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'Selections from State Papers, Bombay, regarding the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf, with a Summary of Events, 1600-1800' [114v] (228/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 folios). It was created in 1908. 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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CXII.
Public Department Diary No 37 of 1761.
Bombay Castle, 8rd November 1761.
We approve the Agent's intentions of removing to an Island in the Gulph
upon his hearing from Bushire and impatiently expect his sentiments about
removing from Gombroon and as by the last letters from thence, affairs appear
to be in as bad or rather a worse situation before, we leave to them to remove
to wherever in the Gulph they may think proper, should they find absolutely
and immediately necessary for the security of the Company's property, and as
Gombroon is so very unsettled they must endeavour to promote the vend of
woollens as such as possible at any other port or ports in the Galph.
CXIIL
Public Department Diary No. 37 of 1761.
Bombay Castle, 20th November 1761.
At a Consultation Present:
The Hon'ble Cha b _ Crommelin , Esq., President fy Gov r -.
The W° Thol Btpeld , EsquiRE, Major Thl, Goiun.
"Wm. Hornby. Charles Waters.
Peter El win Wrench. Samuel Court.
George England, Superintendent.
John Spencer and Egbert Halford, Indisposed.
Order that the usual Detachment of Military proceed on Board the
Drakeketch, but as the keeping them on shore at Gombroon is found to be
very fatal to the men, the Agent and Council must not land them but in cases
of necessity, and if the keeping
Sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
at that settlement instead of Europeans
will answer as well as we strongly recommend it to the Agent and Council's
consideration.
CXIV.
Public Department Diary No. 87—1761.
Bombay Castle, 25th November 1761.
Gombroon, L. to. Sign'd our address to the Hon'ble Company to be transmitted in dupli
cates via Bussorah the material Parts being as usual disguis'd in the large
Cypher also letters to the Agent and Council at Gombroon Messrs. Douglas
and Stuart at Bussorah, Messrs. Erskine and Nalsey at Scindy and sailing
orders to the commander of the Drake. Our Letter to the Agent and Council
at Gombroon acknowledged receipt of theirs of the 28th February and 9th
April also one from Mr. Dymoke Lyster dated 11th that the Drake now pro-
Nwir Khan b debts, ceeded to relieve the Swallow which Vessel was immediately order'd to return
hither we expressed our concern at the little prospect they seemed to have of
recovering Nassier Cauns Debt, but shou'd depend on their doing everything
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The volume is Selections from State Papers, Bombay, regarding the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with a Summary of Events, 1600-1800 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1908). The work was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha.
The volume consists of a summary of events in the history of the East India Company's involvement with Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , during the period 1600-1800, taken from various printed sources and the selections from the records of the Bombay Government as contained in the present volume (folios 8-39); followed by the selections themselves (folios 40-235); and eleven appendices containing farmans [firmans] and statements of farmans, reports on commerce with Persia and Arabia, a list of the East India Company's agents, and a glossary of words (folios 236-269).
A list of records from which the selections had been made appears on folio 4v.
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- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
A summary of the selections appears between folios 8-39. Those printed in the volume are indicated in the summary with Roman numerals.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 270 on the last folio (there is no back cover). The numbers are written in pencil, are 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. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages.
Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence, numbered ii-lxiii (folios 4-39) and 2-459 (folios 40-269). These numbers appear at the top of each page.
Condition: the volume is largely disbound because of deterioration to the binding, and there is no back cover. There is also significant damage to the edges of the front cover and some of the folios at the beginning of the volume, but this has not led to any loss of text.
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- 'Selections from State Papers, Bombay, regarding the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf, with a Summary of Events, 1600-1800'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:158v, 160r:190v, 191v:201v, 203r:236v, 238r:270v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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