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k or Nature of d icumjot. S immarj. Bixtiu.
or pspere.
Bsooras.
Bruce's Annals, Agent and Couuoil at Gombroon Apprehensions entertained of a war in tlio Gulf between the
Aruba ami Porsuni. in which the Datch expected to assist
Volumo III, page and Ispahan, to tho Court, tho Persians .with n view t<» ifsin monopoly of the Persian
and correspondence with tho
195 * • i Armonisn morohants, 30th trade ; but the English Gonoral Sir John Gayer (Commandor
April, 6th and 24th July, 6th, of the English (loot in tho East Indies! did not see the
9th. 13th and 16th August, expedionoy of interfering at the Arabs had not hithorto
14th and 80th 8optouibor, offered any obstruction to the English shipping or trade.
19th November and 18th The Armenians prove false to the Compaav, as they supported
Decombor 1695. also the trade by way of Turkey, purchasing for instance tho
English produce imported by way of Aleppo. The Dutoh
obtain the privilege to import into Ispahan duty fres goods
to tho amount of 20.00J tomans while the East India Com­
pany, only up to 5,001) tomans. Customs at Gombroon not
recovered for throe years. The navigation in the Gulf had
become more difficult from tho growing power of tho Maskat
Arabs still acting against the Persian trade. Captain Brang•
win who had succeedod Agont Qladman (dated 14th Novem­
ber 1696) wrote that *« tboy would prove as great a plague in
India, as the Algerines wore in Europe."
Page 216 Agents and Councils at Gom­ War between tho Maskat Arabs and the Persians. The Maskat
broon and Ispahan, to the Arabs having found that the Portuguese had offered assist­
Court, 17th Jnne, 10th July, ance to Persia, fitted oat expeditions against their settle­
1st and 11th October, 16th ments in Mozambique and at Mangalore and burnt them.
November, 9th December The East ludia Company overawed by this think it the best
1696, 16th and 16th January, polloy to keep aloof, especially as tboy had not sufficient
16th and 20th Februarv and shipping with which to assist the Persians, and therefore
j 20th March 1096-97. gave evasive replies to Persian requests for assistance. Death
of Agent Brangwin in September, Mr. Otoen appointed to
succeed him. Two additional Factors sent to Mushat and
Tauris. Application to the Eltaman Dawlat for payment
of 1,000 tomans of the castoms (Gombroon) annually and
for exemption from payment of the duty called “ Sudeak."
Mopes held out that tho application would bo granted.
Though sales of cloth proceeded slowly owing to market being
glutted by cloth imported by way of Aleppo, the sales at
Ispahan and Gambroou produced 80,000 sequins.
Page 227 Tbs Court, to the Agents and The Court of Directors being under an obligation to export a
Counoll at Gambroon and large quantity of cloth from England, approved of the
Ispahau, 23rd Anri), 1st Sep­ endeavour to dispose of it at l'auris, Mushat and other inland
tember and let Ootober 1697, town*, and resolved to make Ispahan their chief settlement
and 10th Maroh 1697-98. in Persia and that Gombroon should be subordinate to it.
As large quantities os possible of doth to bo sent to Ispahan,
Gombroon and Shiraz, with a view to undersell cloth brought
from Aleppo, by keeping prices lower than those fixed by the
Turkey Company.
Pago 241. Corr op Ahtnaka Phis- The " Ahtnama " or phirmaund, granted by Sultan Hussein,
haund bbnbwbd bt Sultan dated the 18th June 1697, conferred particular priviledges
; Hussbin. on the English nation, andprooeedod on the phirmaund ori­
ginally grantod by Shah Abbas thq Great, in 1616 (? 1617),
] List of Bogoms renewed and during the reign of King James I, which was afterwards
j granted1 to the English by renewed by Shah Sephi, and, subsequently, by Bhah Selimon,(?)
Shah Sultan Hussein, dated in the reign of King Charles II.This new phirmaund stipu­
18th June 1697. lated, that an English Ambassador, or Consul, should reside
in Persia, and, if required, a Persian Ambassador should pro*
c*-ed to England, that tho Euglish might bring their ships to
whatever ports in Persia they pleased, aud be furnished with
carriages for their goods, and pay the same price for provi­
sions, as the natives ; that, in esse of shipwreck, they should
be assisted in saving their goods, aud persons embezzling
them were to make restitution ; that they should uot be
obliged to sell their goods at any partioular port, but might
purchase what they chose, with ready money; that they
should not be compelled to abjare their own religion, “ it
being God's business to turn men's heartsthat they
should be entitled to wear arms, to defend themselves against
“ rogues" attempting to steal their goods, and not ,be
punishable for killing them; but if the offender r (being a
Persian) bo seized, he was to be carried before the chief officer
of the place, who was to punish him ; but if English, “ they
might kill him themselves that the English Ambassador
should be allowed a house, and if any of his people offended,
he should be the Judge; aud the English Consul, iu absence
of the Ambassador, was to have the same respeot and
privileges; that if the Persians should commit any injury
on the attendants of the Ambassador, application was to be
made to the Cazi for redress; that the linguists of tho
Ambassador should be privileged ; that the English should
be allowed to employ people or everv oo*t, who might be
willing to serve them, snd if an English slave be brought
from Turkey, he should bo liberated, on the repayment to
his master, of tho sum paid for him; that, on the death of an
Englishman, his oountrymen might dispose of his effects
aooording to their own Christian Taw ; and if he should have
married a Christian, and have children, and the mother be dead