Correspondence Related to the Trade in Mecca, Judda, Bussorah and Mocha
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Correspondence Related to the Trade in Mecca, Judda, Bussorah and Mocha
- Date:
- 1763/1767
- Description:
- Abstract: Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with Lord Shelburne [William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne], Secretary of State for the Southern Department, related to the complaints of the Sheriff of Mecca [Sharīf of Mecca] with respect to the inhabitants of Mecca and Medina suffering trouble in their trade. The correspondence includes a ‘Copy of the 77th Paragraph of the Company’s General Letter from Bombay [Mumbai]’ related to the right to trade in Mecca, Judda [Jeddah], and Mocha; a ‘Copy of the 61st Paragraph of the Company’s General Letter to Bombay’ related to the Ottoman Governor of Mecca complaining against the EIC’s Factory at Surat for interrupting Turkish vessels in carrying on their trade between Surat and Judda; and a translated copy of a petition signed by merchants and other traders to Mocha, Judda and Bussorah [Basra].Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
- Geographic region:
- Judda
Bussorah
Mocha
Mecca - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100143423755.0x00000b_ar
81055/vdc_100143423755.0x00000b_en
IOR/G/29/25, ff 22-30
IOR/G/29/25, ff 22-30