Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pt 1 [‎22r] (52/413)

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This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah [Basra] between 8 February 1784 and 9 October 1785, and covers the following:

• The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah, William Digges Latouche, with the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. and Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the Company
• A letter from Governor George Macartney and minute from the Select Committee at Madras [Chennai]
• The correspondence between the Agent at Bussorah and the Governor of Bagdat [Baghdad], Soliman Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Walī of Baghdad], the Ottoman Grand Vizier [Ispārtālī Halīl Ḥamīd Pāshā], Shaik Gathban Chaub [Shaikh Ghaḍbān al-Ka’bī], and Coja Marcar Aviat [Khwaja Markar Aviyat]
• The departure of Count de Ferrieres [Louis-François, Comte de Ferrières-Sauvebeuf] for Bagdat
• The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah with the Resident and Select Committee at Bombay [Mumbai]
• The clashes between the armies of Colonel William Fullarton and the Nabob An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Mysore
• The conclusion of a peace treaty between the Company and the Nabob An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Tippoo Sultan [Tipū Sulṭān]
• The letters of the Government of Bussorah and Coja Marcar about a Danish ship bound for Bussorah
• The correspondence of the Agent at Bussorah, Samuel Manesty, with Soliman Bacha and Coja Marcar
• The intelligence from Bombay about a possible invasion from the north by the Seeks [Sikhs], a contemplated meeting between Governor-General Warren Hastings and Mahadjee Scindia [Mahadji Sindhia], and the inevitable outbreak of war between the Mahrattas [Marathas] and Tippoo Sultan
• A warning from the Ambassador at the Ottoman Porte about the expansion of French power in India
• The rebellion of prince Jaffier Caun [Ja’far Khān Zand], eldest son of the former ruler Sadoo Caun [Ṣadiq Khān Zand], against the present regent of Persia [Iran], Ally Morat Caun [‘Alī Murād Khān Zand]
• The appointment of Ibrahim Effendi to replace Ishmael Aga [Isma’īl Āqā] as Mussaleem During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. [ Mutasallim During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. ]
• An expedition by the Turks and Montaficks [Muntafiq Tribe] against the Chaubs [Banū Ka’b Tribe]
• The instructions provided by Latouche to his successor Manesty on his departure from Bussorah
• The correspondence of Manesty with Coja Petrus Mellick [Khwaja Petros Malik] in Bagdat
• A report from the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr] on the death of King Ally Morat Caun, the succession of Jaffier Caun and his campaign against Sciad Morat Caun [Ṣayd Murād Khān Zand, Valī of Shīrāz]
• The Resident’s instructions to Manesty to establish contact with members of the Bacha’s court
• The instructions to Manesty from Bombay regarding the fleet of Lalla Challaby [Lalah Chalabī]
• The seizure of a boat belonging to the Company by Shaik Moosa of the Chaub [Shaikh Mūsā al-Ka’bī]
• The departure of Governor-General Hastings from Calcutta [Kolkata] on board the ship Berrington for Europe
• The intelligence conveyed by the Resident at Bushire on the arrival of French vessels at Muscat
• The correspondence of Sir Robert Ainslie, Ambassador at Constantinople, with Manesty at Bussorah
• The discussions between a French commander and Shaikh Calfoun [Shaikh Khalfān bin Muḥammad Āl Bū Sa’id].

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1 volume (201 folios)

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English in Latin script

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