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Diary and Consultations of Mr John Horne, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1731 and ending July 1732 [‎135v] (30/102)

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The record is made up of 1 item (50 folio). It was created in 1 Aug 1731-31 Jul 1732. 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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The item is in the form of a diary (ff 121-171), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory An East India Company trading post. . The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory An East India Company trading post. Council members, including William Cordeaux, Edward Clift, and John Geekie, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, as well as visits to and from the Factory An East India Company trading post. .

Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:

The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Britannia , the Prince of Wales Galley , the Robert Galley , the Queen Caroline and the Fame . From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Mocha, Surat, Bussarah [Basra], and the Mallabar Coast.

The diary also includes records of certain individuals who are either merchants or Persian officials, including the following: Mirza Mahmut Naib of Afseen [Mirza Mahmud, Governor of Afseen]; Mirza Ishmael Shano from Afseen [Mirza Ismail Khan]; and Maahmud Ally Beg [Muhammad ‘Ali Beg], former Shahbandar of Gombroon.

The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.

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The diary includes a cover page, and a table of contents. The diary is numbered 1-92, which corresponds to folios 121-169. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.

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Diary and Consultations of Mr John Horne, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1731 and ending July 1732 [‎135v] (30/102), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/G/29/5/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100082436877.0x00004e> [accessed 24 November 2024]

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Title
Diary and Consultations of Mr John Horne, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1731 and ending July 1732
Pages
121r:131r, 133r:152v, 154r:171v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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