Vol 1 Letters inward and outward [‎84v] (181/544)

Content

A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Basra or the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. at Bombay, but there are several letters from other individuals and Company servants.

The correspondence covers a wide range of topics:

• Trade - mainly the import of English woollens for the Persian market and the export of Carmenia wool (from Kirmān province) and raw silk. Other commodities discussed are tin, lead, and coffee.
• Political developments in Persia and along the Gulf coast. The dominant events focus around relations between Mīr Muhanna, the Banu Ka‘b, Karim Khan, the Ottoman Turks, the Sheikhs of Bushire, the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) and the English, and cover a period of increasing political and military activity by the British East India Company in the region.
• Financial and administrative matters, including the relationship between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Basra and the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , structural changes within the Company as a whole, and the issues of sick leave, salaries, and allowances.
• Scientific and geographical matters, such as botanical collections and weather.

Extent and format

2 volumes, 453 items (249 folios)

Arrangement

The volume comes in two individually bound parts. Within this there are four distinct sections in the following order: letters inward 19 November 1767-27 December 1768; letters inward December 1786-6 December 1788; letters outward 13 October 1763-27 December 1768; 20 April 1763-20 August 1767. Each section is chronological order of when the letter was received.

Physical characteristics

Condition: Some of the pages in the volume have been damaged by bookworm, stains, and general wear and tear which has obscured parts of the text, but generally the condition of the documents is good. There has been some recent restoration using a silk laminate and more modern paper.

Foliation: The main sequence, and the one used for reference, is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

There are also two pagination systems, which are inconsistent. The first is written in large numbers, in pencil, in the top outside corner of each page. It appears throughout the volume but is often out of sequence. The second appears only on the later letters (those between 1786 and 1788) and seems to be original. It is written in ink on the top outside corner of each page.

In addition to this, the later (1786-1788) letters are also individually numbered at the bottom of each item. This is an original numbering.

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English in Latin script

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