"ملخّص يحتوي على معلومات بشأن الاتصال الأول لشركة الهند الشرقية مع الجزيرة العربية التركية، طالما أمكن تتبع ذلك من سجلات حكومة بومباي، بالإضافة إلى أسماء العديد من المقيمين البريطانيين والوكلاء السياسيين الذين عُينوا في بغداد والبصرة في الفترة بين ١٦٤٦ و ١٨٤٦ ميلادي، وبمرافقة معلومات أخرى" [و‎‎٢‎٢] (٢٢٦/٤٥)

WITH TURKISH ARABIA —1646 TO 1846.
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the 22nd September 1676, it appears that Mr. Thomas Holt, the East
India Company's " Chief in Persia/' was a short time previous to that
date appointed by that authority their " Agent" in Persia, feince our
"last despatches to you by ship Retume, we have received your advices of the 10th by
the Revenge frigate and the Ghingavurr : in the first we read Mr. Kelt's indisposition
to health, which affliction we hope continued not long upon him, and that the next
advices will give us account of his good health. AVe have not hitherto received any
orders from the Hon'ble Company for his leaving the charge they have entrusted him
with, nor may we presume to call him thence without their permission ; for we find by
their especial grace and favor to him that they did expect his longer residence there,
having this year conferred the title of Agent on him, and appointed great quantities
of Europe goods to be consigned him by their ships appointed to the service, with which
honor we congratulate him, and proceed to acquaint you that it pleased the Almighty
to bring in safety to Bombay, the 13th August, the Hon'ble Company's fleet consisting
of five sail."
32. In a letter dated the 14th July 1677, addressed from Surat
by the President in Council, Surat, to the Deputy President in Council,
Bombay, the following passage occurs, from which there can be no doubt
that the East India Company's factories at Bussorah and all parts of
Persia were under the control of Mr. Bolt, who, as above stated, was
appointed in the previous year by them their Agent in Persia :—•
" If we can procure for the Retume a freight to Persia or Bussorah this year, we
shall be mindful to recommend to the Agent in CouncU to send by her, when she returns,
six or eight low-priced horses for supply of the troops."
33. In another letter, dated the 4th May 1683, the Hon'ble Court
observed:—
" The affairs of Persia we can say little to until we hear of the arrival of our Agent,
Mr. Gibbs, from whom we have received only one short letter from Bussorah, the larger
letter which he wrote us before being not yet come to our hands.
34. There are numerous letters on record, dated between the years
1683 and 1707, written from the Factory at Gombroon and from the
Chief in Council of that Factory from Ispahan while on occasional visits
at that place. In these letters, however, no allusion is made to any Agent
on the part of the East India Company being permanently stationed at
Bussorah. These letters allude to the sale of Company's investments in
Persia, but no specific allusion is made to Bussorah, further than that the
"Bussorah ships" are occasionally mentioned, but no account is given of
arrival or departure at that place, or ot w hat sales were ellected
there on the Company's account.
35. Between 1708 and 1719 there are no records in existence
belonging to this Government. In the Diary of this Government for
the 20th t November 1720 the following entry occurs:—
" Imported the Hauk Goomy from Surat; received a letter from the Chief and
factors thereof, the 16th instant, acknowledging the receipt of ours of the 9th instant,
and advising us they had sent the several papers wrote for, which we intended to send
by the Tartar, but they came too late. They likewise advise us they are apprehensive
that new troubles will arise should any of the Bussorah ships fall into the pirates' hands.
They enclose us an invoice of one hundred and fifty-eight bales of piece goods, amount
ing to Rupees 55,887.
36. On the 6th April 1724, as appears from the following entry
from the Diary of the Bombay Government, a special meeting of the