Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pts 1-4

IOR/G/29/22

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The record is made up of 4 volumes (804 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1784-22 Nov 1792. 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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These volumes contain the correspondence of the East India Company Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussora [Basra] 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 in London, as well as occasional correspondence with the Bacha of Bagdat [Pāshā of Baghdad], the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte, the Zand rulers of Persia [Iran], and the President and Governor in Council at Bombay [Mumbai].

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4 volumes (804 folios)
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Arrangement

The items are arranged chronologically, from the left to the right of the volumes. The volume (part) number and extent of each volume (in folio numbers) are as follows:

Pt 1 ff 1-201a

Pt 2 ff 202-404a

Pt 3 ff 405-606a

Pt 4 ff 607-804

Physical characteristics

Foliation: this file consists of four physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-201a), through volume two (ff 202-404a), volume three (ff 405-606a), and terminates at the last folio of volume four (ff 607-804); 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves of each volume. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 201a; f 404a; f 606a.

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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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IOR/G/29/22
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Persia 18

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6 Feb 1784-22 Nov 1792 (CE, Gregorian)

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Factory Records, Persia, Vol 22, Pts 1-4, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/G/29/22, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x000373> [accessed 8 July 2024]

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