‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 1

Title:

‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’, Pt 1

Date:

1621/1625

Description:

Abstract: This item contains the East India Company’s early correspondence about Persia [Iran] from 19 March 1621 to 25 November 1625. The correspondence contained in the item includes material relating to:The request from King James I of England to the Shah of Persia [‘Abbās I] to permit English merchants to procure silks in a ‘more convenient’ town closer to the port of Jasques [Jask]The war between the amirs of Trypoly and Sydon [Amīr Yūsuf bin Sayfā, Pāsha of Tripoli, and Amīr Fakhr al-Dīn II, born Qurqmāz al-Ma’nī of Sidon]The crossing of the River Danubius [Danube] and invasion of Poland [Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth] by the Ottoman Imperial ArmyThe establishment of a Dutch East India Company factory [trading post] at AgraThe death of the ‘Roman Gentleman his wyfe’ [Maʿanī al-Juwayrī, wife of Pietro della Valle]The campaign of the ‘Chaune of Xiraz’ [Khān of Shiraz, meaning the Governor-General of Fars, Imām Qulī Khān Ūndīlādze] against the Portuguese in Keshm [Qeshm] and Ormuz [Hormuz, also written here as Ormus], request for naval assistance from the English East India Company, and the Articles of Agreement between the Khan and the CompanyThe arrest and execution of a number of associates of the ‘Carmelite College’ in Spahan [Isfahan] for attempting to warn the Portuguese of the impending campaign against OrmuzThe capture of the fort of Keshm, death of Captain William Baffin, and transportation of the Portuguese to the Coast of ArabiaThe departure of the King of Persia from Spahan for Candahore [Kandahar]The exemption of English merchants from ‘Rhadarage’ [rāhdārī, i.e. road tolls] in PersiaThe negotiations of the commanders of the English fleet, John Weddell, Richard Blythe, Nicholas Woodcock and Francis Pinder, with the Chaun and his Chief Steward, Pollard Begge [Pulād Beg]The Anglo-Persian force’s capture of the Portuguese fortress at Ormuz on 22 April 1622, and the damages caused to the fleet of Royfreerars [Captain Rui Freire de Andrade, also written here as Royfrere]The negotiations between the Portuguese and the Persians over the terms of surrender and future of Ormuz, without the presence or participation of the English East India CompanyThe justification of the English fleet’s participation in the campaign on account of the threats posed by the PortugueseThe poor behaviour of the English sailors as the cause for the unjust division of spoils at OrmuzThe procurement of a firman [farmān] for English deserters to be returned from the Persian ArmyThe transportation of the Portuguese prisoners from Ormuz to Muscatt [Muscat] or Indya [India]The proposals of Edward Monox [Monnox] for the establishment of factories at Sinde [Sindh], Dabull [Dabhol], and Balsora [Basra], and a single additional factory at Ormuz in PersiaThe arrival of a fleet under the Earl of Oxford [Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford] in the Downes [Downs]The failure of the Siege of Montaban [Montauban], death of Monsieur De Luynes [Charles d’Albert, Duc de Luynes and Constable of France] and the blockade of Rochell [La Rochelle]The defence of the Palatinate by the English volunteers of Sir Oratio Vere [Horace Vere], and Count Monsfeld [Ernst von Mansfeld’s] plan to drive out the forces of Count [Ambrogio] SpinolaThe stalemate between the [Holy Roman] Emperor [Ferdinand II von Habsburg] and Betlem Gabor, Prince of Transilvaniya [Bethlen Gábor, Prince of Transylvania]The replacement of Libby Chapman with Edward Kirkham as Consul at AleppoA sea fight between an English fleet and that of the Vizeere [Vizier] of Goa off Moosombeaque [Mozambique], and Royfreerars’s intention to escort the Vizeere to GoaThe transmission of a letter from the King of Persia to the King of England by the English East India Company, together with a request for examples of English muskets and bulletsThe dismissal of Mr Strachaun [George Strachan] from the CompanyThe reception of the ambassadors of the Emperor of Moscovia [Russia] at the Persian Court, on a mission to obtain the Shah’s permission for the export of silk across the Caspian SeaThe capture of the port of Dabull by Millick Amber [Malik ʻAnbar, Regent of the Sultanate of Ahmednagar], and subsequent detention of his merchandise and commercial agents in PersiaThe need for an official mission from England to formalise trade with PersiaThe lack of security caused by the Porgutall [Portuguese] raids on Persian territoriesThe marriage of King Charles [Charles I of England] to the sister of the French King [Princess Henriette Marie de Bourbon, sister of King Louis XIII of France]The Spanish General, Count Spenolo [Spinola’s] capture of Breda in the Low CountriesThe death of Graue Morris [Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange] and the succession of his brother Henry [Frederick Henry] in the NetherlandsThe death of the Earl of Oxford and many other Englishmen in Dutch serviceThe Duke of Savoy [Carlo Emanuele I] and his French allies’ campaign against Gennoua [Genoa]The Pope [Urban VIII Barberini’s] claim to the Country [Kingdom] of NaplesThe ‘great multitudes’ of Cossacks raiding the Ottoman Empire across the Black SeaThe knighting of Morris Abbott, Governor of the East India Company, by King Charles.Physical description: 1 item (124 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military conquests
George Strachan
Pietro Valle
Malik ʻAnbar

Geographic region:

Keshm

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100149251873.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100149251873.0x000002_en
IOR/G/29/1/1
IOR/G/29/1/1

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