PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773, PT 2
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773, PT 2
- Date:
- 1765/1766
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] from 20 April 1765 to 24 August 1766. It contains correspondence relating to the following:The displeasure of Carim Caun [Karīm Khān Zand] with the Mussaleem [Mutasallim], Solliman Aga [Sulaymān Āghā], for the latter’s tardiness in joining his expedition against the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b], and Carim Caun’s ‘ungenteel reception’ of the envoys from Bussora and their dismissal without any presentsThe progress of the Mussaleem’s army, supported by the fleet of the Captain Bashaw [Kapūdān Pāshā] and the Company ship The Fanny, down the Shatt al-Arab and their skirmishes with the ChaubThe complaints of Shaik Soliman Chaub [Shaikh Salmān bin Sulṭān al-Ka‘bī] against Mr Shaw for taking his date trees at Magyl [Al-Ma‘qil] and Silik [al-Sikk?] and keeping many of his subjects as ‘Hamalls’ [porters]The surrender of Souja Dowla [Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥaydar Khān Shujā‘ al-Dawlah Nishāpurī, Nawwāb of Awadh] to Lord [Robert] Clive [1st Baron Clive of Plassey] near AllahabadThe defeat of the fleet dispatched by Shaik Sadoon [Shaikh Sa‘dūn bin Madhkūr Abū Muhayrī of Bushehr] and the Dutch from Karreck [Kharg] by the men of Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muḥannā, also written as Meer Manna] ‘clothed with Coats of Mail’ on the Island of Corgo [Khargu]The negotiations conducted by Siad Mahomed [Sayyid Muḥammad] and Abdulla Beg [‘Abd Allāh Beg] with Shaik Soliman on behalf of the Bashaw of Bagdat [Pāshā of Baghdad]Carim Cawn’s ‘disgust’ with the Company’s lack of assistance against Meer Mahanna, and reversal of his ‘High Opinion’ of the English, as a result of the Chaub’s capture of several English vesselsThe siege and capture of the fortress of Karreck by Meer Mahanna, the escape of the Dutch Resident to Bushire [Bushehr], and his request for assistance from the East India CompanyThe threats of the Company against Shaik Soliman to persuade him to enter negotiations towards the release of the captured English vesselsThe demand of the Mussaleem and Shaik Dervis [Shaikh Darvīsh] that the Company join them in their war against Shaik Soliman, on account of his deceitfulness and potential for undermining the reputation of the English with the Grand Signor at ConstantinopleThe victory of Captain Lesley Baillie against the fleet of the Chaub, and Benjamin Hollamby’s request from Carem Caun not to offer asylum to Shaik SolymanThe arrival of Zakey Caun [Zakī Khān Zand], brother of Carem Caun, with an army at Ginova [Bandar-i Ganaveh, also written as Ginouva], on a mission aimed at the ‘destruction’ of Meer MahannaThe proposal of Shaik Sadoon to the Company for a joint naval attack against Shaik Soliman, the success of Zaki Caun’s campaign against Meer Mahanna at Ginova, and the suggestion that Shaik Sadoon and the Company assist in transporting Carim Caun’s troops to KarrackA parley between Shaik Anum [Shaikh Ghānim bin Salmān al-Ka‘bī] and Captain Andrew Nesbitt, during which the latter, suspecting an ambush, decided to attack first, ‘dangerously’ wounding the Shaik, and killing three of his ‘Most Principal Men’.Physical description: 1 item (178 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Naval affairs
Battles
Dutch East India Company - Geographic region:
- Bushire
Bagdat - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100148761684.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100148761684.0x000002_en
IOR/G/29/20/2
IOR/G/29/20/2