Various Papers Relating to the Work and Activities of the East India Company in the Gulf of Persia [‎i-r] (8/968)

Content

The volume comprises correspondence, reports, notes, and other papers relating to the work and activities of the East India Company (EIC) in the Gulf of Persia [also spelled as the Gulph]. The volume consists of thirteen items covering various subjects, including:

• The dispute between the EIC and the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Pāshā, also spelled as Pashaw, and Bacha] of Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled as Bagdat]
• Correspondence of the EIC with the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Company related to their rights to trade
• Complaints raised against the EIC’s Factory An East India Company trading post. at Surat
• The right to trade in Mecca, Judda [Jeddah], Bussorah [Basra; several spellings appear in the volume] and Mocha
• The Company’s request for naval assistance against its maritime enemies in the Gulf
• A ‘Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Troubles in the Gulph of Persia’
• An ‘account of the Maritime Force of the several Indian maritime powers’
• French military and naval activities and their capture of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat’s ship
• The war with Hyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Sulṭān of Mysore]
• Appointment of Sir John Lindsay as Commander-in-Chief of the EIC’s naval force
• The Treaty of Perpetual Friendship and Peace made and concluded between the EIC and the Sultan of Mysore (ff 136-137)
• Appointment of Samuel Manesty to be in charge of the Company’s affairs at Bussorah
• Reports of the activities of the Monteficka Arabs [al-Muntafiq Arab tribal confederation, also spelled as Montificka]
• Correspondence with local woollen goods contractors and merchants in Bussorah and Bagdad
• A detailed ‘Report on the British trade with Persia [Iran] and Arabia’
• The mission of Mirza Mehedy Ali Khan [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Mahdī ‘Alī Khān, several spellings appear in the volume], Resident at Bushire [Bushehr] to the Persian Court, and his diplomatic efforts to impede the advance of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Amīr of Afghanistan, also spelled as Zemaun] into Hindostan [Subcontinental India]
• Appointment of Captain John Malcolm to the office of Envoy from the British Government to the Court of Persia on 12 October 1799
• A Memoir on the Whahaubee [Wahhābīs, also spelled as Wahabies]
• A proposal of a treaty with Persia
• The arrival and departure of ships, and trading activities in various towns and ports
• Ottoman-Persian relations
• Ottoman-British relations
• Russian-Persian relations
• French-Arab relations.

The main correspondents in the volume are: Lord Halifax [George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax], Secretary of State for the Northern Department; the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Company; Lord Viscount Weymouth [Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath], Secretary of State for the Northern Department; Robert Wood, the Under-Secretary of State; the EIC’s Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. ; Sir John Lindsay, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies; William Digges Latouche and Samuel Manesty, the EIC’s Residents at Bussorah respectively; Jonathan Duncan, the Governor at Bombay; Soliman Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, also spelled as Soleyman] of Bagdad; Mirza Mehedy Ali Khan, Resident at Bushire; and Hajy Mahomed Kheleel Mullik Ettijar [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Qazwīnī, Malik al-Tujjār of the Persian Empire; several spellings of his name and title appear in the volume].

Extent and format

1 volume (479 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 478; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 452-478; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading flyleaf. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 64A and f 75A.

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English in Latin script

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