Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 121-171), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory Council members, including William Cordeaux, Edward Clift, and John Geekie, 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.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:News of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Muscauites [Muscovites]News of Hassan Ally Caun Mayor Bashee [Hasan Ali Khan Mu’ayyir Bashi] attacking the Turkish frontiersNews of the revolt of Shaikh Ahmed Madannah [Ahmad Madani]The arrival of wool from Carmania [Kerman]The appointment of Nathaniel Whitewell to serve at the Council of BombayNews of Arabs and Aphgoons [Afghans] campaigning against the Factory and the PersiansReports that Mahmud Caun Balloach [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluyah] has joined the Beglerbeggy [Beglerbegi/ Beylerbeyi is Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Shyrash [Shiraz] to campaign against the ArabsNews of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Turks [Ottomans]A letter received from Jonathan Winder and William Follie of a ship called the
Queen CarolineThe arrival of letters from the Hoalley [the Hawala/Huwala Arabs?] and from the Imaum's Vackeel [the Imam's wakil, or representative]An exchange of letters between the Factory and various Persian notables, and an exchange of letters between the Factory members at Gombroon and Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune] with the Council at BombayAn exchange of visits between the Factory's Agent and Mirza Ishmael the Shanobunder of Gombroon [Mirza Ismail, the Shahbandar of Bandar-e ʻAbbās], between the Agent and Meer Meer Ally [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, Deputy Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas], and between the Agent and the Dutch Chief.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Britannia, the
Prince of Wales Galley, the
Robert Galley, the
Queen Carolineand the
Fame. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Mocha, Surat, Bussarah [Basra], and the Mallabar Coast.The diary also includes records of certain individuals who are either merchants or Persian officials, including the following: Mirza Mahmut Naib of Afseen [Mirza Mahmud, Governor of Afseen]; Mirza Ishmael Shano from Afseen [Mirza Ismail Khan]; and Maahmud Ally Beg [Muhammad ‘Ali Beg], former Shahbandar of Gombroon.The diary includes 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 diary includes a cover page, and a table of contents. The diary is numbered 1-92, which corresponds to folios 121-169. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 216-248), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, William Cockell, and the Factory Council members, including Edward Clift, Walter Ray and James Smith, 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.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan Afshar, future Nadir Shah of Persia] threatening to close the Company's houseThe arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]The Factory communicating with Thomas Caun regarding the renewal of its grants and privilegesReports of the Ballooches [Baluch] attacking the wool caphila, and the Dutch HouseEnsuring the safety of the trade routes between Carmenia and GombroonReports of Mahmud Caun Baluch [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluyah] defeating the Governor of Shyrash [Shiraz, also written as Schyras] and taking him prisonerThe East India Company's Governor-in-Council sending the new monthly allowance for the three factories in Persia with the amount of 16,000 shahees [Shahi-Persian currency] assigned to the Factory at Gombroon, 5000 shahees to the Factory at Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune], and 2000 to the Factory at CarmeniaReports of the war between Thomas Caun and the Turkish [Ottoman] forces at Bagdatt [Baghdad]Reports of the rebellion of the Soonies [Sunni Muslims], Shaikh Ahmud [Shaikh Ahmad Madani, also written in the diary as Ahmatt and Ahmett], and the Shaikh of Jubarrah [the Jubarah Arabs]News of Osman Bashaw [Topal Osman Pasha] of Baghdatt having been killedThe advance of Thomas Caun and his vackeel [wakil] Thomas Begg [Tahmasb Quli Khan Jalayir, Wakil al-Dawla] against the Ballooches, the Soonies and Aphgoons [Afghans]Chief Agent William Cockell falling seriously ill and his temporary retirement from his positionThe arrival of certain commodities such as rice, sugar, sugar candy, ginger etcThomas Caun sending Shaikh Rushett [Rashid?] to GombroonNews of clashes taking place at Muscatt [Muscat] between the Imaum's [Imam's] supporters and those who support the King [the Sultan of Muscat]The Factory's receipt of the King's rogoms [raqams or ruqums, also written in the diary as rogomms: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges].The diary includes records of letters exchanged mainly between the factories at Gombroon and Spahaun, and the Council at Bombay. It also includes records of letters received from Martin French based at the Residency at Bossarah [Basra], letters from Consul Cox at Alleppo [Aleppo], as well as letters to and from Persian notables and merchants.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Britannia, the
Franky[
Frankie], the
Carolina, the
Robert Galley, the
Alphila, the
Hannah, the
Prince of Wales Galley, the
Fame, and a French brigg [brig] called the
Three Sisters. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Bossarah, and Muscatt.The diary includes 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 diary includes a cover page. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.