Letters and Enclosures from the East India Company’s Residents at Bussorah
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters and Enclosures from the East India Company’s Residents at Bussorah
- Date:
- 1784/1785
- Description:
- Abstract: Copies of letters and enclosures from the East India Company’s (EIC) Residents at Bussorah [Basra], William Digges Latouche and then later, Samuel Manesty, respectively, to the Court of Directors of the Company. The correspondence covers the following matters:Latouche reporting on settling the Company’s accounts with the Bacha of Bagdat [Pāshā of Baghdad, also spelled as Pashaw]; the Basha’s request of musquets [muskets] and gunpowder; and the Company’s trade status in Bagdat and BussorahLatouche appointing Samuel Manesty to be in charge of the Company’s affairs at Bussorah, and his instructions on how to manage the Company’s affairs, its accounts, and wool tradeReports of the activities of the Monteficka Arabs [al-Muntafiq Arab tribal confederation, also spelled as Montificka]Correspondence with Soliman Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā] of Bagdat regarding the debt the Turks had to pay to the CompanyA translation of imperial commands dated 1784, from the Sublime Porte to Soliman Bacha in relation to the debt (ff 184-187)Correspondence with local woollen goods contractors and merchants including Coja Yacoob Aron [Khwaja Hagop Aharon, also spelled as Aroon], Coja Petrus Mellick [Khwaja Petros Malik], and Coja Marcar [Khwaja Markar Aviyat] at Bagdat regarding the settling of their accountsThe arrival and departure of ships and trade activities in the region.Physical description: 1 item (47 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Naval affairs
Trade (practice)
Muntafiq (Tribe) - Geographic region:
- Bagdat
Bussorah - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100143423755.0x000007_ar
81055/vdc_100143423755.0x000007_en
IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199
IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199