Bombay, and the present sent to 'Cojee Salim [Haji Salim] Governor of a Village in ye Road to Carmania’; the arrival of the Brigantine
Princecommanded by Master John Garland from Bengall [Bengal]; the reports that Shaw Ashoph(e) [Shah Ashraf Ghilza’i] had ‘intirely routed’ the Turks outside Isfahan; the answer of Martin French to the charges of Houssaye and May; the march of Shaw Thomas [Shah Tahmasb II Safavi] against Shaw Achmat with 30,000 men; the order for the suspension of Martin French and his removal as ‘one of ye Councill in the Gulph’; a report from the Noquedah of a ‘Small Dingee’ about an English ship cast away off Muscatt Harbour; the arrival of the Tellicherry Grab with a ‘Gruff Cargoe & a few Bengall Peice Goods’; the dispatch of letters to Mr Williamson, Mr Veitch and Captain West with the Frigate
Deane;a letter from the Governor of Lhor conveying ‘ye regard he has for the English Nation’, and enclosing a letter by ‘Shah Ashophe from Spahaun relating to the Engagement he had with the Turks’; the permission for French to travel to Bussorah to signal resentment at the ‘ill usage’ of the Company; the arrival of the boatswain of the
Marygold, confirming the news about the English ship cast away at Muscatt; the ‘Gen[era]l advices’ passed on to the
Ballsby the
Britanniaat a meeting near Bombay; the arrival of the
Britanniaunder Captain John Benson, after having captured a Grab from Muscatt, making it necessary to induce ‘ye Imaum to believe We are not Aggressors & prevent any ill Consequences’; a remonstrance with ‘Abde Rahman Bashaw [Abd al-Rahman Pasha] of Bussorah’; the withdrawal of protection from Cossum the Wool Merchant [Qasim Beg Tajir Kermani]; the remonstrance with Mahomet Eman Caun, Athamdoulet [Muhammad Amin Khan, I’timad al-Dawlah]; a resolution requiring Houssaye’s compliance with an order for the repayment of 150,100 Shahis; a letter from the Supravisor to the Imaum of Muscatt, ‘concerning his Vessels [
Futtehoyand
Sabahoy Cayree, i.e.
Fattahiand
Sabahal-Khayri]’, and the arrival of the
Jamesunder command of Captain Bizell [Charles Bissell] en route to Bussorah.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 43; 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: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 249-293), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, William Cockell, and the Factory Council members, including Edward Clift, James Smith, Thomas Waters, James Verelst, John Geekie and Walter Ray, 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. The margin sections in the diary include headlines noting the main events recorded in the consultations.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:News of the moassells [muhassils: tax collectors] collecting tax from the merchants at GombroonThe arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]News of Ishmael Caun [Isma‘il Khan Khazima, Governor of Qa’inat] joined by Thomas Begg [Tahmasb Quli Khan Jalayir, Wakil al-Dawla] at Shyrosh [Shiraz] preparing to march against the Balloaches [Baluch]News of disputes among the Arabs of Muscat and the Imaum [Imam] who resides inlandThe Factory's success in obtaining letters in its favor from both Lettiff Caun [Muhammad Latif Khan Daryabegi, Admiral of the Persian Navy] and the Sardar [military commander] in order to get the Company's privileges approved by Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Khan]News of Mahmud Caun Balloach's [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluya] having been blinded with a daggerNews of Shaikh Ahmud Madannah [Ahmad Madani], Muckless Caun [Mukhliss Khan?] and other prisoners being sent away to the campNews of Shaikh Russhett [Rashid] retiring from his position as the Shawbunder [Shahbander] of customs and Mirza Ishmael [Isma‘il] taking overThe death of the Factory's Secretary, James Smith, in 1734News of Baugur Caun [Muhammad Baqir Khan Lari, Na’ib of Bandar ‘Abbas?] at Gombroon joining Sardar Thomas Begg [Beg] at Shyrash in marching against the Balloaches and making his way to Candahur [Kandahar]The accession of John Horne to the Governor chair at BombayThe appointment of James Verelst as Acting Secretary, following the death of James SmithThe death of William Cordeux in 1734The death of the Dutch Chief in 1734Reports of the revolt of the Arabs of Bahreen [Bahrain] and the Shaikh of Jubarrah [the Jubarah Arabs]News of Ahmet Bashaw [Ahmet Pasha] being removed from Bagdat [Baghdad] and of Ishmael Bashaw [Ismail Pasha] being posted thereThe replacement of William Cockell by John GeekieThe arrival of Mirza Tockey [Muhammad Taqi Shirazi, Governor General of Fars] in town and his delivery of a talligaw [taliqa/ talika: official order] to the FactoryAgreement between the English Factory and the Dutch Factory regarding the wool tradeThe death of Factory employee Edward CliftNews of troubles between the Arabs led by the second son of Shaikh Mahmud Manna’ [Al Muhammad, Muhammad bin Mani’, Shaykh of al-Muntafiq] and the Bashaw [Pasha] at BusarahThomas Caun requesting English ships to take on board two persons going to Syndee [Sind] to carry the deceased Mahmud Ally Caun [Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Turkmen]News of the war between Thomas Caun and the Turks [Ottomans]Reports and letters related to actions taken by Mr Martin French at Busarah including his helping the Turks against Thomas Caun, and the consequences that this could have for the Factory and the East India CompanyNews of Lettiff Caun being replaced by Bogger Caun [Baqir Khan, a Persian military officer] at BusarahNegotiations related to the granting of the King's rogoms [raqams or ruqums, also written in the diary as rogomms: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges].The diary includes records of letters exchanged mainly between the factories at Gombroon and Spahaun and the Council at Bombay, as well as letters received from certain Persian officials. The diary also includes records of visits exchanged between the Factory's employees and Persian notables.The diary also includes records of the arrival and departure of ships including the
Britannia, the
Trial Brigantine, the
Carolina, the
Robert Galley, the
Kissing Peggy, the
Peggy Grab, the
Wilmington, the
Royal George, the
Jenny, the
Sarah, the
Hannah, the
Prince of Wales Galley, the
Fame, and the
Cumberland Galley. It also includes records of Dutch and French ships such as the
Valkurness of Batairaand the
Four Sistersrespectively. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Surat, Madrass [Madras], Mallabar [Malabar], Bengall [Bengal], Busarah, Bassidore [Basidu, also written as Bassidors] and Bombay.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
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 occasionally, the Factory's Council members William Nash and Dymoke Lyster, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, and the significant political and military operations in the region.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:The French seizing the East India Company's ship
SpeedwellReports of the country people attacking the FactoryNews of Shaik Rama [Raḥmah bin Maṭar al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Julfār, also written as Rama and Rammah] of Julfar [Julfār in what is now Ra's al Khaymah, also written as Gulfar] seizing the effects of Moolah Ally Shaw [Mulla Ali Shah] in Ormuse [[Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, Hormuz, Ormuz, also written as Ormus]The enmity between Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia, also written as Carim] and Nasseir Caun [Nāṣir Khān Āl Mazkūr, Shaikh of Būshehr, ruled 1162-1203/c 1749-1788]The Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also written as Muskatt] trying to entice the French ships ashore either at Muscat or BourkaRecords of the activities of French and Dutch vesselsNasseir Caun sending his brother Jaffar Caun [Ja‘afar Khān] to Afseen [Afsin] to build a fort thereRecords of military engagement between Dutch and English shipsCorrespondence with William Hutchinson, Captain of the ship
Godolphinregarding sailing ordersThe Benimine [Banu Mu‘in] and Charrack Arabs' [Al-'Ali, based at Charrack, modern (Bandar) Charak] confrontation with the Haram and Julfar Arabs over the Island of Kishme [Qishm, Qeshm]Records of a battle at Nandervash [Vandavasi or Wandiwash, south-west India] between French and English forcesThe arrival of wool from Cermina [Kerman, also written as Carmenia]Records of letters received from the Linguist (i.e. interpreter) at Carmenia advising on the amount of wool sent and the billsAccounts of damaged cloth delivered out of the Company's warehouseThe Agent visiting the Cutwal [Kutwal from Persian, means the chief of a fort] of Ormuse castleThe engagement between Nasseir Caun’s troops and the Julfar Arabs at Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh]Letters exchanged between the Factory Agent and the President and Governor-in-Council at Bombay, and Council MembersThe President and Governor-in-Council at Bombay, Richard Bourchier resigning from his post, and Charles Crommelin taking overRecords of the work of the Committee of AccountsThe Bombay Council correspondence with the King of Siam regarding ship
Northumberlandwhich had been seized by his peopleLetters exchanged between the Resident at Bussorah [Basra, also written as Bossarah], William Shaw, and the Factory at GombroonRecords of events taking place in Bussorah and Bagdat [Baghdad]William Shaw’s visit to the Bashaw [Pasha] of Bagdat and the good relations paved between the twoThe delivery of packets to the Court of Directors via Aleppo and Stambole [Istanbul].The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Dragon, the
Welcome, the
Godolphin, the
Swallow, the
Fort William, the
Royal George, the
Duke of Dorset, the
Drake, the
Calcutta, the
Monmouth, the
Roumaniaand the
Fuzeraboony.Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Bengall [Bengal], Surat, Muscat, Bushier [Būshehr], and Ormuse.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: table expenses, garrison charges, house repairs, the Afseen Garden, merchandised charges, extraordinary charges, servants' wages, ships' charges, and hospital charges.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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 cover.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
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 member Dymoke Lyster, 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:Reports of the enmity between Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia, also written as Carim] and Nasseir Caun [Nāsir Khān Āl Mazkūr, Shaikh of Būshehr, ruled 1162-1203/c 1749-1788]The Imaum of Muscat's [Imam of Muscat, also written as Muscatt] assisting Nasseir Caun and the Benimine [Banu Mu‘in, also written Benime] and Charrack Arabs [Al-‘Ali, based at Charrack, modern (Bandar) Charak] in their wars with the Arabs of Julfar [Julfār, in what is now Ra's al Khaymah]Exchange of letters between the Agent, and the President and Governor-in-Council at Bombay, Charles CrommelinRecords of the activities of French and Dutch vesselsThe arrival of wool from Carmenia, [Kerman, also written as Cermina]Records of letters received from the Linguist (i.e. interpreter) at CarmeniaRumours of Sharrook Caun [Shāhrokh Mīrzā Afshār, c 1734-1796, Governor of Kerman] being killed during the siege of Bahabad [?] in October 1760Reports of engagement between Shaik Ally Caun (Shaikh Ali Khān Zand, Sardar = one of Carem Caun's generals) and the joint troops of Fattally Caun [Fath Ali Khān Afshar, General] and Azad Caun [Āzād Khān Ghilza'ī, Beglerbeg of Azarbāijān]Reports of plague spreading among Carem Caun’s troops in Tauroun [Tehran, also written as Tairoun]Accounts of damaged cloth delivered out of the Company’s warehouseCommunication with Jaffar Caun [Ja‘afar Khān Āl Mazkūr, Governor of Gombroon and brother of Nāsir Khān]Communication with Saddock/ Sadduck Caun of Schyrash [Sadiq Khān Zand, Governor of Shiraz, and brother of Karīm Khān] to protect the LinguistNews of the
Drakeand the
Swallowbeing detained at Bussorah [Basra, also written as Bossarah]The removal of William Shaw from the charge of the Bussorah ResidencyCopies of the Committee of Accounts' remarks on the Gombroon accounts, particularly regarding the table expensesThe Imaum of Muscat meeting with Shaik Rached [Rashid bin Matar, also written Rachid] of JulfarNews of the victory of Hossein Caun Cajar [Moḥammad Ḥasan Khān Qājār, Governor of Astarabad] over the troops of Carem Caun at Mazandroon [Mazandaran]News of tribal conflict at Kishme [Qishm, Qeshm]Reports of the scarcity of water at Ormuse [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, Hormuz, Ormuz, also written as Ormus], and the Bennimine Arabs moving to reside at GombroonReports of the activities of Shaik Ramah [Raḥmah bin Maṭar al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Julfār]Reports of Carem Caun putting the people of Arratt [Herat], and Paschavar [Peshawar] to his obedience.The diary includes records of letters exchanged between the Resident at Bussorah, William Shaw, and the Factory covering the following: details of events taking place at Bussorah and Bagdat [Baghdad]; trade with the Bashaw of Bagdat [Pasha of Baghdad]; and the delivery of packets to the Court of Directors via Aleppo and via Stambole [Istanbul].The diary also includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Fezraboony(also written as
Fuzerabooni), the
Roumania, the
Monmouth, the
Godolphin, the
Stormont, the
Prince Edward, the
Rose Galley, and the
Fort William.Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Bengall [Bengal], Muscat, Charrack, Madrass [Madras], Island of Kishme, the Mallabar Coast [Malabar], Judah [Jeddah], Ormus, Busshiere [Būshehr], Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], Batavia [Jakarta], and England.The diary was received on board the
Swallowon 31 January 1762.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: garrison charges, hospital charges, table expenses, merchandised charges, the Afseen [Afsin] Garden, extraordinary charges, servants' wages, and ships' charges.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 72; 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.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 80-120), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory Council members, including William Cordeaux, 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:Details of former Agent John Geekie's relocation to Spahune [Isfahan, also written as Spahaun]Letters from William Cordeaux at Carmania [Kerman], recording the prices of wool purchased from the villages thereThe arrival of Captain Lewis and the delivery of his accounts from Bussarah [Basra]Records of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat sending two Arabs to the Factory to purchase gunpowderA letter received from Meer Meerallee [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, a Safavid loyalist general]The Afghan-Persian War and the involvement of both the British and the DutchA request from the Beglerbegis [Beglerbegi/ Beylerbeyi is Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Spahune and Carmania for the British to supply them with gunpowderDetails of Shaw Thomas [Shah Tahmasb II, King of Persia], having sent a letter to the King of Portugal from SpahuneThe appointment of Archibald Campbell as officer in charge of the soldiers at the FactoryThe Factory's receipt of bills drawn by John Geekie at SpahuneThe advance of Shaikh Mahmud Medannee [Most probably Ahmad Madani] and his followers towards an area called JehoonRecords of British, French and Dutch diplomats travelling from Persia to Europe via BussarahThe Afghans' attack on the Factory house at SpahuneRecords of letters sent to and received from the Company's Council of Bombay.The diary includes records of certain individuals who could be merchants or Persian officials, including the following: Sheikh Saef Ben Amad [Shaikh Sayf Bin Ahmad]; Shaik Shabonahs [Shaikh Shaban, also written as Shabonah]; Shaikh Racid [Rashid]; Baroo Caun [Baru Khan] and Mahomed Azziz Beg [Muhammad Aziz Beg].The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Britannia, the
Eleanor, and the
French Brigantine. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Muscat, Ormuz [Hormuz, also written as Ormuse], Bussarah, and Bunder Bouchier [Bushire].The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 216-248), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, William Cockell, and the Factory Council members, including Edward Clift, Walter Ray and James Smith, 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:Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan Afshar, future Nadir Shah of Persia] threatening to close the Company's houseThe arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]The Factory communicating with Thomas Caun regarding the renewal of its grants and privilegesReports of the Ballooches [Baluch] attacking the wool caphila, and the Dutch HouseEnsuring the safety of the trade routes between Carmenia and GombroonReports of Mahmud Caun Baluch [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluyah] defeating the Governor of Shyrash [Shiraz, also written as Schyras] and taking him prisonerThe East India Company's Governor-in-Council sending the new monthly allowance for the three factories in Persia with the amount of 16,000 shahees [Shahi-Persian currency] assigned to the Factory at Gombroon, 5000 shahees to the Factory at Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune], and 2000 to the Factory at CarmeniaReports of the war between Thomas Caun and the Turkish [Ottoman] forces at Bagdatt [Baghdad]Reports of the rebellion of the Soonies [Sunni Muslims], Shaikh Ahmud [Shaikh Ahmad Madani, also written in the diary as Ahmatt and Ahmett], and the Shaikh of Jubarrah [the Jubarah Arabs]News of Osman Bashaw [Topal Osman Pasha] of Baghdatt having been killedThe advance of Thomas Caun and his vackeel [wakil] Thomas Begg [Tahmasb Quli Khan Jalayir, Wakil al-Dawla] against the Ballooches, the Soonies and Aphgoons [Afghans]Chief Agent William Cockell falling seriously ill and his temporary retirement from his positionThe arrival of certain commodities such as rice, sugar, sugar candy, ginger etcThomas Caun sending Shaikh Rushett [Rashid?] to GombroonNews of clashes taking place at Muscatt [Muscat] between the Imaum's [Imam's] supporters and those who support the King [the Sultan of Muscat]The Factory's receipt of the King's rogoms [raqams or ruqums, also written in the diary as rogomms: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges].The diary includes records of letters exchanged mainly between the factories at Gombroon and Spahaun, and the Council at Bombay. It also includes records of letters received from Martin French based at the Residency at Bossarah [Basra], letters from Consul Cox at Alleppo [Aleppo], as well as letters to and from Persian notables and merchants.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Britannia, the
Franky[
Frankie], the
Carolina, the
Robert Galley, the
Alphila, the
Hannah, the
Prince of Wales Galley, the
Fame, and a French brigg [brig] called the
Three Sisters. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Bossarah, and Muscatt.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The diary includes a cover page. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.