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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' [‎200v] (400/540)

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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322
Jaffier Khan departed from Kauzaroon the 17th instant, and as the
winter season is commenced it is supposed he will defer his journey to Isphaun
till the Spring Mahomed Khan of Mazanderan till remains at Teheran.
The Panther Snow Captain Charles Pickett which arrived here on the
3rd instant on the evening from Bussora is now despatched to you and I
remain with greatest respect,
Hon'ble Sir and Sirs,
Your very obedient humble servant,
EDWABD GALLEY.
B ushirb ;
The 5th January 1787.
ccxxxvm.
from the Governor of Bombay and Council, to Mr. Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire.
Sir,
We duly received your several addresses of the 10th ultimo and 5th
instant, by the returns of th e Scorpion and Panther, with the enclosures they
gave cover to.
Although for the reasons you give us we approve of the Present you have
made to Mirza Hussein Jaffier Khan's Prime Minister, and hope it will
have the effects you expected we desire that, in future you do not put the
Hon'ble Company to such charges without our express permission.
You will do well to keep an eye over the motion of Major Morrison and
Captain Bigg until you are better acquainted with the real object of their
journey into Persia; and acquaint us with what farther you can discover
respecting them by a future opportunity.
We are. Sir,
Your loving friends,
R. H. BODDAM,
etc., Council.
B ombay C astle,
P olitical and S ecret D epartment;
The 27ih January 1787.
ccxxxix.
Fight between the
Extract of a letter * from Mr. Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bam ah, to the Governor in
Council, dated 20th February 1787.
Some months ago Hoodjee Soliman Beg who is the Shaik of the Tye
Tye^A^bs'and "the Arabs, a very powerful Tribe in the vicinity of Bagdad, and who with his
Turks.
* in a letter dated the lOlh October 1784, Mr. Latouche stated that he had received a corcmunioation from
the Honorable the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , giving him permission, in reply to an application he had made to that
authority, to proceed for the recovery of his health, either to Bagdad, Aleppo, or England; Under this
permission Mr. Latouche left Bussora tor England, vid Bagdad, and Aleppo, on the 6th November 1784, and
made over charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. to his Assistant, Mr. Manesty. Mr. Manesty remained in charge of the
Bussora Res'dency from the 6th November 1784, to the 7th March 1786, when he was relieved by
Mr. John Griffith who had been appointed Resident in succession to Mr. Latouche. Mr. Manesty was at the
game time re-appointed AsgiStant to the Resident, with the privilege, as he had attained the rank of Factor.
Sf 8 addressed from the Bussora Factory An East India Company trading post. to Government
Mr^ Griffith arrived at Bussora on the 7th March 1786, and on the 10th of the same month assumed cWe
of his appointment as Resident at Bussora; On the 5th December of the same year, however, Mr. Griffith
was compelled from ill health to return to Bombay, again leaving Mr. Manesty in charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .

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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.

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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