Abstract: Copy of an official statement by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] written during the negotiations for the revision of the Definitive Treaty, of 27 November 1814. The statement proposes that all commercial transactions between Britain and Persia be regulated according to the Commercial Treaty concluded by Major John Malcolm in 1800. The statement was enclosed in Morier and Ellis’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 30 November 1814 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/158).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a translation of a firman [edict] from Fatteh Ali Shauh [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār] of Persia [Iran] proclaiming a treaty with Britain; and an annexed copy of the treaty. The treaty was signed between Ibraheem Khaun [Hāji Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalāntar Shīrāzī], Prime Minister (Sadr-e 'Azam) of Persia, and Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia, and dated Sha’ban 1215/January 1801.The stipulations of the treaty cover commercial relations, including the rights of merchants from each country to travel and trade safely in the other’s territory; protection from the Persian Government for British merchants; the recovery of debt; the rights of British subjects to settle and own property in Persia and their rights over Persian domestic servants; mutual assistance to damaged or sunken ships in each country’s ports; and duties on some metals and broadcloth.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the
Hanoverfrom England to Bombay (Captain John Bond), 1722-1724 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): 2 April 1722, Woolwich; 1 April 1722, Downs; 12 August 1722, Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai]; 25 October 1722, Callicut [Kozhikode]; 9 November 1722, Bombay; 30 December 1722, Carwar [Karwar]; 7 March 1723, Bombay; 17 May 1723, Mocho [Mocha]; 17 October 1723, Carwar; 6 November 1723, Surat; 12 December 1723, Bombay; 15 February 1724, Cochin [Kochi]; 19 June 1724, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 5 October 1724, Blackwall.The first page (folio 1) of the Journal is headed: 'A Journal of our intended Voyage in the Ship Hanover of London – By the Almighties Permission Towards the East Indies Commencing January 8th 1721'.The log contains a note explaining how the ship lost sight of the
Frederickand explanation of the decision to proceed as a single ship in seas subject to piracy (ff 18-20).The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Remarks], H [Hour], and Weather; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The log provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and general remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style and New Style years.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 111; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Houghtonby Richard Walpole, Commander. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and China and its return to England, between 14 January 1755 and 13 September 1757.The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses Winds, Depth of water 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. It also mentions wildlife such as birds and dolphins, and conflicts with French ships (ff 125-126). Part of the voyage was in company with the ship
Suffolkand
Godolphin.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my original journal Richard Walpole. Received 14 September 1757'.The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: Deptford, 14 January 1755 (f 4); the Downs, 23 April 1755; St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 22 May 1755 (f 17); St Augustin's Bay, 18 August 1755 (f 38); Magodoxa [Mogadishu], 24 September (f 45); Bombay, 1 December (f 62); Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 5 February 1756 (f 72); Bombay, 10 March 1756 (f 76); Surat, 2 April 1756 (f 79); Bombay, 17 April 1756 (f 81); Tellicherry [Thalassery], 7 May 1756 (f 83); Malacca, 17 June 1756 (f 92); Banksall Island [near Canton], 27 July 1756 (f 101); St Helena, 1 April 1757 (f 132); Leith [near Edinburgh], 27 June 1757 (f 151); and the Downs, 9 August 1757 (f 154).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 159; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Houghton, commanded by Philip Worth, by John Sparks. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Mocha and its return journey to England, between 21 September 1731 and 26 May 1733.The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, 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. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style (Julian) and New Style (Gregorian) calendars.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my originall journall of the ship Houghton received the 13th June 1733'.The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: Deptford, 6 October 1731 (folio 2); the Downs, 30 November 1731 (folio 2); Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope], 7 March 1731/32 (folio 27); Mocha, 20 May 1732 (folio 44); Bombay, 4 September 1732 (folio 51); Tellicherry [Thalassery], 8 October 1732 (folio 55); Cochin [Kochi], 13 October 1732 (folio 56 ); Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope], 12 January 1732/33 (folio 78); St Helena, 8 February 1732/33 (folio 83); and Woolwich, 26 May 1733 (folio 108).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 112; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Heathcotefrom England to Mocha, November 1730-June 1731, from Mocha to Bombay [Mumbai], June-August 1731, and from Bombay to England, September 1731-March 1732 (Captain David Wilkie).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Folio 30 contains the transcript of a speech given by Captain Wilkie to the crew.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 92; 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 72-91, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Hector, kept by Captain Stephen Kirwan. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 12 February 1751, Gravesend; 14 March 1751, Downs; 7 July 1751, St Augustine Bay, Madagascar; 28 August 1751, Gombroon; 27 September 1751, Bombay; 18 December 1751, Aurangabunda [Aurangabander, Sindh]; 18 January 1752, Bombay; 31 January 1752, Surat; 20 April 1752, Bombay; 18 September 1752, Culpee [Kulpi, near Kolkata]; 12 January 1753, Anjengo [Anchuthengu]; 25 January 1753, Cochin [Kochi]; 4 February 1753, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 11 March 1753, Bombay; 29 April 1753, Tellicherry; 16 June 1753, Bourbon [Réunion]; 24 December 1753, St Helena; 28 April 1754, Downs; 1 May 1754, Blackwater Docks.At the beginning of the journal (folios 2-4) are four lists of those aboard. These are officers and seamen belonging to the ship, passengers heading to places abroad, people taken on board at St Helena who are working their passage home, and the East India Company's soldiers and galley men. Each list contains information on names, quality (i.e. profession), time of entry, and dates for any person who may have died, been discharged, or run away.The main body of the journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and a remarks column. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. The remarks column contains the date and information on weather, courses, distances, land sightings, ship sightings, ship maintenance, rigging, employment of the crew, and some navigational data. Occasionally other miscellaneous notes are made, such as the names of the deceased, flora and fauna seen from the ship, and any unusual occurrences.At the end of the journal (folio 135) Stephen Kirwan, Captain, has signed his name in testament to it being his original journal. It is witnessed by John Webster.Crew List; Passenger List; Soldier ListPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 145; 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.
Abstract: The file consists of enquiries received by the Political Agency Bahrain about trade matters, with further correspondence and statistics, and papers concerning the import of gold into Persia. The papers are as follows:enquiry from the Chief Political Officer, Basrah [Basra] about the average annual import of tin into Bahrain for the years 1914-1916, with reply from the Political Agent, Bahrain, November 1916;letter from the Director of Customs, Bahrain to the Political Agent Bahrain, with statement and explanatory notes, concerning articles imported into Bahrain Harbour during 1912-1916, November 1916;papers relating to the export by merchants in Bahrain and elsewhere of large amounts of gold to Persia via Bushire, March - October 1917. British officials suspected that the gold was intended for the Turks in Mesopotamia. The papers include some correspondence in Arabic from merchants in Bahrain, with translations in English, and copies of memoranda and telegrams on the subject between the Political Residency, Bushire, the Government of India, and other British officials.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 24 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Walpolefrom Table Bay towards Bengall [Bengal], 1730-33, (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated). The ship departed from Table Bay in March 1731 and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations: 20 May 1731, Madras; 22 July 1731, Fort William [Calcutta, i.e. Kolkata]; 15 February 1731/2, Cochin [Kochi]; 23 March 1731/2, Mocha; 8 April 1732, Judda [Jeddah]; 14 July 1732, Mocha; towards Madras; 26 August 1732, Madras; towards Bengall; Fort William; 2 January 1732/3, Madras.At the front of the journal (folio 4) is the inscription: 'This is my original Jurnal of the Ship Walpole. Received 13 September 1733.'Folios 5-7 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.The log book (ff 8-116) contains daily entries in seven columns: latitude/distance from port, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Date and Remarks]; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only.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 141; 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 118-140, which have not been digitised. The file contains one foliation anomaly, missing folio 77.
Abstract: Journal of the
Walpole, kept by Captain Buzar. The journal covers the ship's voyage from Fort St George [Madras, i.e. Chennai] to St Helena.The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], Remarks and Weather; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The log provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and general remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style and New Style years.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 49; 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.
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.
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.