Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vol I [‎29v] (68/264)

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This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah [Basra] between 19 March 1732 and 24 July 1745. It includes material relating to:

• The departure of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan, later Nadir Shah] for Bagdat [Baghdad]
• The departure of Achmat Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Gürcü Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ] from Bagdat for Bussorah [Basra]
• The agreement of the Muscovites [Russians] to surrender Gillaun [Gilan] to the Persians
• The increase of the Angria’s [Angrias’] fleet to eleven following the capture of two Portuguese vessels
• The resolution of Ally Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Ottoman Grand Vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ] to go to war with Persia [Iran]
• The deposition of the King of Persia [Shah Tahmasb II] by Thomas Coolee Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] and the proclamation of his son Shaw Abass III [Shah ‘Abbas III] as King
• A letter from Tahmasb Quli Khan to Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. demanding the restitution of Persian territories
• The death of Abdurahman Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Abd al-Rahman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Governor of Basra]
• The defeat of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] by Serasquir Osman Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Serarsker Topal Osman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ]
• The defeat of Mahomet Balooch Caun [Muhammad Khan Baluch] by Achmat Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
• The arrival of the ‘Tartars who forced their way through Muscovy’ at Shamakee [Shamakhi]
• The victory of Thomas Caun over the Turks, his conclusion of peace with Achmat Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , and pursuit of Mahomet [Caun] Ballooch and his Arab and Ophgoon [Afghan] confederates
• The assumption by Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan] of the title of King [as Nadir Shah Afshar]
• The expedition of Luttiffa Caun [Muhammad Latif Khan Daryabegi] against Ottoman Basra
• The death of Captain Martin French, Resident at Bussorah, and his replacement by Nathaniel Whittwell
• The capture, by the Marrattas [Marathas], of the Island of Bombay [Mumbai] from the Portuguese
• The siege of Cabull [Kabul] by the King of Persia [Nadir Shah]
• The victory of an Omani fleet over that of the Beglerbeg of Fars, Mahomet Tockey Caun [Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan Shirazi]
• The loss of ‘a great many of his people & above half of the Spoil he brought from Dilly’ [Delhi] by Shaw Nadder [Nadir Shah] due to the collapse of a bridge over the Indus on his return march to Persia
• The peace between Tockey Caun [Taqi Khan] and the ‘Muscatters’
• The capture of the Anne by the Maratha Navy off Diu Head
• The appointment by Shaw Nadder of his son [Reza Quli Mirza Afshar] as the Viceroy of Persia
• The defeats suffered by Nadir Shaw [Nadir Shah] on his expedition against the Lazgees [Lezgis]
• The deposition of the Imaum of Muscat [Imam Sayf bin Sultan Al Ya’rubi] by his nephew [Imam Sultan bin Murshid Al Ya’rubi], the former’s request for assistance from the Government of Persia, and the preparation of a fleet by Mahomet Togghy Caun [Muhammad Taqi Khan] to invade Muscat
• The capture of a French ship by Sambojee [Sambhaji] Angria and his death shortly afterwards
• The replacement of Yahia Aga [Yahya Agha] with Rustrum Aga [Rustam Agha] as Governor of Bussorah
• The letters of Shaw Nader to the Grand Signor [i.e. Sultan], the Grand Vazier [Vizier], and Achmett Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
• The demand of the Beglerbeggy of Aveeza [Beglerbegi of Huwayza?] for Bussorah to surrender
• The reports of the siege of Carcooke [Kirkuk] by Nadir Shaw and the fall of Hilla to the Persians
• The conclusion of peace between Nadir Shaw and Achmett Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and end of the siege of Basra
• The murder of Shaw Nadir’s brother-in-law, Curbally Caun [Kalb ‘Ali Khan Afshar] by Mahomet Tockey Caun
• The declaration of war against France by King George II of England and its repercussions.

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1 volume (125 folios)

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English in Latin script

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