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Bruce's Annals, Court, to Presidency at Surat, Company disposed to relinquish Persian silk trade. One
Volume I, page 397 17th November 1643. additional ship to bo sent to Persian Qnlf with oountry goods
on demand.
Page 400 . Agent and Counoil at Ispahan, Agency at Ispahan continued to obtnin Phirmannde from the
to the Court. 11th August new King. Determination to continuo factory at Basrah,
1643, and Utter from Chief which bogan to yiold advantages. Presidency at 8urat
and Counoil Surat, to the resolved to maintain the trade in tho Gulf owing to theso
Court, 17U January 1043-44. circumstances.
Page 409 . The Presidency at Surat, to the Persian trade decreased from silks not being so mooh worn In
Court 28th November 1044, England on aocouut of Puritanio influences. Customs income
Agent and Council, Gombro»n, to the Company 600 tomans. Factory at Basrah unmolested
to the Court, 27th March by tho Dutch, prospering by exchange of English luxuries for
1644. tho wealthy people of Turkey for goods commanding sale in
IV. Englund.
Surat Faotory In­ Thomas Cog an and William Quantity of goods sold amounting to R811:9G:50. Tho markets
ward Letter Book Bale (Factors at Basrah), to bring bad, the stock will not bo sold till the beginning of the
No- 1 (1646—47). the Chief and Council at next monsoon. Pattamar (cossid or mosseuger) has Icon
Prfcis of informs- Surat, 1st December 1645. dospatobed to Aleppo with tho letters dircot to the East India
Uoa regarding Company.
East India Coin-
psny’a connection
5th Turkish
Arabia, 1646-18-16.
Bruce's Annals, Surat Presidency, to the Court, The Dutoh employ a large fleet in the Gnlf and attaok castle of
Volume 1, (page 3rd January 1646—46. Kirhm. Persians offer to make peace and grant favourable
897), peg* 413. terms of trade. Dutch Couimaoder Block proceeds to Ispahan
Agmtand Counoil, to Surat, (where he dio* afterwards). Shah gives license to the Dutch
7th September 1646. to purchase silks any whoro in Persia and export them free of
customs. The Dutch despatch fleet of 8 ships to Basrah and
almost ruin English factory.
Letter from Agents, Gombroon, Factory at Gombroon in very precarious condition, customs
to the Court, 18th May and income 616 tomans. Dutch influence paramount in Persian
16th November 1616. Court. Dutch Commander (Block) demands restoration of
4,900 tomans extorted from Dutch Agents on former occa*
Letter from Agent at Basrah, sions. To avoid consequences of war with Dutoh,
to the Court, 31st July 1646. Company's property removed to Basrah.
rage 420 Litter from Presidency, Surat, In spite of almost exclusivo grants of the trado the Dutoh
to the Court, 25th January obtained by force in 16-16—46, tho English pen-evere and
1646—47. obtain in 1646—47 three phirmaunds from the 81iah (1)
releasing tbrm from payment of 4 per cent, on goods sold at
Letter from Agent and Counoil Ispahan, (2) authorizing to r*~bnild their house at Gombroon,
at Gombroon, to tho Court, which had been destroyed by an earthquake, and (3) for
3th May 1646. regulating the payment of custom’s at Gombroon. These
favours attribut'd to appointment of a new Vizier. Trade at
Gombroon might have revived but for arrival of one of
Courten's ships there ; for Shaw-bundar received the Com­
mander and allowed him to land goods without paying
customs.
Page 434 . General letter* from the Chief Trade in Persia more precarious than at any former period
and Council at 8orat, 31st on account of expense for phirmaunds and failure of imports
March and 7th October 1647 of pepper and spices from Surat, so necessary to facilitate
and 6tb January 1647—48. purchase of Persian produce.
V.
Burst Factory In­ Thomas Cog an and W. Weale, State of the trade at Basrah. The pattamer (cosaid, messenger)
ward Letter t'ook Factors at Basrah, to the sent to Aleppo has not yet returned. The despatches that
No. 1 (1646-47)— Chief and Council at Surat shall be received from the Kast India Company will be for­
Turkish Arabia {Basrah„ 16 th February warded to 8urat with all speed.
Precis (1646— 1646. *
1846).
Br tee’s Annals, Letter! from 8nr*t Truidencv, Trade between Snrat and Basrah unproductive from superior
Volume I, pages 6tb April 1648 and Slit means Dutch possessed in engrossing it; an approaching war
428-429. January 1648 - 49 to the between King of Persia and Mogul diverted Persian land
Court. trade by the Gulf and provided much shipping to Dutch and
English, Factory at Gombroon precarious. Customs Income
636 tomans.
F*g«e 444—445 Letters to the Court from Persian trade affected by war between King of Persia and
Gombroon, 2Cth July aud Mogul decreasing demand for English cloths and spioes not
16th and 17th November having been received at 8nrat from Bantam for the Persian
1649. market. Yet profit! more considerable than in any preotding
season (4,000 tomans or about £12,000). The Dutch para­
mount in tho Oulf and obtain additional phirmaunds.
Customs at Gombroon deficient. Tho Agent* ascribe this to
rumours of civil war in England and tho execution of King
Charles, which disgneted the Porsians with the English, and
which it was apprehended would Induce Persian Government
to break off league with the English and stop moiety of
customs based upon treaty made with tho King of England
aod collecte in bis name.