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'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [21v] (44/226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (111 folios). It was created in 1874. 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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12 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
27. In a list, which is extant, of the names of the factories in the
service of the Hon'ble East India Company belonging to Bombay in
December 1672, and which also states at what station they were
employed, the following parties are mentioned as having been then
employed in Persia,* the head-qnarters of which
factory
An East India Company trading post.
were at
Gombroon in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. This list contains 57 names:—
1. Thomas Eolt, Chief.
2. Henry Young.
3. Samuel Carleton, Chirurgeon (Surgeon).
4. John Ffloat.
5. John Sharpe.
The remaining factors (52 in number) are stated to have been employed
at Surat and the subordinate factories—Bombay, Carwar, and Calicut"
28. In " a list of y-e factors resident in y-e IWble Com
pany's service in Surratt, and the factories subordinate thereto, anno
1676," which contains 60 names, 21 are stated to have been then
employed at Surat, 13 in Bombay, six at Rajapore, six "in Carwar,"
seven on Coast Malabar, four " in Broach," and three in Persia, namely,
Thomas Holt, Chief, Samuel Darnelly, and John Sharpe.
29. On the 19th lebruary 1676 the following letter was addressed
by the Chief in Council at Surat to the Chief in Council of the East
India Company's
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
in Persia. The enclosed are—
" copies of our last unto you per ship Ryhme, bound directly to your port. We had
once intended to have answered your several letters by this frigate, the Revenge, but
she being despatched so suddenly, and at present we are busily employed in ordering
and calculating the goods enordered be provided in the several factories for the
ensuing year, that we cannot possibly respond to them now, but so desire your patience
till we dispeed the Retm'ne, who is now ready to take in goods for Persia and liussorah,
by whom we shall write you at large. In the interim, we remain," &c.
30. The following is an extract from a letter addressed by the
Chief in Council at Surat to the Chief iu Council, Persia, dated the 7th
April 1676:—
" In a former letter we advised you that, in obedience to the Company's express
orders, we had appointed Mr. James Adames to assist as second in their
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Persia,
who now takes his passage on ship Reiume, and we desire you to receive him in said
quality, and to deliver the Company's books unto him. We have also appointed Mr. Samuel
Darnelly to be third, and would have Mr. James Adames and him to sign the general
letters and have cognizance of all their affairs, it being their express order. And seeing
there will offer little business in Persia this year, and the ship Returne being bound to
Bussorah with freight goods, and will require an able person for the management of the
affair, we thought good to appoint Mr. James Adames for that service, and at his return
from Bussorah to stay at Gombroon as before. We desire you to furnish him with all
things necessary for his voyage and stay at Bussorah—with bridle and saddle, somoances,
canatts, &c.; and what disbursements are made thereon must be charged to the ship's
account."
31. From the following extract from a letter addressed by the
President in Council at Surat to the Chief in Council in Persia, dated
* None are mentioned as having been stationed at Bussorah ; this circumstance tends
to corroborate the supposition mentioned in paragraph that one of the factors at
Gombroon from time to time proceeded to Bussorah for the sale and purchase of invest
ments, and then returned to Gombroon.
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The volume is Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information (Calcutta: Foreign Department Press, 1874).
The volume includes a five paragraph introduction stating that the record had been compiled following a request to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. from the Government of India (folio 15). The information is a mixture of précis and direct quotation, with comments. The sources are correspondence; minutes; extracts from proceedings; treaties; lists; the diary of the Bombay Government; the diaries of Surat and Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; reports; committee reports; dispatches to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. ; statements from the Military Auditor-General; and firmans.
The record includes selected information on appointments; personnel; treaties; trade; relations with the Ottoman authorities; diplomatic contacts; political developments; climate and health; administration; and naval and martime affairs.
Five appendices at the rear of the volume (folios 85-109) give transcripts of treaties between England/the United Kingdom and the Government of the Ottoman Empire (the Sublime Porte), signed 1661-1809; and a 'Memorandum on the present condition of the Pachalic [Pachalik] of Bagdad and the means it possesses of renovation and improvement' dated 12 November 1834.
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There is an index on ff 2-15. The index gives the following information in parallel columns: year; miscellaneous information regarding Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. (ff 2-11); appointments etc. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. commencing with the year 1728 (ff 12-14); Euphrates expedition and flotilla (f 15); paragraph of summary; and page. Entries in the index refer to the numbered paragraphs that compose the main body of the text (headed 'Summary').
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 109, on the last folio bearing text. The numbers are written in pencil and enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. There is also an original printed pagination, numbered i-xxviii (index); [1]-137 (main body of text); [i]-xlix (appendices).
Condition: the volume is disbound and has lost its front cover.
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- 'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information'
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- front, front-i, 1r:84v, 84ar:84av, 85r:110v, back-i, back
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