Diary and Consultations of Mr William Cockell, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1733 and ending July 1734 [229r] (26/65)
The record is made up of 1 item (32 folios). It was created in 1 Aug 1733-31 Jul 1734. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The item is in the form of a diary (ff 216-248), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory An East India Company trading post. . The Chief Agent, William Cockell, and the Factory An East India Company trading post. 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 An East India Company trading post. .
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 house
- The arrival of the wool caphila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]
- The Factory An East India Company trading post. communicating with Thomas Caun regarding the renewal of its grants and privileges
- Reports of the Ballooches [Baluch] attacking the wool caphila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. , and the Dutch House
- Ensuring the safety of the trade routes between Carmenia and Gombroon
- Reports of Mahmud Caun Baluch [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluyah] defeating the Governor of Shyrash [Shiraz, also written as Schyras] and taking him prisoner
- The 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 An East India Company trading post. at Gombroon, 5000 shahees to the Factory An East India Company trading post. at Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune], and 2000 to the Factory An East India Company trading post. at Carmenia
- Reports 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 An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Topal Osman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ] of Baghdatt having been killed
- The advance of Thomas Caun and his vackeel [ wakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. ] Thomas Begg [Tahmasb Quli Khan Jalayir, Wakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. al-Dawla] against the Ballooches, the Soonies and Aphgoons [Afghans]
- Chief Agent William Cockell falling seriously ill and his temporary retirement from his position
- The arrival of certain commodities such as rice, sugar, sugar candy, ginger etc
- Thomas Caun sending Shaikh Rushett [Rashid?] to Gombroon
- News 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 An East India Company trading post. 's receipt of the King's rogoms [ raqams Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. or ruqums Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. , 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 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. 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.
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- 1 item (32 folios)
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The diary includes a cover page. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
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- Diary and Consultations of Mr William Cockell, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1733 and ending July 1734
- Pages
- 216v:248v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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