Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 1

Title:

Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 1

Date:

1784/1785

Description:

Abstract: This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 8 February 1784 and 9 October 1785, and covers the following:The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah, William Digges Latouche, with the Court of Directors and Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the CompanyA letter from Governor George Macartney and minute from the Select Committee at Madras [Chennai]The correspondence between the Agent at Bussorah and the Governor of Bagdat [Baghdad], Soliman Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Walī of Baghdad], the Ottoman Grand Vizier [Ispārtālī Halīl Ḥamīd Pāshā], Shaik Gathban Chaub [Shaikh Ghaḍbān al-Ka’bī], and Coja Marcar Aviat [Khwaja Markar Aviyat]The departure of Count de Ferrieres [Louis-François, Comte de Ferrières-Sauvebeuf] for BagdatThe correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah with the Resident and Select Committee at Bombay [Mumbai]The clashes between the armies of Colonel William Fullarton and the Nabob of MysoreThe conclusion of a peace treaty between the Company and the Nabob Tippoo Sultan [Tipū Sulṭān]The letters of the Government of Bussorah and Coja Marcar about a Danish ship bound for BussorahThe correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah, Samuel Manesty, with Soliman Bacha and Coja MarcarThe intelligence from Bombay about a possible invasion from the north by the Seeks [Sikhs], a contemplated meeting between Governor-General Warren Hastings and Mahadjee Scindia [Mahadji Sindhia], and the inevitable outbreak of war between the Mahrattas [Marathas] and Tippoo SultanA warning from the Ambassador at the Ottoman Porte about the expansion of French power in IndiaThe rebellion of prince Jaffier Caun [Ja’far Khān Zand], eldest son of the former ruler Sadoo Caun [Ṣadiq Khān Zand], against the present regent of Persia [Iran], Ally Morat Caun [‘Alī Murād Khān Zand]The appointment of Ibrahim Effendi to replace Ishmael Aga [Isma’īl Āqā] as Mussaleem [Mutasallim]An expedition by the Turks and Montaficks [Muntafiq Tribe] against the Chaubs [Banū Ka’b Tribe]The instructions provided by Latouche to his successor Manesty on his departure from BussorahThe correspondence of Manesty with Coja Petrus Mellick [Khwaja Petros Malik] in BagdatA report from the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr] on the death of King Ally Morat Caun, the succession of Jaffier Caun and his campaign against Sciad Morat Caun [Ṣayd Murād Khān Zand, Valī of Shīrāz]The Resident’s instructions to Manesty to establish contact with members of the Bacha’s courtThe instructions to Manesty from Bombay regarding the fleet of Lalla Challaby [Lalah Chalabī]The seizure of a boat belonging to the Company by Shaik Moosa of the Chaub [Shaikh Mūsā al-Ka’bī]The departure of Governor-General Hastings from Calcutta [Kolkata] on board the ship Berringtonfor EuropeThe intelligence conveyed by the Resident at Bushire on the arrival of French vessels at MuscatThe correspondence of Sir Robert Ainslie, Ambassador at Constantinople, with Manesty at BussorahThe discussions between a French commander and Shaikh Calfoun [Shaikh Khalfān bin Muḥammad Āl Bū Sa’id].Physical description: 1 volume (201 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Maratha-Mysore War (1785-1787)
Maratha Empire

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000004_ar
81055/vdc_100123714648.0x000004_en
IOR/G/29/22/1
IOR/G/29/22/1

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