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13. The Diary and Consultation Book of William Henry Draper, Esq, 'Cheif for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulph of Persia & ca. [in] Councill'
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- Abstract: This volume is the Diary and Consultation Book of William Henry Draper, 'Cheif for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulph of Persia'. The volume contains diary entries and consultations at Gombroon [Bandar-e ‘Abbas], including: the appointment of John Fothringham to take 'Charge of the Warehouse', and William May as Steward, who will also assist St George Pack with the 'Secretary's business'; a remonstrance by the President of Bombay to the Bashaw of Bussorah [Pasha of Basra], and a letter from the Factory at Gombroon to the Court of Directors, delivered by Captain Martin French, on his way to Bussorah; the departure of the Supravisor Thomas Waters for Bombay [Mumbai], and the appointment of Draper as Chief Agent; a letter from John Courtney recommending two 'Mogull' passengers travelling with the Sallamat Rust, and requesting a convoy between 'Kishmish' [Qeshm] and Bussorah; a report that 'the Arabs [are] fitting out two Large Shipps w[i]th a Design to Cruize'; the instructions of Captain French to levy a duty on 'all Pepper imported at Bussarah'; the return of the Frigate Britanniaafter escorting the Supravisor to Jasques [Jask]; the letters to Owen Phillipps and the English Factory in Spahaun [Eşfahān], informing them of ‘the Supravisors Departure and the orders he had left behind’, and the Presidency's disapproval of their slackness in securing the release of the personnel at Spahaun; the orders to the commander of the Britannia, Captain Benson, to cruise between Cape Musseldom and Kishmish; the departure of a ship belonging to the Dutch East India Company for Bussorah carrying over 10,000 Tomans [Tumans]; a report about Prince Sultan Mahomed Mirza [Safavi] and 'Rice Jungie [i.e. Ra'is Jangi] the head of the Balooches' [Mir Abd Allah Khan Baluch] marching towards Gombroon to prevent its takeover by the former Shawbunder Mirzah Zaid Ally [Shahbandar Mirza Zahid ‘Ali Lari]; the news of 'Shaik Jeebarrah [Shaikh Jibarah bin Yasir al-Nasuri] declaring for the "Ophgoon interest" [Ghilza’i Afghans] and joining Mirzah Zaid Ally at Lhor [Lar]'; the orders to Captain Benson to prevent a vessel flying English colours from calling at Bassidore [Basa'idu]; a letter from Shaw Thomas [Shah Tahmasb II Safavi] on his siege of Carmania [Kerman] and intention to take Syde Achmat Caun [Sayyid Ahmad Khan Mar’ashi Safavi] prisoner; the instructions to Benson on any ships he encounters in 'Bassidore Road belonging to Cutch [Kutch] [and] Syndee [Sindh]'; the letters of Shaw Ashroph [Shah Ashraf Ghilza’i] to the Governor of Shyrash [Shiraz]; a letter from the Presidency of Bombay demanding payment from Shaikh Rashid and the suppression of trade at Basa'idu; an exchange of messages between Draper and the Governor of Gombroon; a message from Shaikh Rashid to Draper requesting that the Britanniacease diverting vessels away from Bassidore; the decision for Draper to take charge of the expedition to Bassidore and the preparation of a 'Memorial' to Shaikh Rashid; the conference between the Factory's linguist [interpreter] and the Governor of Gombroon; the letters from Abde’ Rahman Bashaw [Abd al-Rahman Pasha] and the Kyah of Bussorah to the Supravisor; the refusal of the Governor Mahomed Sally Begg [Muhammad Zal Beg] to hand over half of the customs; the relocation of Mirza Zahid ‘Ali to Sullgar 'a Large village near Lhor'; the arrival of the first Caphilah [qafilah, caravan] from Spahaun since 1722; the imprisonment of the merchant Hossein Begg [Husayn Beg]; the arrival of Sultan Muhammad Mirza Safavi's soldiers; the visit of the Governor of Gombroon to the Dutch Factory; a letter from the 'Cawzy' [i.e. Qazi / Qadi, or Judge] of Gombroon on Sultan Muhammad Mirza's reaction to the Bassidore expedition, and his decision to besiege the Factory at Gombroon; the letter from Draper to the 'most Illustrious Prince Sultan Mahomed Mirzah'; the diversion of the Fatteramania[Fath’-i Rahmani] and two other vessels from Bassidore; the mission of Rice Jungie's son to arrest Muhammad Zal Beg and besiege the Factory; the instructions to Cordeaux on the defence of Gombroon; an order from Sultan Muhammad Mirza to Muhammad Zal Beg to apprehend the merchants from Spahaun; the demands of the Grand Seigniour [Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III] from Shah Ashraf Ghilza’i, calling on him to surrender 'Casbin [Qazvin], Guilpagon [Gulpaygan?], & Sava [Savah]', return the 'Artillery, Money, Tents, & goods' captured from Gürcü Ahmed Pasha, and mint coins in the Sultan's name acknowledging him as the 'Emperour of the Muslemen'; the letters of Shaikh Rashid and the 'Principal Merchants at Bassidore'; a letter dispatched by Mirza Zahid Ali to Draper from Congo [Kong]; a letter from Shaikh Rashid thanking Draper for recalling his ships from Bassidore; the refusal of Captain Benson to comply with Draper's instructions; the arrival of the Fame, Fort St George, Salamanderand a ship belonging to the 'Emamum' [Imam] at Mocha; the advices to the Court of Directors carried by a 'Moors [i.e. Arabs'] Grabb' to Bussorah; the orders to Captain Phillip Peers, Commander of the Bengall[Bengal] Galley, to proceed to Lhoft [Laft]; the arrival of the Harrison with the Bashaw of Bussorah’s answer to the President's remonstrance; a letter from Sultan Muhammad Mirza to Draper appointing him Shahbandar of Gombroon; a letter from Draper to Abde Rahman Basahaw [Abd al-Rahman Pasha], Governor of Bussorah; the arrival of the Wakefieldunder the command of Captain Thomas Dixon; the instructions of the Chief Agent to Captain Peers and Captain Benson for a cruise to Bassidore, Asilo [Asaluyah], Charack [Charak], Bunder Bourchier [Bandar-i Bushihr] and other ports; the duel fought between Fotheringham and Draper outside the Factory in Gombroon; the declaration of Draper to Sergeant William Sharp, Sergeant Thomas Boyden and the military; the depositions of Sharp and Boyden concerning the duel and Cordeaux's appeal to the soldiers; the letter from Draper to French in Bussorah, ordering him to return at the 'very first opportunity'; the arrest of Cordeux by a 'file of Musqueteers'; and the breakup of Sultan Muhammad Mirza's camp, and his march to join Mir Abd Allah Khan Baluch.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 86; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
14. Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick John Goldsmid on the route of the proposed telegraph line from Isfahan to Gwadar
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- Abstract: The report No. 27 of 1866, dated 17 March 1866, addresses the question of a complete Land Line of Telegraph and submits to government propositions on the question based on Goldsmid's recent travels.There are numerous enclosures to the report:Report by Major Robert Murdoch Smith, 7 March 1866, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick John Goldsmid of the journey they undertook from Teheran [Tehran] to Bam and his own subsequent journey on to Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas]. The report documents their examination of the country between Ispahan [Isfahan] and Gwadur [Gwadar] with a view to continuing and ultimately uniting the Persian and Mekran Coast Land Lines of Telegraph. (ff. 5-12)Enclosed with Major Smith's report is a copy of another report submitted by W P Johnston, British Agent at Busreh [Basra] on the country between Jashk [Jask] and Sooruf on the Southern Coast of Beloochistan [Baluchistan]. (ff. 13-14)Lieutenant-Colonel Goldsmid also enclosed a copy of his letter to Major Smith, No.1 of 1866 written 20 January 1866, given to Major Smith at the point they travelled in separate directions in order to undertake their examinations and including, for him, a copy of his own official notes and data relating to his journey from Sabristan to Chonbar via Bampur. (ff. 15-22)Map showing the boundary of Persia as it had traditionally been assumed and as it had now been ascertained [boundary with India], April 1866. (f. 23 )Map showing Lieutenant-Colonel Goldsmid and Major Smith's route from Ispahan to Choubar [Chombar] and Bunder Abbas, April 1866. (f. 24)The report is accompanied by a cover note from the Indo-European Telegraph Department, 25 April 1866, instructing that copies of Lieutenant-Colonel Goldsmid's report be forwarded to the Government of India and the British Government. On the reverse of the cover note are handwritten instructions, No.1232 of 1866, from Charles Gonne, dated 2 May 1866, instructing that a copy of the report be forwarded to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lewis Pelly).Physical description: The file has been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
15. Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
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- Abstract: Two volumes in one slipcase containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was received overland via Aleppo and Marseilles. At some point these letters were assigned numbers from 2386 to 2486, in red (turned to purplish) ink. Any missing numbers in between indicate that the letter is missing. The letters cover a variety of issues and topics including:Accounts received from the East India Company (EIC)’s Factories at Spahaun [Esfahan, also written as Spahaune] and Carmenia [Kerman also written as Carmania], and checked at GombroonRecords of rogoms[raqams or ruqums: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges], and talligaws[ta‘liqas: official orders] granted or to be granted to the EIC’s establishments in Persia [Iran]. Examples of authentic translated copies of rogomscan be found in folios 25, 28, 89, 182 and 188Records of the EIC’s servants in Persia covering their names, stations, positions, date of commencing in the service, salaries, death, misbehaviours, complaints, and investigationsProposal to settle a Factory at Mushat [Mashhad]The activities of local Arab, Armenian, Ballooches [Baluch] and Persian merchants in the regionRecords of Dutch, French, Portuguese and Russian [written as muscovite] activities in the regionThe status of the wool trade at CarmeniaLists of woollen goods proper for Persian marketLists of commodities traded with including: broadcloth, sugar candy, spices, copper, iron, cotton, nuts, dates, coffee, silk, and riceThe rebellion of the Arabs and the agwaans [Afghans?] led by ‘the noted pyrate’ Shaik Ahmud Medannah [Shaikh Aḥmad Madanī, also written as Medanna]The Ophgoon [Afghan]-Persian warsThe Persian-Ottoman [Turks] warsBritish-Persian relationsBritish-Ottoman relationsDispute between the Arabs and the Bashaw of Bussorah [Pāshā of Basra]Reports of the Arabs plundering British shipsRecords of the accession of, three months old, Abbas III after the imprisonment of his father by Tahmasp Qoli Khan [Ṭahmāsb Qulī Khān, i.e. Nādir Shāh, Shāh of Persia 1732-1747]Dutch seizing the vessels of Shaik Russhett [Shaikh Rāshid al-Qāsimī, also written as Rachid] at Bassidore [Basidu, also written as Bassidoore]Persian navy assisting the Hoveyza Arabs [Huwayza Arabs of Khuzistan, also written as Havizah] in their siege of BussorahNews of the Hoola [Hawala/ Huwala] Arabs revolting against the PersianThe Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, also written as Muscatt] asking for Persian help against his rebellious subjectsNādir Shāh claiming himself the master of Muscat and Julfar [also written as Julphar]Nādir Shāh's invasion of the Mogull Empire [Mughal]Detailed accounts of the state of affairs and inland military operations in a number of provinces in Persia and the names of local governors and generals involved.The volumes contain records of letters from the Resident at Bussorah covering: the relations with Ottoman officials, letters from the British Consul at Aleppo, the state of affairs in the region, and the status of the EIC’s trade at Bussorah.The volumes include detailed reports of the state of the Company’s trade in Persia covering the following: shipping; goods from Europe or India; investments; the Factory’s accounts and charges; customs and revenues; the trade in Persia in general and any transactions with the Persian Government; buildings and fortifications; and the EIC’s covenant servants, soldiers, and their accounts.The volumes also include lists recording the arrival and departure of ships, their names, staff, tons, guns, from where, when sailed, and where bound. Among the recorded ships are the Victoria, the Success, the Tellicherry, the Fame, the Prince George, the Queen Carolina, the Britannia[also written as Brittania], the Drake, the Robert, the Prince of Wales, the Richmond, the Jenny, and the Wilmington. Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay [Mumbai], Surat [also written as Suratt], Bengall [Bengal], Bassidore, Bussorah, Boucheir [Bushehr], Mocha, Mallabar Coast [Malabar], Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], Muscat, and China.The volumes include some duplications, and some faded letters/enclosures.Physical description: Foliation: This file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at f 1 of volume one (ff 1-153) and terminates at f 284 of volume two (ff 154-284); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
16. Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
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- Abstract: Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas, also written as Gomroon] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was received overland, and the name of the ship it was received from. At some point these letters were assigned numbers from 2287 to 2385, in red (turned to purplish) ink. Any missing numbers in between indicate that the letter is missing. The letters cover a variety of issues and topics including:Reports on the activities of local Arab, Armenian, Ballooches [Baluch] and Persian [Iranian] merchants in the regionRecords of rogoms [raqams or ruqums, also written as rogomms: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges], and talligaws [ta‘liqa/ta‘lika: official order] granted or to be granted to the East India Company’s (EIC) establishments in Persia [Iran]The status of the wool trade at Carmenia [Kerman, also written as Carmania]Names of commodities traded with including: broadcloth, sugar candy, spices, copper, iron, cotton, coffee, wine, silk, pearl, wool, and riceRecords of the EIC’s servants in Persia covering their names, job titles, salaries, death, misbehaviours, complaints, and investigationsAccounts of Dutch, French, Portuguese and Russian [written as muscovite] activities in the regionAccounts of the Ophgoon [Afghan]-Persian war, covering details of the Ophgoons’ siege of Spahaun [Esfahan, also written as Spahaune] and Shyrash [Shiraz, also written as Shyrass], and their execution of members of the Safavid royal family, and state officialsRecords of famine, cannibalism and plague in PersiaAccounts from Spahaun and Carmenia factories, checked at GombroonGifts presented to Persian, Afghan and Ottoman officialsAfghan-British relationsThe Afghan-Ottoman warsThe Persian-Russian warsThe siege of Ormuz [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, Iran] castle by the MuscatisCustoms imposed on English ships by Shaik Rachid at Bassidore [Shaikh Rashid al-Qasimi of Basidu, also written as Rachide, and Rushett]The dispute between the Factory officials and the Shawbunder [Shahbandar] of Gombroon over customsThe Shawbunder of Gombroon being assisted by the Arabs in his attempts to protect the port from the augwauns’ [Afghans’?] attacksA complaint about Cossum [Qasim], the wool merchant at CarmeniaCommunications with the Immaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, also written as Imaum of Muscatt].The volumes include detailed accounts of the state of affairs and inland military operations in a number of provinces in Persia including Tabreez [Tabriz], Hamadoon [Hamadan], Casbin [Qazvin], Tyroon [Tehran], and Yazd. Among the local governors and generals involved in the operations are Amanoolah Caun [Amanullah Khan, the Vizier of Esfahan, also written as Aumaunoolah and Amaunoolah], Mahomett Syed Sultan [Muhammad Sayyid Sultan, Governor of Gombroon], Mahmud Moman Caun [Mahmud Mu'min Khan, the Great Chancellor of the Kingdom of Persia], Alhamadaulet [E‘temad al-Dawla, Grand Vizier of Persia, also written as Athamadowlet], Shaw Sultan Hussain of Spahaun [Shah Sultan Husain Safavid], Shaw Mahmud [Shah Mahmud Hotak or Gilzi, Afghan Ruler of Gilzi dynasty], and Shaw Ashroff Sultan [Shah Ashraf Hotak or Gilzi, Afghan military commander, also written as Ashroph].The volumes contain records of letters from the Resident at Bussorah [Basra, also written as Bussorrah] covering the following: relations with Ottoman officials; letters received from the British Consull [Consul] at Allepo [Aleppo, also written as Alleppo]; the state of affairs in the region; the EIC’s sales and lists of goods; and communications with local merchants at Bagdatt [Baghdad] and Bussorah and lists of their names.The volumes also include detailed reports of the state of the Company’s trade in Persia covering the following: shipping; goods from and for Europe; the Factory’s accounts; customs and revenues; the trade of Persia in general; the EIC’s cash and exchanges; the private trade liberty and grievances of the EIC’s covenant servants.The volumes include records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Syria, the Greenwich, the Phillipps[ Phillips], the Prince Frederick, the Britannia[also written as Brittania], the Marigold, the Margarett, the Deane, the Duke of York, and the Alleppo[ Aleppo]. Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay [Mumbai], Surat [also written as Surratt], Bengall [Bengal], Bussorah, Boucheir [Bushehr], Cochin, Mocha, and Muscat.The volumes include some duplications, and some faded letters/enclosures.Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at f 1 of volume one (ff 1-131) and terminates at f 266 of volume two (ff 132-266); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also intermittently present in parallel between ff 225-266; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The file contains four foliation anomalies: f 20a, f 20b, f 176a and f 176b.
17. Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]
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- Abstract: Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Each letter has the date it was received overland, and the date it was read in Court noted at the end of it. At some point these letters were assigned numbers from 2487-2604, in red (turned to purplish) ink. Any missing numbers in between indicate that the letter is missing.The letters cover variety of issues and topics including:The state of affairs and military operations in a number of provinces in Persia [Iran] including, Mashad [Mashhad, also written as Mashat, Mushat, Mushatt and Musshat], Carmenia [Kerman], Gombroon, Yazd, and Spahaun [Eṣfahān]. Among the rulers involved in the operations were Shawrook Shaw [Shāhrokh Shāh Afshar, or Shāhrokh Mīrzā Afshār, c 1734-1796, also written as Sarook, Sharrook, Shawrooke, Sharooke and Shawroke], Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia, also written as Carreemm], Ally Mardin Caun [‘Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiyari, Ilkhani of the Bakhtiyari Tribe], Ahzad Caun [Āzād Khān Ghilza'ī, d 1782, Beglerbeg of Azarbāijān], Ahmed Shaw Afgoon [Ahmad Shah Afghan Durrani, known as Ahmad Shah Abdali r 1747-1772, also written as Ahmet Shaw Aphgoon] and Nasseir Caun [Nāsir Khān Āl Mazkūr, r 1162-1203/c 1749-1788]Indent of woollen goods proper for the Persian market including: the type of cloth, amount by piece, colours required, and their prices. On some occasions patterns of coloured woollen goods were attached to the list as in folios 4, 195 and 214Indent of iron, lead and tin proper for the Persian market and the amount in tonsAbstract of general expenditures at GombroonRecords of the Company’s cash balanceThe activities of the Dutch and the Russians in the regionReports on the activities of local Persian and Armenian merchants in the regionNews of Nadir Shaw [Nadir Shah, Shah of Persia 1732-1747] being killed by his own people in 1747A list of twenty-three rogoms [raqams or ruqums, also written as rogomms: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges] granted to the Company by Nadir ShawSuggestions to set up a Company house at the Island of Bhareen [Bahrain, also written Bahreen and Barren] or at the Island of Kishmish [Qishm]Reports on the status of the wool trade at CarmeniaNews of the deaths of Factory members Danvers Graves and Robert WentNews of Nasseir Caun appointing Moola Ally Shaw [Mulla ‘Ali Shah] to the Government of GombroonNews of the war between the Hoola Arabs [Hawala] and Nasseir Caun at BahreenLists of the Company’s servants in the Gulph [Gulf] of Persia containing their names, ages, stations, places, and salaries.The volumes include enclosures of letters exchanged with the Factory Warehouse Keeper, Danvers Graves, who took the place of the late Resident at Spahaun, John Pierson [also written as Peirsons]. Mr Graves was instructed to clear the Company’s debt at Spahaun, sort the outstanding bills, settle the affairs of the Carmenia bill, and provide a detailed account of Mr Peirson’s fraud accounts and his transactions with local merchants, particularly with Hodjee Ibrahim Bozoork [Haji Ibrahim Buzurg] and Mirza Boggher [Mirza Baqer, also written as Bagher]. The volumes also include records of the examinations of John Pierson before the Agent and Council at Gombroon, and remarks on his conduct and management of affairs at Spahaun.The volumes contain enclosures of letters from the Resident at Bussorah [Basra], William Shaw, to the Court of Directors for affairs at Bombay [Mumbai] reporting on the state of affairs in the region, ships sailing and arriving, the activities of the Aleppo traders, letters dispatched to Aleppo, and the Turks’ activities in the region.The letters in the volumes include records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Rose Galley, the Welcome, the Godolphin, the Swallow, the Heathcote, the Fort William, the Fort St. George, the Jenney, the Nancy, the Prince of Orange, the Drake, the Oxford, the Shaftesbury, the Boscawen, the Man of War, the Prince Henry, the Hector, the Guardian, the Fezeraboony[ Fayz Rabbani], and the Prince of Wales. Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Surat, Bengall [Bengal], Boutchier [Būshehr, also written as Boucheir, Busshire], Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], the Island of Socrata [Socotra Island], Batavia [Jakarta], Judda [Jeddah], China, Mocha, Muscat and England.Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at f 1 of volume one (ff 1-130) and terminates at f 247 of volume two (ff 131-247); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
18. Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1724-1731), Pts 1-2
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- Abstract: These volumes contain letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 April 1725 and 25 August 1731. The letters describe the power struggle between Ashraf Sultan Ghilza'i and Shah Tahmasb II for supremacy in Persia, political and economic relations with the Governor of Baghdad [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha] and the Governor of Bussorah ['Abd al-Rahman Pasha], as well as exchanges with agents of the East India Company based at the English factory in Bussorah.Physical description: This file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-117) and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 118-239); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-239; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and have been crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 119a.
19. Coll 28/116 ‘Persia (Iran). Isfahan – Consular situation reports’
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- Abstract: Fortnightly consular diaries (monthly from November 1945), six-monthly consular reports, and correspondence, submitted by HM Consul at Isfahan, Charles Alexander Gault, who was superseded in 1946 by John William Wall. The papers, which cover much of the Second World War, the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran, and the immediate post-war period, include details of: the activities of tribes (chiefly the Bakhtiari) in Isfahan district; activities and movements of Persian consular officials, including the General Officer Commanding Isfahan, and the Governor General of Isfahan; British officials and British interests; municipal affairs, including local politics, elections, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; food supply and prices; the economic situation, including market activity, the cost of living, municipal finances, and factory and mill production; publicity and propaganda; enemy (i.e. German) activities in the early years of the war; Soviet interests, including a growing Soviet influence in the postwar period; USA interests.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 433; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
20. Coll 28/44 ‘Persia; Internal; Fars affairs, Shiraz Situation including Papers on Isfahan Plot.’
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- Abstract: Papers and reports concerning a rebellion against the Persian Government by the country’s southern tribes (including the Qashqai and Bakhtiari) in the provinces of Isfahan and Fars in August 1946. The papers include: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Haller Le Rougetel, and the Foreign Office in London, reporting on events in Isfahan and Fars; correspondence concerning allegations made by the Persian Government that the British Consul General at Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Alan Charles Trott, was complicit in the rebellion; the British Government’s refutation of the claim; the Persian Government’s demand that the British Government recall Trott; the Persian Government’s eventual acceptance that Trott had no role in the affair; correspondence dated 1947 concerning the proofing and preparation of two reports, entitled The Tribes of Farsand Boir Ahamad,both by Lieutenant G F Magee. A draft copy of The Tribes of Farsconstitutes the contents of the next file in the series: Coll 28/44A ‘Persia; Internal; Fars Affairs; Lt G. F. Magee’s report entitled “The Tribes of Fars”’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3449).The file contains two items written in French: These are statements issued by the Iranian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qavam (ff 139-140).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 155; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
21. Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 August 1757 and ending 31 July 1758
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- Abstract: The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and occasionally, the Factory's Council members Thomas Mostyn and Gascoyne Holmes headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, as well as visits to and from the Factory. Records of some significant political and military operations in the region are also preserved.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:The enmity between Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia, also written as Carim] and Nasseir Caun [Nāṣir Khān Āl Mazkūr, Shaikh of Būshehr, reigned 1162-1203/c 1749-1788]The arrival of wool from Cermina, [Kerman, also written as Carmenia]Records of letters received from the Linguist (i.e. interpreter) at Carmenia advising on the amount of wool sent and the billsNews of Carem Caun sending troops to take Spahaun [Isfahan], and YazdNews of Hossan Caun [Moḥammad Ḥasan Khān Qājār, Beglerbeg of Astarabad] defeating Azad Caun [Āzād Khān Ghilza'ī, Beglerbeg of Azerbaijan] who fled to TurkeyNews of Shaik Ramah [Raḥmah bin Maṭar al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Julfār, also written as Rama and Rammah] of Julfar [in what is now Ra's al Khaymah] visiting the Factory to discuss supplying Nasseir Caun with brass gunsShaik Ramah being at war with the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatNews of Hossan Caun appointing Nasseir Caun to the post of the Beglerbeggy [Beglerbegi/Beylerbeyi is Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of FarsNews of Sharrook Caun [Shāhrokh Mīrzā Afshār, c 1734-1796, Governor of Kerman] getting marriedRecords of the activities of French and Dutch vesselsNews of Sharrook Caun sending troops against Mahomet Reza Caun [Muhammad Riza Khan Marandi], Governor of MimzadNews of the death of the Ottoman Sultan, Osman III, and the succession of Mustafa III to the throneRecords of shipped commodities such as sugar, sugar candy, pepper, iron and spicesRecords of letters received from certain Persian notables and military officers.The diary includes records of letters exchanged between the Factory Agent and the President and Governor-in-Council at Fort William, Roger Drake. It also includes records of letters exchanged between the Factory Agent and the President and Governor of the Council of Bombay, Richard Bourchier. These mainly cover the situation in Persia, ways to increase the company's revenues, the amount of wool shipped, regulation of importing goods from various parts of India, duties on certain commodities, and permits given to private ships.The diary includes records of letters received from the Resident at Bussorah [Basra, also written as Bossarah], William Shaw, to the Factory at Gombroon in which he includes details of events taking place, ships sailing and arriving, and news received from the British Consulate at Aleppo.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Hopewell Snow, the Phoenix Schooner, the Frankey, the Dragon, the Prince Edward, the York, the Futtee Dowlet[ Fath’-i Dawlat] Grab, the Success, the Revenge, and the Drake. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Bussorah, Bengal, Mocha, Muscat and Ormus [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, also written as Ormuz, Ormuse].The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: table expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen Garden, merchandised charges, extraordinary charges, stable charges, servants' wages, ships' charges, and Factory repairs.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.
22. Diary and Consultations of Mr Eaton Dodsworth, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 November 1708 and ending 31 July 1710
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- Abstract: The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Eaton Dodsworth, and the Factory's Council members Robert Weldon, followed by William Elton, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, as well as visits to and from the Factory.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:Records of the activities of 'Moor' [i.e. Arab] and Dutch vesselsNews of the death of Robert Weldon on 22 December 1708Records of traded commodities such as wool, almonds, wood, rice, cotton, lamp oyle [oil], glass pearl [probably glass beads], and horsesRelations with local Persian shawbunder [shahbander], governors, and merchantsRecords of letters exchanged with the Agent and Council of the English Factory at Spahaun [Eṣfahān, also written as Spahaune] providing information on the state of affairs, invoices, trade, relations with local Persian and Armenian merchants, and robbery casesRecords of letters and invoices received from Carmania [Kerman] and Shyrath [Shiraz, also written as Shyrass].The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the India, the Winsor, the Takavelly, Luhesme[ Lakshmi] ketch, the Elizabeth, the George, the Gavestock, the Princes Sophia, the Gilbert, and the Mamoade[ Mahmudi?].The ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay [Mumbai], Bussora [Basra], Bangall [Bengal], Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], Surat [also written as Suratt], Batavia [Jakarta], Cochin [Kochi], Ceylone [Sri Lanka], Tulachareene [Thalassery], and Mocha.In addition, the diary includes monthly records of the accounts of the East India Company's facilities in Persia covering the following: house expenses, house provisions, petty expenses, stable charges, table expenses, merchandised charges, extraordinary charges, servants' wages, and ships' charges.The diary was received on board the Tankervilleon 17 September 1712.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
23. File 1187/1914 Pt 1 'Persia - Policy Anglo-Russian relations'
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- Abstract: This volume contains papers relating to Russian policy, British policy, and Anglo-Russian relations, in Persia [Iran] in 1914.The papers mostly consist of copies of correspondence between Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Sir Walter Beaupre Townley, British Minister to Persia, and copy correspondence between Grey and Sir George William Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia at St Petersburg. The volume also includes India Office minute papers, correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, and correspondence between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy [of India].The file includes correspondence regarding the following issues:the opposition of the Russian Government to the employment of the Persian Gendarmerie under Swedish officers in the Russian sphere of Persia, and the Russian desire to increase the size of the Persian Cossack Brigade under Russian officersthe growth of Russian influence in Ispahan [Isfahan] and further south in Persiathe question of the future of Southern Persia from the point of view of the maintenance of British interests and British tradethe collection of taxes in [Iranian] Azerbaijan and elsewhere in the Northern provinces of Persia by the Russian consulates, from Russian subjects, Russian protected persons, and othersthe question of the removal of Shuja-ed-Dowleh as Governor-General of [Iranian] Azerbaijanthe Russian desire for the replacement of Samsam-es-Sultaneh as Governnor-General of IspahanThe volume also includes: a copy of the Convention between Great Britain and Russia signed on 31 August 1907, ‘containing Arrangements on the subject of Persia, Afganistan, and Thibet [Tibet]’ (in English and French); and related correspondence between Sir Arthur Nicolson, British Ambassador to Russia, and Sir Edward Grey, and between Nicolson and Alexander Petrovich Iswolsky [Izvolsky], Russian Foreign Minister, dated 1907 (the latter correspondence is in English and French).The file includes a few other folios in French, including a copy of an unsigned memorandum communicated to the Russian Minister at Téhéran [Tehran] by the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated 25 June 1914 (folios 81 to 82).The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 183; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
24. File 6/1912 Part 2 'Persia: Shiraz situation; Swedish gendarmerie; Bushire road'
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- Abstract: Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to insecurity in southern Persia, and is a continuation of part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/197/1). The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:a detachment of troops at Ispahan [Isfahan], its accommodation, and the decision over whether to withdraw it or not;a detachment of troops at Shiraz, its accommodation, and the decision over whether to withdraw it or not;an attack on a manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia.The discussion over such matters is mostly between the Foreign Office, India Office, Government of India, and Minister at Tehran. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the British Consul-General at Ispahan and Consul at Shiraz, including numerous dispatches on the situation on the ground.Physical description: The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.The subject 6 (Persia) consists of this one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.
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