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133. The arrival of the Semiramisfrom the Persian Gulf, and its Commander’s Report of His Proceedings
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 131 of 1842, dated 1 November 1842. The enclosure is numbered 1 and is dated 31 October 1842. There is no abstract of contents.The enclosure consists of a letter from the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver, to the President and Governor in Council, Bombay, Sir George Arthur. The letter reports the arrival at Bombay [Mumbai] from the Persian Gulf of the Honourable Company’s steam frigate Semiramis, with the iron steam vessels Euphrates, Assyriaand Nimrodin tow, and encloses a copy of the report of the proceedings of the Commander of the Semiramis.There is a note on folio 332A, dated 22 October 1906, stating that enclosures to Bombay Secret Letter No. 130, dated 1 November 1842, are missing.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
134. 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.
135. Wilmington: Journal
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- Abstract: 'The Journal of a Voyage by God's Permission in the Ship Wilmington from the Port of London, to Mocha & Bombay and Other Places and Parts in the East Indies commenced ye 23rd Sep:br 1736 at Deptford Cpn Mr Charles Massey Commander. Rec. 12th May 1739' and 'The Diary of the Most Material Transactions Signals and Passages during my Commandoreship over the Marine Squadron belonging to the Hon:ble East India Company at Bombay'. The first journal records the following (dates are those of arrival):The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (6 October 1736), the Downs (2 November 1736), Praia (3 January 1736/37), Table Bay (13 March 1736/37), Joanna [Anjouan] (3 May 1737), Aden (5 June 1737) and Bombay [Mumbai] (2 July 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Bombay to Mangalore [Mangaluru] (16 October 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Mangalore to Garia [Girye] (9 November 1737), Dabull [Dābhol] (11 November 1737), Dunde Rogi Pore [?] (13 November 1737) and Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (9 December 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Gombroon to Bombay (26 January 1737/38)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Bombay to Tellecherry [Thalassery] (6 March 1737/38), Cochin [Kochi] (10 April 1738), Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (15 April 1738), Sadrassapatam [Sadras] (4 May 1738) and Madras [Chennai] (4 May 1738)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Madras to St Helena (27 November 1738), the Downs (8 April 1739), Westcott Bay (12 April 1739), Sheerness Point (17 April 1739) and Poorfleet [Purfleet] (18 April 1739).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds, Courses, and Calendar Date, weather conditions and other observations. 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, and all dates are given in both old and new style.The second diary records the most material transactions, signals and passages during Captain Massey's command over the East India Company's Marine Squadron based at Bombay. The diary contains further observations on the ship's passage from Bombay to Mangalore, Annanore [Kannur], Dunde Rogi Pore, Gombroon, Bombay and Tellicherry.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 241; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 155-225, which have not been digitised.
136. Wilmington: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Wilmingtonfrom England to Bombay and back (Captain Charles Massey), 28 March 1734 to 22 August 1735. The Wilmingtondeparted from the Downs on 28 March 1734, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 18 August 1734, Joanna [Anjouan]; 22 September 1734, Bombay; 23 October 1734, Surratt [Surat]; 22 November 1734, Gombaroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 22 December 1734, Bombay; 3 Feb 1734/5, Tellichery [Thalassery]; 11 February 1734/5 Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 26 April 1735, Cape [of Good Hope]; 24 May 1735, St Helena; 18 August 1735, Downs.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 140; 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. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 115-134, which have not been digitised.
137. Winterton: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship Wintertonby Captain George Dundas. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and its return to England, between 14 January 1788 and 9 July 1790.The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c. [etcetera], 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 and French ships, commodities carried, and other remarks.The journal also includes:A list of the officers and crew on the Winterton, recording: names; stations (positions); place of entry; and whether they had run, had died or had been discharged (folios 2-3)A list of passengers from England and Bombay (folio 4).At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my original journal George Dundas. Witnesses W[illiam] Raincork'.The entries record the ship's arrival at the following places: Blackwall, 21 January 1788 (folio 5); Portsmouth, 12 April 1788 (folio 11); Dunnose, Isle of Wight, 1 May 1788 (folio 12); St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 26 May 1788 (folio 19); Cape Lagullus [Cape Agulhas], 26 July 1788 (folio 34); Johanna [Anjouan], 14 August 1788 (folio 39); Bombay, 6 September 1788 (folio 44); Tillecherry [Thalassery], 6 December 1788 (folio 52); Bombay, 30 December 1788 (folio 55); Surat, 21 February 1789 (folio 58); Mocha, 23 April 1789 (folio 66); Bombay, 4 September 1789 (folio 76); Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari], 19 January 1790 (folio 86); Cape of Good Hope, 5 March 1790 (folio 97); St Helena, 18 March 1790 (folio 101); and the Downs, 3 June 1790 (folio 118).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 123; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
138. Windsor: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship, Windsor, kept by Captain Zachary Tovey. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Moco [Mocha, also written as Mokha in the journal] and Bombay [Mumbai]: 12 June 1711, Moco; 3 September 1711, Bombay; 6 October 1711, Anjengo [Anchuthengu, India]; 20 December 1711, Cape [of Good Hope]; 31 May 1712, Lisbon; 27 June 1712, Deptford.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is [my] original Journal', signed by Zachary Tovey.The journal consists of daily entries in two columns. The first column contains the date and some navigational data, the second contains remarks on the wind, weather, courses, distances covered, sightings of other ships, and sightings of land. Some more general remarks are sometimes given.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 35; 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. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 36-87, which have not been digitised.
139. York: Journal
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- Abstract: The journal of a voyage to the East Indies on board the ship Yorkby Captain Peter Lascelles. The journal contains:The ‘List of Officers & Seamen on board the ship York from England to the East Indies 1760’ (ff 2-4)The ‘Names [and] Quality [of] Passengers’ (f 4)The Members of ‘Coll: Moriss’ Rejiment [sic]’ and of ‘Col: Parslows Rejim:t’ (ff 4-6)Names of ‘Women belonging to the Military’ (f 6)The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (13 March 1760), the Downs (18 April 1760), Spithead (24 April 1760), the Lizard (10 May 1760), Island of Palma [La Palma] (30 May 1760), Island of Ferro [El Hierro] (1 June 1760) and Parnambucca [Pernambuco] (10 July 1760)The daily entries for the voyage from Parnambucca to Bay of All Saints (26 July 1760), Island of St Paul’s [Île Saint-Paul] (24 October 1760), Dundra Head [Dondra Head] (5 December 1760), Point de Galle (6 December 1760), Columbo [Colombo] (9 December 1760), Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari] (11 December 1760), Quilone [Kollam] (12 December 1760), Ansangor [Anchuthengu] (13 December 1760), Cochin [Kochi] (19 December 1760), Callicut [Kozhikode] (26 December 1760), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (27 December 1760), Pigeon Island [Netrani Island] (4 January 1761), Vingorla [Vengurla] Rocks (5 January 1761) and Bombay [Mumbai] (12 January 1761)List of officers and seamen on board the Yorkat leaving Bombay (ff 78-80)List of lascars aboard the York(f 80)List of passengers from Bombay (f 81)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Surat (23 February 1761), Socatra [Socotra] (17 April 1761), Cape Gardafui [Cape Guardafui] (19 April 1761), Mount Felix (20 April 1761), Babelmandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (24 April 1761) and Mocha (25 April 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Babelmandel Island (23 July 1761), Mount Aden (25 July 1761), Mount Felix (27 July 1761) and Bombay (5 August 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Domus tree [Dumas] (23 August 1761), Basseen [Vasai] (18 September 1761), Cape Comorine (28 September 1761), Julius Nave (1 October 1761), Ballasore [Balasore] (16 October 1761) and Ingelie [Hijili] (25 October 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Ingelie to Barabulla (24 December 1761), Point Palmiras (26 December 1761), Dunderhead [Dondra Head] (8 January 1762), Point de Gaul [Galle] (10 January 1762), Ansangor (16 January 1762), Cochin (21 January 1762), Callicut (23 January 1762), Tellicherry (24 January 1762), Cannannore [Kannur] (26 January 1762), Cape Ramas (6 February 1762), Vingorla Rocks (9 February 1762) and Bombay (18 February 1762)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Tellicherry (22 April 1762), Cochin (4 May 1762), Quilone [Kollam] (8 May 1762), Cape Comorine (9 May 1762), Cape Legullas [Cape Agulhas] (5 July 1762), St Helena (2 August 1762), Rame Head (4 October 1762), Margate (30 November 1762) and Northfleet Hope (8 December 1762).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 195; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
140. The Journal of the Ship Phoenixby Captain William Moffat Esq
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- Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship Phoenixby Captain William Moffat Esq from 24 February 1800 to 24 July 1802. The journal contains:A ‘List of Ships Company Phœnix 6th Voyage 1800’ (ff 2 and 3)Lists of Troops belonging to His Majesty’s Regiments, Women and Children accompanying the Detachments, and Recruits belonging to different Regiments in India (ff 2-3 and ff 4-6)List of Private Passengers for India embarked on board at Portsmouth (f 3), Lists of Invalids embarked on board for Bombay, those embarked on board for England (ff 6-7), and List of Discharged Soldiers received on board at St Helena (f 7)The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (23 March 1800), Beachy Head (7 May 1800), Mother Bank (8 May 1800), Torbay [Tor Bay] (25 May 1800), the Lizard (29 May 1800), Saint Anthony [Ilha de Santo Antão] (24 June 1800), Table Bay (6 September 1800), Island of Apaluria (20 October 1800), Great Nicobar (1 November 1800), Car Nicobar (5 November 1800), Little Andaman (7 November 1800), South Channel (22 November 1800), Kedgiree [Khejuri] (25 November 1800), Culpi [Kulpi] (6 December 1800) and Diamond Harbour (7 December 1800)The daily entries for the voyage from Diamond Harbour to Culpee [Kulpi] (7 January 1801), Saugor [Sagar] (9 January 1801), Point Palmiras (15 February 1801), Trincomalie [Trincomalee] (24 February 1801), Point de Galle (27 February 1801), Columbo [Colombo] (5 March 1801), Cape Cormorin [Kanyakumari] (7 March 1801), Calicut [Kozhikode] (14 March 1801), Mangalore [Mangaluru] (18 March 1801), Pigeon Island [Netrani Island] (22 March 1801), Goa (26 March 1801) and Bombay [Mumbai] (2 April 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Cape Gardafui [Guardafui] (11 July 1801), Mount Felix (13 July 1801), Cape St Peter (14 July 1801), Burnt Island (20 July 1801), Aden (2 August 1801), Babel Mandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (14 August 1801) and Mocha (24 August 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Pilot’s Island (21 September 1801), Cape Aden (23 September 1801), Black Point (25 September 1801), Reiden [Raida] (2 October 1801), Halabi Island (7 October 1801) and Bombay (17 October 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to St Mary’s Rocks (20 November 1801), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (23 November 1801), Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (4 January 1802) and Quillon [Kollam] (5 January 1802)The daily entries for the voyage from Quillon to Anjanga (21 January 1802), Cape Cormorin (24 January 1802), Cape Lagullas [Cape Agulhas] (20 March 1802), False Cape [False Bay] (21 March 1802); St Helena (5 April 1802), Island of Ascension (18 April 1802); St Mary’s Island (21 May 1802), Praule Point [Prawle Point] (6 June 1802), Beachy Head (7 June 1802), Dungeness (8 June 1802), the Nore (9 June 1802), Gravesend (11 June 1802), Halfway Reach (24 June 1802) and Deptford (25 June 1802).The journal contains daily entries in six printed columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds & c., and Week Day, Calendar Date and Observations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes on sightings of other vessels, and other observations during voyages. The journal records the Phoenix’s capture of the French privateer General Malarticon 10 November 1800. It describes the Malarticas sailing ‘close to us, her Tops and Rigging manned for boarding’, but that having given her ‘part of our starboard broadside... they called out they had surrendered’ (f 56 verso). Moffat later took on board Major General David Baird and his staff at Sagar in Bengal (f 63 verso). Baird and his staff transferred to the gunboat Waspbound for Bombay on 25 March 1801 (f 73 verso). Moffat subsequently met with the Griffinand part of the 80th Regiment of Foot at Aden, learned about the arrival of the expeditionary ships the Anna Maria, Wellesleyand Londonat Socotra, and news that ‘the whole French Army near Cairo have surrendered to the British' (f 95 verso). He later ‘gained intelligence of the preliminaries of peace between France and England being signed 10th October last [i.e. 1801]’ (f 119).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 162; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 93 - 162; these numbers are also circled and have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
141. 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.
142. Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 2 December 1761 and ending 7 February 1763.
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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 member Dymoke Lyster headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, and letters sent and received. Records of significant political and military operations in the region are also preserved. Folios 2-4 are mistakenly dated 2-3 December 1762, considering how the diary is dated from folio 5 onward, the correct date of folios 2-4 should have been 2-3 December 1761.The diary contains records of letters, sundry interrogatories and testimonies between the Factory and the Bussorah [Basra] Residency Staff members regarding the following: the dismissal of William Shaw and Robert Garden from the charge of the Residency; the delivering over the charge of the Residency and all 'merchandize' books, papers and cash belonging to the Company; the case of the contract between Mr Shaw and a contractor called Hadjee Eusuph [Haji Yusuf]; the state of affairs at Bussorah; the Company's packets to be sent via Bagdat [Baghdad] to Aleppo; the woollen goods supplied to Bussorah market; the trade with the Turks; the status of the roads and the activities of the Arab tribes between Bagdat and Aleppo; managing the estates of the late Bussorah Residents Martin French and James Stuart, respectively; the activities of the Turkish governors in the region; and relations with local merchants.The diary includes records of letters exchanged with the Court of Directors for Affairs of the East India Company at Bombay [Mumbai], and sundry paragraphs received from Bombay and details of their contents including: news of the death of King George II, in October 1760, and the proclamation of George III as the King of Great Britain, France and Ireland; news of the formation of a Presidency at Fort Marlborough, and the names of its Council members; notes on the prohibition of ophium [opium] import upon the west coast of Summatra [Sumatra] and Gombroon; the case of wounded soldiers from Bengall [Bengal]; records of the names and positions of dismissed and appointed staff at the Company's councils; discussing accounts books received from Gombroon; and records of the cash accounts and balance.The diary also includes records of the state of affairs and military operations in a number of provinces in Persia including: Carmenia [Kerman], Assehannon [probably al-Sana south of Būshehr, also written as Aschannon, and Acchannon], Schyrash [Shiraz], Tairun [Tehran, also written as Tarroun], Spahaun [Eṣfahān], Yazd, Kaderabaud [Qaderabad and Qadirabad], Taberez [Tabriz], and Carazoon [Khorāsān]. Among the governors and families involved in the operations are: Carem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakil of Persia, also written as Carim], Sadduek Caun [Sadiq Khān Zand, Governor of Shiraz, and brother of Karīm Khān], Ahmet Shaw [Ahmad Shah Afghan Dorrani, known as Ahmad Shah Abdali r 1747-1772], Fatally Caun [Fath Ali Khān Afshar, Persian Military General], Moolah Ally Shaw [Mulla Ali Shah], Nassir Caun [Nāsir Khān Āl Mazkūr, Shaikh of Būshehr, ruled 1162-1203/c 1749-1788], Jaffer Caun [Ja‘afar Khān Āl Mazkūr, Governor of Gombroon and brother of Nāsir Khān], the Julfar Arabs [Julfār, in what is now Ra's al Khaymah], Benimines [Banu Mu‘in] of Bunderick [i.e. Bandar-e Rīg] and Ormuse [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, Hormuz, Ormuz] and the Charrack Arabs [Al-‘Ali, based at Charrack, modern Bandar-e Chārak].Among other issues and news recorded in the diary are: the activities of Dutch and French vessels; the shipment of wool from Carmenia; letters exchanged with commanders of the Company's ships along with sailing orders; indent of woollen goods proper for the Persian market including the type of cloth, amount and colours required; accounts of damaged goods delivered out of the Company's warehouse; list of account salaries due to the Company's staff at Gombroon; news of the sudden death of Bussorah Resident James Stuart on 21 July 1762; and the appointment of Dymoke Lyster as the new Resident at Bussorah.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Swallow, the Drake, the Earl of Elgin, the Speedwell, the Dadely, the Berkshire Snow, the Monmouth, and the Fanny Snow.Ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay, Bussorah, Bengall, Muscat, Charrack, Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], China, the Malabar Coast, Ormuse, Bushire, and Batavia [Jakarta].In addition, the diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: garrison charges, hospital charges, stable charges, merchandised charges, the Afseen [Afsin] Garden, extraordinary charges, servants' wages, house rent, house repairs, house expense, and ships' charges.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 104; 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 flyleaf.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
143. Diary, Consultations, and Accounts of Nathaniel Whitwell and Henry Savage, Agents of the East India Company at Gambroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 August 1746 and ending 31 July 1752
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- Abstract: Diary, consultations, and accounts of the East India Company merchants in Persia [Iran], specifically factories at Gambroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Laristan, Iran], written and signed by Nathaniel Whitwell (Agent and Council) and Henry Savage (succeeding Agent and Council) respectively, countersigned by various officials, St George Pack (Steward), Walter Ray, Thomas Dorrill (Warehouse Keeper), Danvers Graves, John Hope (Steward and Secretary), Cowan Henry Draper, and Francis Wood (Steward). Comprised of multiple dispatches spanning the period 1 August 1746-31 July 1752, with a supplementary account on the affairs at the Persian court:Folios 4r-78r. Dispatch copying the Gambroon diary, consultations, and accounts, written and signed Nathaniel Whitwell (Agent and Council) and Henry Savage (succeeding Agent and Council), countersigned by St George Pack, Thomas Dorrill (Warehouse Keeper), Danvers Graves, John Hope (Steward and Secretary), covering period 1 August 1746-31 July 1747. Received 3 August 1749, by ship Orford. Title page lostFolios 79r-99r. Dispatch copying the supplementary account entitled ‘Journal of the most material Occurrences During Nadir Shaw’s Residence at Carmenia [Kerman],’ written and signed by Danvers Graves, covering period 26 February 1747-23 March 1747Folios 101r-170v. Dispatch copying the Gambroon diary, consultations, and accounts, written and signed Henry Savage (Agent and Council), countersigned by Danvers Graves, John Hope (Steward and Secretary), covering period 3 August 1747-31 July 1748. Received 3 August 1749, by ship Orford. Title page lostFolios 171r-250v. Dispatch copying the Gambroon diary, consultations, and accounts, written and signed Henry Savage (Agent and Council), countersigned by John Hope (Steward and Secretary), and Cowan Henry Draper, covering period 1 August 1748-31 July 1749. Original dispatch received 13 September 1749, by ship Drake Ketch. Present copy received 13 June 1750, by ship Durrington. Title page, ‘Gambroon Diary and Consultations’ (f 171r)Folios 251r-335v. Dispatch copying the Gambroon diary, consultations, and accounts, written and signed Henry Savage (Agent and Council), countersigned by Danvers Graves, Cowan H Draper, and Francis Wood (Steward), covering period 1 August 1750-31 July 1751. Received 15 August 1752, by ship Eastcourt. Title page lostFolios 336r-392v. Dispatch copying the Gambroon diary, consultations, and accounts, written and signed Henry Savage and Danvers Graves (Agent and Council), countersigned by Francis Wood (Steward), St. George Pack, and Walter Ray, covering period 1 August 1751-31 July 1752. Received 18 June 1753, by ship Stretham. Title page lost.Accounts cover the movements and changes between EIC officials at Gambroon; movements and changes between EIC officials at Shiraz, Carmenia or Carmania [Kerman], Busheir [Bushire], Bagdat [Baghdad], and Bombay [Mumbai]; relations with and news from EIC ports, presidencies, council and directors (India); English, French, Dutch, Arab and Indian shipping; salaries, financial compensation, banking through financiers (especially Bania communities); copies and translations of letters, treaties, and official documents; monthly and annual accounts; officers’ debts and estates of the deceased; assessments of market trading conditions; trade, valuations, and details on commodities (copper, sulphur, lumber) and processed or manufactured products (English, French, Dutch, Russian, Indian, and Chinese), especially gunpowder, wool, plain and fine textiles, as well as livestock, horses, food and drink (such as rice, China sugar, Java sugar, sugar candy, coffee, and alcohol); dearth of food; physical and mental ill-health; swarming insects; weather and sea conditions; observations on festivities and ceremonies (‘Id and Nowruz); gifts; and the import of enslaved people from Africa.Substantial portions of accounts contain reports on ongoing conflict between Persian authorities and troops at Julfar [Ra's al-Khaymah, UAE], local Arabs, and the Imaum of Muscatt [Imam of Muscat]; reports from Persia of military and political developments leading to the murder of Nadir Shaw [Nadir Shah Afshar] treated in a supplementary account (‘Journal of the most material Occurrences During Nadir Shaw’s Residence at Carmenia’), the competition for power between his successors, as well as the rise of Careem Caun [Karim Khan Zand]; reports of developments in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Timurid (Mogul [Mughal]) India, with particular reference to increasing tensions between the EIC and the Nabob of Bengall [Nawab of Bengal].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 395; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
144. Diaries and Consultations of Messrs John Geekie, John Horne, and William Cockell, Agents of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 20 November 1728 and ending 31 July 1737.
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- Abstract: The volume consists of nine entries in the form of diaries, covering the period between November 1728 and July 1737. The diaries contain records of the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory, a trading post where a number of merchants, or factors resided. The Gombroon Factory, along with those at Carmenia [Kerman], and Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune] were subordinate to the East India Company at Bombay (the Bombay Presidency). While a chief agent and a council of factors ran the Gombroon Factory, only a broker seems to have been placed at the factories in Isfahan and Kerman.The Gombroon Factory's Chief Agents between 1728 and 1737 were John Geekie, John Horne, and William Cockell respectively. When an Agent was absent, one of the Factory's members took over until his return. Gombroon Factory's members at the time included, but were not limited to, William Cordeaux, Edward Clift, William May, Nathaniel Whitewell, Walter Ray, James Smith, Thomas Waters, and James Verelst.The diaries in the volume record the day-to-day consultations taking place at the Factory. The consultations cover the daily activities, administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, visits to and from the Factory, ships arriving and importing goods, as well as list of cargo loaded on to the ships. Copies of the consultations, letter-books, books of accounts and other annual papers were to be prepared and made ready to be dispatched by sail to the Company’s administrative headquarters in the Bombay Presidency.Among the main details and issues recorded in the volume are the following:The trading activities of the Dutch and the French in the regionThe Persian-Afghan disputeThe Persian-Turk [Ottoman] disputeThe Persian-Arab disputeRecords of local disputes taking place in OmanThe arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from CarmeniaThe appointments of new agents and members at the Gombroon FactoryThe rebellion of an Arab Shaikh called Ahmett Madannah [Shaikh Ahmad Madani, also written as Ahmud and Ahmatt] and that of the Jubarrah [the Jubarah Arabs]The Factory obtaining rogoms [raqams or ruqums, also written in the diary as rogomms: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges] from the Shah of Persia. The rogoms were originally granted to the Factory during the reign of Shah Abass [‘Abbas] the Great.The volume includes records of certain commodities including Kerman wool, sugar candy, rice, rose water, grain, sugar, copper, cardamom, pepper, turmeric, coffee and ginger. Also present are accounts of salaries, payments, and prices of commodities provided in Persian currencies including Tomands [Toman], Mamoodies [Mahmudis], and Shahees [Shahis].In addition, the volume includes the names and trade activities of a number of ships including but not limited to: the Britannia, the Queen Carolina, the Prince George, the Robert Galley, the Kissing Peggyand the Northumberland. It also includes records of Dutch ships such as the Jacoband the Castor and Pollux, and French ships such as the Unionand the Four Sisters.The volume also includes the names of places where certain events took place, as well as the names of ports where ships were sailing to and from. They include but are not limited to: Gombroon, Spahaun/Spahune, Shyrash [Shiraz], Bunder Bouchier [Bushire], Bassidore [Basidu], Ormuz [Hormuz, also written as Ormuse], and Busarah [Basra, also written as Bussorah].Most of the diaries in the volume include abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants’ wages.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 390; 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 between ff 125-390, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.