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Letter received bj William Biddulph, to East Jask too remoto from centre of Persian marts of silk trade
East India Com­ India Company, last of eto.; no profits coaid be expected this year ; for future sue!'
pany, Volume IV, December 1616. cess all silk must bo purchased from King’s bauds half with
m. 286—290 monoy and half with commodities. To aeoure this vorv
oo.tly, aaShorloy who leares Goa for Europe (in December! i«
trying to obtain this monoply to 8pain. '
Page 807 The Faotors at 8urat, to Sir The Faotors received Crouther’u and Stcolo'a joint journal of
Thomas Roo at Ajmere, 26th thoir observations in their travols, but nolthor particular or
Uay 1618. general advice of hopes or despair of trado in Persia. The
Factors acknowledge Roe’s •* honourable caro in the further-
enoo of the Persiau busiuoss.”
Letten recoived Sir Thomss Roe, to Captain Sir Thomas Roo’s reasons against tho Poraian Mission-
by East India Henry Popwoll, 4th Janu­ fa) Jask is a small towu—with absolutely no trado ;
Company, Volume ary 1818 (-17). (6) the way to Porsin from Jask is dangoroua on aocount of
V (Appe n d i x), banditti;
page 315. (c) goods taken exoept doth not vondible ;
(d) the port exposed to Portuguouc attacks;
Page 826 Sir Thomas Roe, to* Thomas (*) Jask too far from tho fountain of silk trado and other
Kerridge and Thomas Rost-11 marts;
at 8urat (Tho Laskar), 6th (<f) Connock not au honest man, as Roo thought from
January 1616 (—17). reports received (see ).
Page 828 Sir Thomas Boe, to Sir Thomas It would bo advisable to recall tho mission or to lot it wait at
8mythe, 16th January 1616 Jask, until Roe obtains tho necessary privileges through the
(-17). Persian Ambassador at the Mogul Court and by writing to
the Shah. Roe not disposed to wrangle—" I had rather
he (Kerridge) proved a wise man to tne Company's profit
than rash to their loss and his owu shame and so will study
how to prosper his designs, rather than demonstrate his
folly " (page 319).
It would cost au euormouB sum to transport the goods sent
by tho James from Jask to Ispahan—there are uo merchants
in Persia who would purchase whole-sale. “ This experience
made me deal with tho Ambassador to agree with the Shah as
for our cloth and oilko at a rate ; that if he desire oar com­
merce, he send to | ort ” (page 3S0).
Letten received by Edward Connook, Edward A note of three land eoldiora taken out of the James to serve
Eait India Com­ Potters and William Bell, to the Faotors in Persia: Thomas Stevenson 20*. mo., Nio.
pany, Volume V, the East India Company Russell, 16*. mo, William Blundeton, 10*. mo.—the first as
page 42. (Jask), 16th January 1616 cook, and the two others as apprentices for being merchants.
(-17).
Page 43 Instructions to Captaia Child The James to return to Surat Roads, but If weather unfavour­
for hit return voyage from able for that purpose to proceed to Bantam.
Persia (Jask Road), 16th
January 1616) (—17).
The Embassy of Sir Roe’s Jonrnul for 3rd January Roe visits th e Persian Ambassador at the Mogul Court and
Thomas Roe to 1616 (-17). “ propounded to him the settling of a trade, the conditions we
India, page 371. required, the commodities to his master and our forwardness
in sending a ship this year to Jask upon bis master’s farman?
The Persian Ambassador answers that his King would
welcome all Christians, hut that 8herley had been sent with
offer of the ports to Spain. Wheu the dangerous oonse-
quencea of this were pointed to him ho deoides to write to
tne Shah about them and also the wishes of the English.
Letters received by Bir Thomas Roe to William Sir Thomas Roe acknowledges reoeipt of letter from Robbins
the East India Robbins at Ispahan, 17th (jeweller at Ispahan), explains that the purpose of the des­
Company, Volume January 1616 (—17). patch of the ship to Jask only “ to show our forwardness,”
V, page 60. not purposely to sottle at the place, ** but to try and.settle our
entertainment” (Note.—This was Roe’s diplomatic way of
explaining the despatch of the James, the cargo of whioh, ho
feared, would disappoint the Shah, see his letter to Sir
Thomas White, daten 27th November 1616, above noted). It
was necessary in the first instance to defeat Sir Robert 8her-
ley’s mission by warning Shah Abbas against selling his coun­
try to a nation like Spain. What tho English desire is (1) a port
open to the Eoglisb alone or to all nations indifferently, where
tney may land goods, and such privileges as are requisite in
__jh cases; (2) “some agreement be made and set of prices
sue
indifferently on both sides according to the conditions of the
commodities; (3) the King’s silks be brought to the port or
some convenient town in the interior not far up as a staple
mark. Sir Thomas Roe appeals to Robbin’s nationality as an
Englishman and his religion as a Protestant versus SherJey s
religion as Roman Catholio and “ in his Praotloes but Juke
warm ” and presses him to use his influence in tho Interests ox
the English.