'Miscellaneous Paper relating to the trade of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [‎13v] (31/404)

Content

The volume contains a variety of papers relating to trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. The volume is organised into four parts, with contents summarised on folio 4:

• Papers relating to trade with Suez, 1773-78: proceedings, letters, representations and answers (ff 5-57)
• Trade with Arabia and Persia: report of the Resident at Bushehr [Bushire, also written in the volume as Busheer] and the Resident and joint factors at Bussora [Basra, also written as Busshorah], 1790-91 (ff 55-139)
• Survey of the Abyssenian [Abyssinian] and Nubian Coast by Lieutenants Court and Maxfield, 22 July to 3 August 1825 (ff 140-154)
• Memoir by Captain Sealy of the Gulph of Persia, 1813 (ff 155-196).

The papers in the volume cover the period 1773-1813, with the exception of one item dated 1825.

The first part, dated 1773-78, regards attempts by the East India Company to set up trade in Suez, and the opposition of the Ottoman Government. The matter is discussed in letters, memoranda, reports and extracts of Bengal Public Consultations. The principal correspondents are: officials of the East India Company; the Ottoman Porte [Sublime Porte, Government of the Ottoman Empire]; Robert Ainslie, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; and Mehmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Grand Vizir [Meḥmed Pāshā, Grand Vizier].

The second part of the file consists of a report relating to the commerce of Arabia and Persia by the Resident at Bushire and the Resident and joint factors at Bussora. The report was signed at Bussora on 15 August 1790 by Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones. The report is preceded by an extract of a Bombay commercial consultation dated 25 February 1791 (f 58) and a list of different goods brought to Bushire from different parts of Hindoostan [India] (ff 58-62), as well as a letter by C Watkins.

The third section consists of two letters to the Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. Board from Lieutenant Mayfield, describing his visit to the Abyssenian and Nubian coasts with Lieutenant Court. This is followed by letters from the Superintendent of the Marine. The fourth part is a memoir of a chart of the Gulph by Captain Henry William Sealy. In this memoir are recorded descriptions of places and cities (i.e. Persian coast, Muscat, and Bushire); also mentioned are remarkable objects, the longitude of the coast, ships and harbours sighted, and other remarks.

Extent and format

1 volume (197 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. A table of contents is present at the beginning of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script

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