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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' [171r] (341/540)
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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pressed on them, but such only as all proper for the Consumption of the
Country, the disadvantages of a contrary conduct, must be so very odious that
our pointing them out becomes unnecessary.
We here also beg leave to observe to your Honor etc., that had the Hon'ble
the Company a strong fortified
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bushire or other convenient Port on
the Coast in like manner formerly at Gombroon, their property would we
apprehend be equally secure at such Place as at Bussora, exclusive only of a
war with any European Nation; and we must also add that since the late
decay of the Turkish Power and Govt, at Bussora, and the growing
strength of the Chaub, Montifick and Beanalion Arabs that Place does not at
present appear to us to be very secure from any attempts these Arabs mig ht
make against it.
We are with respect Hon'ble Sir and Sirs,
Your most obedient humble servants,
(Sd) PliTER EL WIN WRENCH/
„ BENJAMIN JERVIS.
„ THOMAS MOSTYN.
B ombay,
3rd Noremher 1769.
CLXXXIX.
B ombay C astle , lOm N ovember 1769.
Public Departmeut Diary No. 54-1769.
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Read a report from the Committee appointed to enquire into and poiat Orders on the
out the advantages and disadvantages of Bushire and Bussora. Copy of which Coramlttee 8 r ® porti '
and of the Statement enclosed must be transmitted to our Hon'ble Masters.
The advices received since the date of the Report, and above read confirm the
Justness of the Committee's opinion in respect to the insecurity of Bussora
against the Arabs, which naturally leads us to conclude their opinion in other
respects is well grounded,
* ******
cxc.
Bombay Castle, 5th F*hrv,ary 1770.
Public Department ; Diary No. 55 of 1770.
At a Consultation present.
The Hon'ble Thomas Hodges, Esq., President and Governor.
The W. Willam Hornby, Esq., Charles Pemble Colonel.
Benjamin Jervis—Thomas Mostyn.
Nathaniel Stackhouse—Brice Fletcher.
Willm. Taylor—John Watson, Superintendent.
* * * ^ * *
As it appears to us in the strongest Light that the having some settlement Persia,
in the Persian Dominions will be much for our Hon'ble Masters' Interests, KingdZXVmed^
whether it may hereafter be made the principal one or not as well in the sale o^t^e Hobble geB
of Woollens as in the purchase of Raw Silk Points, which they seem to have Com P ali y-
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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)
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A summary of the selections appears between folios 8-39. Those printed in the volume are indicated in the summary with Roman numerals.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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