Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pt 3

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This volume contains correspondence sent to and from the East India Company Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussora [Basra] between 27 April 1779 and 1 December 1783 including:

• The correspondence of William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, agents at the English factory An East India Company trading post. in Bussora, with the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company in London
• The expedition of Shaik Tamar [Shaikh Thamir bin Sa’dun al-Kabir] of the Montificks [Muntafiq Tribe] against the Khesaal [Khaza’il] Arabs
• The Government of the Mussaleem During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. [ Mutasallim During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. ] of Bussora, Soliman Aga [Sulayman Agha]
• The imprisonment by Sadoo Caun [Muhammad Sadiq Khan Zand] of his nephew Abdul Fatty Caun [Abu’l-Fath’ Khan Zand], the eldest son of the Vakeel [Karim Khan Zand]
• The capture of Bushire [Bushehr] by Reis Baackir Caun [Ra’is Baqir Khan] of the Tanksoors [Tangsiris]
• The victory of Ally Morat Caun [‘Ali Murad Khan Zand] against Zolfacker Caun [Dhu’lfaqar Khan Afshar] and his preparations to march against Sadoo Caun at Schyras [Shiraz]
• The defeat of Mahomet Bey [Muhammad Bey] and Mahomet Khaleel Oghly [Muhammad Khalil-oghli’s] Turkish and Persian forces outside Bagdat [Baghdad]
• The correspondence of Latouche with Sir Robert Ainslie, British Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]
• The expulsion of Jaffer Caun [Ja’far Khan Zand], and departure of the armies of Ally Nacquy Caun [‘Ali Naqi Khan Zand] and Ackba Caun [Akbar Khan Zand] from Schyras
• The letters of John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire to the Chairman of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
• The correspondence of Captain Richard Scott from Bussora with the Secretary of the East India Company Peter Mitchell
• The arrival of the new Mussaleem During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. Ismael Aga [Isma’il Agha] from Bagdat
• The appointment of Edward Galley to succeed John Beaumont as Resident at Bushire
• The clashes between Ally Nacquy Caun and Ally Morad Caun over possession of Ispahan [Isfahan]
• The arrival of Samuel Manesty for the ‘assistance of the settlement’ at Bussora
• The correspondence of Latouche with the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company
• The accounts of profits and losses taken from the General Books of the English Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussora
• The accounts of ‘charges general’ listing expenditures, reasons, and the amount of cash in account
• The letters of Commander-in-Chief, India, Sir Eyre Coote to Colonel John Brathwaite, dated 6 July 1781
• The correspondence of the President of Bombay, William Hornby, with Latouche at Bussora
• The ‘dispossession’ of Rajah Chit Sing [ Raja King Chait Singh] of Benaras [Benares]
• The clashes between the forces of Hyder [Haydar ‘Ali] and Coote
• The death of Taggy Caun [Taqi Khan Zand], entrance of Ally Morat Caun into Schyras, and withdrawal of Sadoo Caun and Abdul Fatty Caun into the citadel
• The surrender of the citadel of Schyras to Ally Morat Caun, the blinding of his rival Sadoo Caun, and the latter’s subsequent suicide from opium poisoning
• The correspondence of Latouche with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
• The Bacha of Bagdat and his Montifick allies’ campaign against the Ghesaal [Khaza’il]
• The correspondence of Rawson Hart Boddam from Surat with Latouche at Bussora
• The treaty of alliance between the British and the Maharata [Maratha] states
• The success of General Richard Matthews in taking the fortress of Bednore
• The rumours about the death of Bussey [Charles Joseph Patissier, Marquis of Bussy-Castelanu]
• The death of Hyder and Tippoo [Tipu Sultan’s] joining the army of Mysore
• A packet of letters from Bussora, received by Ambassador Ainslie at Constantinople, and forwarded by him to Envoy Extraordinary at Vienna, Sir Robert Murray Keith, to be delivered to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy.
• The correspondence of Major Thomas Geils from Bagdad with Sir Henry Fletcher
• The war between Mahomed the son of Shaik Soliman [Shaikh Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Ka’bi] and Shaik Gathban [Shaikh Ghadban al-Ka’bi] of the Chaubs [Banu Ka'b tribe]
• The request from Latouche to leave the factory An East India Company trading post. in charge of Manesty
• A rumour about the death of Madjee Scinida [Mahadji Sindhia] near Oude [Awadh]
• The correspondence of David Hays from Aleppo with Latouche, with the attestations of Vincenzo Ottonelli and Giuseppe Donato about the packets from Bussora
• The agreement between the Chaub and Shaik Swiney [Shaikh Thuwayni bin ‘Abd Allah al-Sa’dun], and
• The disagreement between Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nasir Al Mazkur] of Bushire and the Shaik of Julfar [Shaikh Saqar bin Rashid al-Qasimi]

Extent and format

1 volume (184 folios)

It is part of

Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pts 1-3

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Ref: IOR/G/29/21

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/G/29/21/3

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Apr 1779-1 Dec 1783 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

MysoreSchyras

People & organisations

Sultan of MysoreḤaydar ‘Alī

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