Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vol I

Title:

Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vol I

Date:

1732/1745

Description:

Abstract: This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 March 1732 and 24 July 1745. It includes material relating to:The departure of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan, later Nadir Shah] for Bagdat [Baghdad]The departure of Achmat Bashaw [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha] from Bagdat for Bussorah [Basra]The agreement of the Muscovites [Russians] to surrender Gillaun [Gilan] to the PersiansThe increase of the Angria’s [Angrias’] fleet to eleven following the capture of two Portuguese vesselsThe resolution of Ally Bashaw [Ottoman Grand Vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha] to go to war with Persia [Iran]The deposition of the King of Persia [Shah Tahmasb II] by Thomas Coolee Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] and the proclamation of his son Shaw Abass III [Shah ‘Abbas III] as KingA letter from Tahmasb Quli Khan to Ahmed Pasha demanding the restitution of Persian territoriesThe death of Abdurahman Bashaw [Abd al-Rahman Pasha, Governor of Basra]The defeat of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] by Serasquir Osman Bashaw [Serarsker Topal Osman Pasha]The defeat of Mahomet Balooch Caun [Muhammad Khan Baluch] by Achmat BashawThe arrival of the ‘Tartars who forced their way through Muscovy’ at Shamakee [Shamakhi]The victory of Thomas Caun over the Turks, his conclusion of peace with Achmat Bashaw, and pursuit of Mahomet [Caun] Ballooch and his Arab and Ophgoon [Afghan] confederatesThe assumption by Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] of the title of King [as Nadir Shah Afshar]The expedition of Luttiffa Caun [Muhammad Latif Khan Daryabegi] against Ottoman BasraThe death of Captain Martin French, Resident at Bussorah, and his replacement by Nathaniel WhittwellThe capture, by the Marrattas [Marathas], of the Island of Bombay [Mumbai] from the PortugueseThe siege of Cabull [Kabul] by the King of Persia [Nadir Shah]The victory of an Omani fleet over that of the Beglerbeg of Fars, Mahomet Tockey Caun [Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan Shirazi]The loss of ‘a great many of his people & above half of the Spoil he brought from Dilly’ [Delhi] by Shaw Nadder [Nadir Shah] due to the collapse of a bridge over the Indus on his return march to PersiaThe peace between Tockey Caun [Taqi Khan] and the ‘Muscatters’The capture of the Anneby the Maratha Navy off Diu HeadThe appointment by Shaw Nadder of his son [Reza Quli Mirza Afshar] as the Viceroy of PersiaThe defeats suffered by Nadir Shaw [Nadir Shah] on his expedition against the Lazgees [Lezgis]The deposition of the Imaum of Muscat [Imam Sayf bin Sultan Al Ya’rubi] by his nephew [Imam Sultan bin Murshid Al Ya’rubi], the former’s request for assistance from the Government of Persia, and the preparation of a fleet by Mahomet Togghy Caun [Muhammad Taqi Khan] to invade MuscatThe capture of a French ship by Sambojee [Sambhaji] Angria and his death shortly afterwardsThe replacement of Yahia Aga [Yahya Agha] with Rustrum Aga [Rustam Agha] as Governor of BussorahThe letters of Shaw Nader to the Grand Signor [i.e. Sultan], the Grand Vazier [Vizier], and Achmett BashawThe demand of the Beglerbeggy of Aveeza [Beglerbegi of Huwayza?] for Bussorah to surrenderThe reports of the siege of Carcooke [Kirkuk] by Nadir Shaw and the fall of Hilla to the PersiansThe conclusion of peace between Nadir Shaw and Achmett Bashaw and end of the siege of BasraThe murder of Shaw Nadir’s brother-in-law, Curbally Caun [Kalb ‘Ali Khan Afshar] by Mahomet Tockey CaunThe declaration of war against France by King George II of England and its repercussions.Physical description: 1 volume (125 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ottoman-Persian War (1730-1736)
Ṭahmāsb II Ṣafavī
‘Abbās III Ṣafavī
Government of Oman

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100119036930.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100119036930.0x000002_en
IOR/G/29/19/1
IOR/G/29/19/1

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