Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pt 1

Title:

Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pt 1

Date:

1774/1775

Description:

Abstract: This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 16 January 1774 and 6 December 1775 and includes material relating to:The preparations, by Carem Caun [Karim Khan Zand], for an expedition to MuscatThe directions of Carem Caun to the ‘captains’of Bunderick [Bandar-i Rig] to take all English vesselsA letter from Henry Moore, Agent at Bussora, to Carem Caun, the King of Persia [Iran], 16 January 1774The letter of Carem Caun in response to those of the Governor of Bombay and the Agent at BussoraA politico-economic alliance between Heyder Alli [Haydar ‘Ali, Sultan of Mysore] and Carim CaunA letter from Shaik Nassir [Shaikh Nasir Al Mazkur], Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] to the Agent at BussoraThe imprisonment of Zackey Caun [Zaki Khan Zand] by Shaikh Abdulla [Shaikh 'Abd Allah al-Mu’ini]The release of the son of Shaikh Abdulla and Zackey Caun by Carim Caun and Shaikh AbdullaThe mediation, by Shaikh Nassir of Bushire, between the Company and Carem Caun the Vackeel [Vakil]The refusal of the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Ahmad bin Sa‘id Al Bu Sa‘id] to pay tribute to the VackeelThe designs of Carem Caun the Vackeel and Shaikh Nassir of Bushire on the port of BussoraThe dismissal of Mahomed Bacha of Coordistan [Muhammad Pasha Baban, Hakim of Kurdistan], his complaint to Carim Caun over his treatment by Omar Bacha [Gürcü ‘Omar Pasha, Wali of Baghdad], and Carim Caun’s dispatch of Ally Morat Caun [‘Ali Murad Khan Zand] to assist Mahomed BachaThe defeat of Ally Morat Caun by Hodjee Soliman Aga [Haji Sulayman Agha, Hakim of Basra]The raids by the Chaub [Banu Ka’b] on Bussora in revenge for the execution of one of their tribesmenA report from the Turkish Ambassador, Namaun Effendi [Nu‘man Effendi], on Carim Caun’s acceptance of Omar Bacha’s apology, and abandonment of his expedition to Bagdat and BussoraThe relations between Carim Caun and Hossein Caun [Muhammad Hasan Khan], Chief of the Codjars [Qajars], ‘a nation which inhabit Astrabad [Astarabad] and Mazanderan [Mazandaran]’, and his two sons, including Mahomet Caun [the future Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar, Shah of Persia]The rumours about Nassir Ulla Mirza [Nasr Allah Mirza Afshar], son of Sarook Shaw [Shahrukh Shah Afshar], the grandson of Nadir Shaw [Nadir Shah Afshar] and his cooperation with Mahomet CaunThe campaign of Sadoo Caun [Muhammad Sadiq Khan Zand, brother of Karim Khan] against BussoraThe orders of Carrim Caun to Sadoo Caun to preserve the Company’s possessions at BussoraThe correspondence of Shaik Abdulla of the Montificks [Shaikh ‘Abd Allah of the Muntafiq], the Chief Agent, Carim Caun, Sadoo Caun, Shaik Nassir and others concerning the siege of BussoraA proposal about the possible relocation of the East India Company factory to Bushire in PersiaThe orders given to East India Company personnel at Bussora to make peace with the PersiansThe assistance provided by the Imaum of Muscat to the Turkes [Turks] defending BussoraThe defeat of Carim Caun’s army in Coordistan and the reasons for his attack on BussoraThe detention of an embassy from Heyder Ally to Carim Caun by the Imaum of MuscatThe dispute between the agents Henry Moore and Robert Garden over their status in the Gulf, andThe correspondence of the Resident at Bussora, William Digges Latouche with Carim Caun’s Prime Minister, Mirza Jaffir [Mirza Muhammad Ja’far Isfahani].Physical description: 1 volume (182 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ḥaydar ‘Alī
Qājār (Tribe)
Sultan of Mysore

Geographic region:

Muscat
Mysore

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100135370908.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100135370908.0x000003_en
IOR/G/29/21/1
IOR/G/29/21/1

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