Vol 1 Letters inward and outward

Title:

Vol 1 Letters inward and outward

Date:

1763/1788

Description:

Abstract: A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters from other individuals and Company servants.The correspondence covers a wide range of topics:Trade - mainly the import of English woollens for the Persian market and the export of Carmenia wool (from Kirmān province) and raw silk. Other commodities discussed are tin, lead, and coffee.Political developments in Persia and along the Gulf coast. The dominant events focus around relations between Mīr Muhanna, the Banu Ka‘b, Karim Khan, the Ottoman Turks, the Sheikhs of Bushire, the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) and the English, and cover a period of increasing political and military activity by the British East India Company in the region.Financial and administrative matters, including the relationship between the Agency in Basra and the Residency, structural changes within the Company as a whole, and the issues of sick leave, salaries, and allowances.Scientific and geographical matters, such as botanical collections and weather.Physical description: Condition: Some of the pages in the volume have been damaged by bookworm, stains, and general wear and tear which has obscured parts of the text, but generally the condition of the documents is good. There has been some recent restoration using a silk laminate and more modern paper.Foliation: The main sequence, and the one used for reference, is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio.There are also two pagination systems, which are inconsistent. The first is written in large numbers, in pencil, in the top outside corner of each page. It appears throughout the volume but is often out of sequence. The second appears only on the later letters (those between 1786 and 1788) and seems to be original. It is written in ink on the top outside corner of each page.In addition to this, the later (1786-1788) letters are also individually numbered at the bottom of each item. This is an original numbering.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Botany
Weather
Silk industry

Geographic region:

Schyras
Carrack

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003b5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003b5_en
IOR/R/15/1/1
IOR/R/15/1/1

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