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409. File 299/1918 Pt 5 'Persia: situation in the South; withdrawal of British troops; consular escorts; Bushire office allowance and Toshakhana grant'
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence discussing various requirements for the Bushire Residency.Topics discussed include a proposed increase of the allotment for toshakhana and changes of the allocation for the Bushire Residency from Rs 5000 to Rs 10,000 a year. Correspondence discusses the refusal of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office to bear any share of the increased expenditure.Also discussed is a proposal to withdrawal the infantry detachments and the Admiralty's having no objection in the case of Henjam. A further proposal discussed was to increase the consular cavalry escorts at Bushire and Bandar Abbas and provide the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf with a Ford car, due to the withdrawal of the British infantry garrison at Henjam and its replacement with night watchmen.The volume 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 329; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 265a.
410. File 3237/1920 ‘Persia:- Electric light, ice and condensing plants at Bushire.’
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- Abstract: This volume contains papers relating to the electrical and mechanical plants (electric light, water condensing, and ice plants) at Bushire [Bushehr], which were installed during the First World War by the military authorities of the Bushire Field Force.The papers mainly consist of correspondence, in the form of letters and telegrams (including draft copies of letters and telegrams), India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers, India Office internal notes, and some enclosed statements of expenditure and revenue.The papers discuss matters including:The proposals for the electrical and mechanical plants to be taken over by the Government of India from HMG for the benefit of staff of the Military and Political Departments of the Government of India and the Indo-European Telegraph DepartmentThe division of the initial and recurrent expenditure on the plants between the Military, Political and Indo-European Telegraph Departments, and between the Government of India and HMGStatements of expenses connected with the working of the plants for the year 1923-24, the first twelve months of their operation after being taken over, requested by the Foreign OfficeProposals for the future of the electrical and mechanical plantsThe sale of the ice plant at BushireThe adjustment of charges on account of the maintenance of the electrical and mechanical plants at Bushire during the period 1 April 1926 to 31 March 1930, including: the question of the proportion in which the expenditure on running the plants should be divided between the Political and Indo-European Telegraph Departments, following the Military Department ceasing to participate in the maintenance and working of the plants after the withdrawal of the military detachments from Bushire on 23 March 1926; and the Government of India’s request that HMG (the Foreign Office) accept a moiety of the cost of maintaining the electrical and mechanical plantsThe proposal to install masonry water tanks in place of the water condenser plant at BushireThe Foreign Office proposal that the Indo-European Telegraph Department should not expect to receive a full share of the proceeds of the sale of the existing plant as well as to be free of liability during the period since their withdrawal (since 1 April 1930).The correspondence is mostly between the following: India Office officials; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office; and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf.The volume 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 387; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
411. File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia'
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- Abstract: The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire.The volume covers:Instructions regarding Bakhtiari.Movements of Wassmuss and German agents in Persia.Situation in Bushire, at Isfahan, at Urumia [Urmia, Iran], and at Tehran.Attitude of Persian Prime Minister.Arrival of Russian troops at Enzeli [Bandar-e Anzali, Iran].Murder of British Vice-Consul at Shiraz.Attacks on British Consuls at Isfahan and Kangavar, and on Consulate officials at Shiraz.Situation at Anglo-Persian Oil Company oilfields.Activities of German Vice-Consul at Sultanabad.German activity at Kermanshah.German sending gold to Persia, to outbid Anglo-Russian financial assistance.Extract of Imperial Bank of Persia's report on German occupation of Kermanshah.The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; British Consuls at Meshed, Sistan and Kain, Kerman, Isfahan, Khorasan, Kermanshah; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Officer on Special Duty in the Persian Gulf; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf; John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Imperial Bank of Persia; Shaikh Hussein of Chahkutah and Rais Ali of Dilwar [Rais Ali Delvari].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 307; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
412. File 3784/1916 ‘War: Persia German Consular Archives’
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- Abstract: The volume mostly consists of translated copies of selected records from the German Consulate at Bushire, Persia [Iran]. These records largely consist of correspondence of the German Consulate at Bushire with the German Imperial Chancellor in Berlin and the German Legation at Tehran, dated 1899 to 1914. The records are divided into six sets of papers: set I, relating to Koweit [Kuwait]; set II, relating to Masqat [Muscat]; set III, labelled ‘Miscellaneous papers of importance (re status of German consulate Bushire etc.etc.)’; set IV, ‘Political Papers 1913’; set V ‘Political Archives 1913 (Continued)’; and set VI, ‘Political 1913 (Continuation & Conclusion)’.The file also includes: India Office Secret Department Minute Paper covering sheets for the correspondence; and some correspondence of 1917 between Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary of the India Office Political Department, and the Imperial Bank of Persia, in relation to a passage in a despatch from the German Consul at Bushire regarding the Bank reportedly being willing to do business with the German company Wonckhaus (also spelled as Wonkhaus in the correspondence).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 for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 281; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
413. The Mission of Mehedi Ali Khan in Persia, Appointment of John Malcolm as Envoy in Persia, and Other Matters
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- Abstract: The correspondence includes copies of letters, translated letters, and secret and political consultations related to the following:‘Deputation of Mehedi Ali Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān, several spellings appear in this part] to the Court of Persia [Iran] for the purpose of counteracting the designs of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Amīr of Afghanistan, also spelled Zemaun] against Hindostan [Subcontinental India]’The progress of Mehedi Ali Khan’s negotiations with Persian officials at Tahiran [Tehran, also spelled as Teheran] including the Grand Vizier, Hajy Mirza Ibraheem Khan [Ḥājī Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalantar Shīrāzī, Eʿtemād al-Dawlah, Persian Prime Minister], and the King of Persia [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār, also called Bābā Khān]Appointment of Captain John Malcolm to the office of Envoy from the British Government to the Court of Persia on 12 October 1799The British offer of supplies of arms to the Persian GovernmentExchange of letters with Hajy Mahomed Kheleel Mullik Ettijar, native of Hazbin [Qazwin] [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Qazwīnī, Malik al-Tujjār of the Persian Empire, various spellings of his name and title feature] related to his help with the execution of the Company’s charges in Bushire [Bushehr]A list of superfine broad cloth to deliver in PersiaThe trading activities of the Governor of Bushire, Sheikh Naser Khan [Shaikh Naṣr Āl Madhkūr, son of Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Madhkūr, also spelled as Nusser]The rebellion of the Governor of Fars, Hussan Kully Khan [Ḥasan Qulī Khān]Notes on the King of Persia, his family and wealthExchange of letters between Sheikh Naser Khan of Bushire and Jonathan Duncan, the Governor at Bombay, regarding Mehedi Ali Khan’s position in BushireThe efforts of Mehedi Ali Khan to send the two princes, Mahomed [Maḥmūd Shāh Durrānī] and Ferouze [Fayrūz Shāh Durrānī] brothers of Zeman Shah, towards Herat [also spelled as Huraut] and Candahar [Kandahar] via Khorassan [Khorasan]Account of Abdur Reheem [‘Abd al-Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī, Beglerbegi of Iraq] from the Royal Residence in Tahiran in relation to the happenings at the Persian Court; Mehedi Ali Khan’s personality and achievements; and the issue of Zeman ShahGovernor General, Lord Mornington [Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley of Norragh], honouring Mehedi Ali Khan and Hajy Mahomed Kheleel with a ‘khilaut’ [ khil'a, distinction] for their good conduct in PersiaA translated copy of a firmaun [farmān] from the King of Persia regarding the relations of his country with the EnglishDetails of the internal affairs of MuscatFrench activities in the GulfThe activities of Armenian vesselsNews of correspondence being established between Tippo Sultaun [Sulṭān Fātiḥ ‘Alī Ṣāḥib Tīpū, Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore] and Zeman Shah, and their shared feelings against the English presence in IndiaZeman Shah’s anti Shea [Shi‘a] policyCommunication with Soliman Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, also spelled as Soleyman] of Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled as Bagdat]The French siege of Akkah (Acre, also spelled as Akka), and the response of the Ottoman and the BritishThe Ottomans and Wahabies [Wahhābīs] reaching an agreement regarding the governing of Lehesa [Al-Ahsa]Instructions and information to Captain Malcolm about his trip to PersiaThe movements of the Ottoman troops in SyriaThe possibility of the British establishing relations with Zeman ShahOttoman-Persian relationsOttoman-British relationsRussian-Persian relationsFrench-Arab relations.Physical description: 1 item (126 folios)
414. Mercury: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship the Mercuryby Augustus Joseph Applegarth, Chief Mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay, Madras, Bengal and the Persian Gulf and back, between 21 November 1777 and 19 June 1784 (Captain George Forbes).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships, Portuguese ships, country ships, commodities carried, and general remarks.At the front of the three parts of the journal (beginning at folios 1, 144, and 285 respectively) is the inscription: 'This is my original journal and my own handwriting. Applegarth. Witness J Holland. Received 29th June 1784'.The ship's route is as follows (dates are of arrival unless otherwise stated): 21 November 1778, Deptford (f 6); 14 December 1778, the Downs (f 9); 20 March 1779, St Helena (f 33); 21 April 1779, Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope] (f 39v); 18 July 1779, Bombay (f 59); 13 August 1779, Tellicherry [Thalassery] (f 62); 27 August 1779, Madras [Chennai] (f 66); 19 September 1779, Calcutta [Kolkata] (f 71); 28 November 1779, Chochin [Kochi] ( f 83); 16 December 1779, Tellicherry (f 84); 20 December 1779, Bombay (f 87); 10 January 1780 Tellicherry (f 91); 2 March 1780, Bombay (f 99); 19 October 1780, Muscat (f 131); 17 November 1780, Bushire (f 137); 1 December 1780, Bussora [Basra] (f 160); 19 January 1781, Muscat (f 150); 4 February 1781, Bombay (f 154); 27 May 1781, Muscat (f 165); 28 July 1781, Bussora (f 172); 22 October 1781, Bombay (f 183); 14 February 1782, Muscat (f 184); 11 March 1782, Bushire (f 199); 15 March 1782, Bussora (f 200); 29 May 1782, Bombay (f 208); 20 June 1782, Madras (f 212); 25 August 1782, Bombay (f 223); 20 March 1783, Bussora (f 252); 31 March 1783, Bushire (f 256); 7 April 1783, Muscat (f 258); 18 April 1783, Bombay (f 260); 27 April 1783, Goa (f 261); 13 May 1783, Bombay (f 265); 18 August 1783, Tellicherry (f 272); 25 October 1783, Bombay (f 285); 29 February 1784, Table Bay, Bona Esperance (f 304); 30 March 1784, St Helena (f 309); 11 June 1784, Deptford (f 325).Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-142). The foliation sequence continues in volume two, commencing at f 143 and terminating at f 332; volume two is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which only this shelfmark has been foliated. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover of or the leading flyleaves of volume two.
415. Copy of a letter from Lord Palmerston to the Right Honourable John Hobhouse
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- Abstract: Palmerston writes that he has learnt with satisfaction of the permission granted by the Sultan of Muscat for the British to carry out suppression of the slave trade in his East African dominions. The original letter enclosed printed copies of the protocol agreed with the Portuguese government for British ships to patrol the unpoliced coastal waters of the Portuguese dominions of East Africa.Physical description: 1 folio
416. Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 15 October 1808, informing Minto of his arrival in Bushire [Būshehr].The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 15 October 1808, and was received via the ship Sapphireon 25 April 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
417. Copy of a Letter from Captain John Malcolm, Representative of the Government of India to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from a camp near Abou Sheher [Būshehr] and dated 20 May 1800. The letter reports: Malcolm’s communication with the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār]; his onward plans; the activities of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrāni] of Afghanistan; and the return of Mehdi Ali Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr], Agent [Resident] of the East India Company, to Abou Sheher.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
418. Wexford: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Wexfordfrom England to India and back, recorded by Captain Charles Bernard between 13 April 1807 and 10 July 1809.The journal contains:List of passengers on board the ship from Bombay, received on board on 16 October 1808 (f 5)List of invalid seamen and soldiers from Bombay, received on board on 15 October 1808 (f 5)List of the Wexford'spersonnel, stating name and rank (or 'station') and where applicable, whether dead, deserted (given as 'run' in the journal) or discharged (ff 6-8)List of a detachment of the Bombay Artillery to the Gulph [Gulf] of Persia (f 8v)List of personnel attached to General John Malcolm's Escort (f 9)List of lascars attached to the Bombay Artillery (f 9)List of names including wives, children, and children born during the ship's passage (f 144)List of a detachment of soldiers of the 47th Regiment, received on board at Madras on 9 January 1808 (ff 144-147)List of the officers serving under Commander Charles Bernard, recorded on 19 June 1807.The stops made during the ship's voyage from Deptford to Madras and Bombay and back include the following (dates are those of arrival): Blackwall (30 May 1807), Portsmouth (22 June 1807), Motherbank (5 July 1807), Cape of Good Hope (17 September 1807), Madras (30 December 1807), Colombo (22 January 1808), Bombay (2 March 1808), Bushire (27 May 1808), Muscat (15 August 1808), Bombay (26 August 1808), Cape of Good Hope (9 December 1808), St Helena (24 February 1809) and the Downs (23 May 1809).The journal contains daily entries in nine columns split into two sections. First section: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], and Remarks. Second section: Course and Destinations, Latitude, Longitude, Variation, Departure, and Navigation Information. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and other observations made during the course of the voyages.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 150; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file also contains an original printed foliation sequence.
419. London: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the Londonfrom England to Bombay, and back (Captain John Webb), 1763-65. The Londonwas at Muscatt [Muscat] from 12 to 20 January 1765; at Busheere [Bushire] from 5 to 14 February 1765; and at Muscatt [Muscat] again from 28 February to 2 March 1765.Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal in my own hand writing. John Webb' (folio 1).The last entry in the Journal is dated 20 December 1765. The Journal is marked 'Recd [Received] 26 Decr 1765'.The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The Journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships, sightings of other vessels, commodities carried, maintenance of the ship, and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: London: Journal, 1757-59 (IOR/L/MAR/B/1A-B); London: Journal, 1763-65 (folios 1-119, IOR/L/MAR/B/1D); and London: Journal, 1766-69 (IOR/L/MAR/B/1E).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
420. Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 2 August 1755 and ending 30 July 1756.
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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 the Factory's Council members John Parsons and Nathaniel Pomfret 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. Records of significant political and military operations in the region are also preserved.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:Records of the East India Company's (EIC's) cash, staff salaries, and invoicesRecords of letters to commanders of the EIC's ships along with sailing ordersRecords of the activities of French and Dutch vesselsRecords of traded commodities such as woollen goods, wood, broad cloth, sugar, candy, iron, spices, lead, tin, and carpetsRecords of the amounts of wool arriving from Carmenia [Kerman]Records of letters received from the Linguist (i.e. interpreter) at Carmenia advising on the amount of wool sent and the billsNews of the death of George Forbes, the Factory's Surgeon, in October 1755News of the death of Factory member, John Parsons, in December 1755, and the appointment of Nathaniel Pomfret [also written Pomfrett] in his place.The diary includes records and news of inland military operations. The main governors and military officers conducting the operations are: Ahmed Shaw [Ahmad Shah Afghan Dorrani, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali ruled 1747-1772]; Sharrook Caun [Shāhrokh Mīrzā Afshār, c 1734-1796, Governor of Kerman, also written as Shawrook and Sharroock]; Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia]; Azad Caun [Āzād Khān Ghilza'ī, d 1782, Beglerbeg of Azarbāijān]; Nasseir Caun [Nāsir Khān Āl Mazkūr, Shaikh of Būshehr, ruled 1162-1203/c 1749-1788]; Hossan Caun Cadjar [Muhammad Hasan Khan Qajar, also written as Hossain]; Ally Caun Shahesamon [‘Ali Khan Shahsevan Baghdadi, one of Karim Khan's officers, also written as Shahesamand, and Shahesaman]; Shaik Hattem [Shaikh Hatim bin Jubbarah al-Nasuri, an Arab Shaikh based at Lar]; Moolah Abdul Carem Guialadary (Mulla Abd al-Karim Gallahdari, also written as Gualadory]; Zamoun Caun Ophgoon [Zaman Khan Afghan, one of Ahmed Shah's officers]; Goulam Shaw Caun [Ghulam Shah Khan, one of Ahmed Shah's officers]; Moolah Ally Shaw [Mulla Ali Shah, fl 1740-1760, the Governor of Gombroon]; Shaik Rama of Julfar [Raḥmah bin Maṭar al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Julfār]; Mahomet Raza Caun [Muhammad Reza Khan]; Fattally Caun [Fath Ali Khan]; and Mahomet Caun Zand [Muhammad Khan Zand].The main regions involved in the military campaigns are: Lhar [Lar, also written as Lhor], Spahaun [Eṣfahān], Casbin [Qazvin, also written Cazbin], Yazd, Hodjebaud [Haji Abad, also written Hodjeabaud], Tarroun [Tehran], Ahmadabaud [Ahmad Abad], Tabreez [Tabriz], Corasoon [Khorasan, also written as Carasoon], Mushad [Mashhad], Casshoun [Kashan], Rasht, Roumia [Rumiyyah], Guirmassir [Garmsir, also written as Guiarmassir, and Garmassir], Mesandroon [Mazandaran], Shyrash [Shiraz, also written as Shirash], Fars [also written as Farse], Sistan, Nessabour [Nishapur], and the Island of Kishme [Qishm, Qeshm].The diary includes records of letters exchanged between the Factory and members of the Council of Bombay. The letters cover the situation of affairs in the region, the Act of Parliament related to officers and soldiers in the service of the Company, and a copy of sundry paragraphs (folios 29-44) of the Company’s commands on the ship Dragonrelated to the Gombroon Factory.Another group of letters recorded in the diary are the ones exchanged with William Shaw, Resident at Bussorah [Basra, also written as Bussora] and with Francis Wood, the Resident at Bunderick [Bandar-e-Rīg, also written as Bunder Reek and Bundreek]. The former contain information on the state of affairs at Bussorah, and Bagdad [Baghdad, also written as Bagdat], the cash received, the packets dispatched to the British Consulate at Aleppo, the Dutch activities, relations with the Turks [Ottomans], in addition to a detailed narrative of Mr Shaw's dispute with the Mussaleem [Mutasallim] of Bussorah, (folios 60-66v). The letters exchanged with the Bunderick Resident contain information on the following: the state of affairs at Bunderick and Carack [Bandar-e Chārak], relations with Meer Hossain [Mir Husayn bin Nasir al-Zu‘abi, Governor of Bunderick, also written as Hossan], the establishment of a factory there, relations with the Chief of the Dutch Factory, and the dispute with Meer Maanna [Mir Muhanna bin Nasir al-Zu‘abi, also written as Manna, brother of Meer Hossain].The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Experiment Snow, the Neptunegalley, the Success, the Pasteronia, the Prince George, the Prince Edward, the Cawdery, the WarrenKetch, the Houghton, the Fezraboony[Fayz Rabbani], the Bridgewater, the Swallow, the Ally Racky, the Countryketch, and the Stretham.The ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Bunderick, Bengal [also written as Bengall], Surat, Cochin, Carack, Batavia [Jakarta], Busshire [Būshehr, also written Bussheir, Busshire] and Ormuse [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, Hormuz, Ormuz].The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: table expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen [Afsin] 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 last folio with 90; 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.