Miscellaneous collection of firmans and treaties.

(1) pp. i-viii, List of Contents of a Miscellaneous Collection of Phirmauns and Treaties with a few Proclamations founding the right of Original Discovery or Settlement, being part of the General Collection begun by Mr. T. Wilks, including the following:-- (2) pp. 1-13, Treaty of Commerce between the King of Dachem [Achin] and Sumatra and the Queen of England, n.d. (see O.C., I). This has been printed in Letters Received by the East India Company from its Servants in the East, vol. i, p. 1. (3) pp. 15-6, 61-5, Contract with Coja Arab for use of his house at Surat 1616 (see O.C. 443A and 675). Contract with Coja Arab. See Letters Received, vol. v, p. 74, and The English Factories in India, 1618-21, p. 36. (4) pp. 19-34, 139-61, Farman from Shah Abbas to the English 1616, with Confirmations, Regulations of Rates of Commerce; pp. 163-7, Farman to trade at Gombroon; pp. 169-71, Farman for trade at Ispahan 1629; pp. 525-31, Farman to William Burte, Company's Agent in Persia, n.d. (5) pp. 35-45, Jonhamber Doulat, King of Achin, to King James with Copy of privileges granted to Capt. Keeling, authorising the establishment of a Factory at Tecoo. (6) pp. 47-8, Mahabat Khan's Farman to the English for a Factory at Baroach 22nd July 1616 (see O.C. 380). Printed in Letters Received, vol. iv, p. 142. (7) pp. 49-53, Farman by the Governor of Sinan, Mohamed Pauchawe (? Pasha) to Andrew Shillinge, Captain of the Ann, Joseph Salbancke, Merchant, and other Englishmen to trade at Mocha 18th July 1618 (see O.C. 671); pp. 55-9, Farman from Ragab Bagga (Governor of Mocha) to the same effect 14th May 1618 (?) (see O.C. 648). The farman from the Pasha of Sinan [Sana] is printed in The English Factories, 1618-21, p. 35, and that from Rajab Agha at p. 33 of the same volume. (8) pp. 67-108, Sir Thomas Roe's proposals for a Treaty with the Sultan of Surat August 1618; pp. 209-11, Farman for Surat from Sultan Dower Buckesh, grandson of Jahangir, to Thomas Rastell 1623; pp. 213-43, Contracts of Peace between the Mughal's Officers and Rastell (see O.C. 1295 and 1179); pp. 265-71, Jafar Khan's Parwana to Sir George Oxenden for Surat 1664 (see O.C. 3025); pp. 317-22, Treaty between Gerald Aungier and the Shahbunder of Surat 1671 (see O.C. 3573); pp. 323-6, Agreement between the English and the Governor and Customs House Officers at Surat excluding the Dutch and French 21st Aug. 1671 (see O.C. 3574); pp. 433-5, New Company's request to the Governor of Surat for a Farman 28th Nov. 1699. Sir Thomas Roe's proposals are printed in The English Factories, 1618-21, p. 38, and also in The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe, p. 506; the farman from Prince Dawar Bakhsh will be found in The English Factories, 1622-23, p. 322; one agreement with Rastell is given at p. 27 of the 1624-29 volume of the same series, and the other at p. 309 of the 1622-23 volume; for Jafar Khan's parwana see the 1661-64 volume, p. 314. (9) pp. 109-19, Treaty between the Agents of the English and Dutch Companies at Jacatra, regulating terms of Joint Trade to Pulicat under the Council of Defence 13th April 1621. This treaty is calendared in The English Factories, 1618-21, p. 253. (10) pp. 121-9, Proclamation by Richard Bix (Chief), Richard Swan (Captain of the Charles) and Robert Hayes 6th Oct. 1624, taking possession for England of certain Islands in the Straits of Sunda (see O.C. 1166). (11) pp. 131-5, Articles of Agreement between the English Company and the Kings of Goa (in Macassar) and Tallo 1614 (see O.C. 1183). (12) pp. 173-85, 195-203, 327-33, Cowls, &c. from the King of Golcondah and his Officers for English to trade at Masulipatam and other Eastern ports 1630-39 (see O.C. 1688). (13) pp. 187-94, 205-7, Contract between the English President and the Chinamen of Clappadoa, written in Javan February 1638 and signed by the King of Bantam 26th Aug. 1640. (14) pp. 245-52, Dutch order to their Agents to deliver the Island of Pularoon to the English 17th Dec. 1660, and Charles II's Privy Seal authorising the Company to re-establish their Settlement in that Island. (15) pp. 253-61, Attestation by Robert Locke, &c. of the cession of the Island of Damalias, Daman, or Dam [240 miles S.W. of Banda] to the King of England 18th July 1664. (16) pp. 263-4, Jafar Khan's (Diwan to Aurangzeb) grant of a Parwana to the English to trade at Hughli. (17) pp. 273-308, Treaty between Sultan Hassan Oudyn, King of Macassar, and the Dutch Governor-General, Cornelius Speelman, 18th Nov. 1667. (18) pp. 309-15, Treaty between Abel Fatahee and Abel Mazare, Kings of Bantam, and Henry Dacre, the English Agent, 29th March 1671. (19) pp. 335-40, Nishan for free trade in Bengal granted to Matthias Vincent at Dacca 12th Sept. 1678 (see O.C. 4543) (Printed in Temple's Diaries of Streyhsham Master, II, 21); pp. 341-6, Articles agreed upon between the English and the Nawab's Officers at Chuttanuttee 11th Jan. 1686/7 but not ratified by the Nawab (see O.C. 5554); pp. 349-56, Articles of Peace concluded at Hidgeley between Abdul Samad and Agent Charnock 8th June 1687 (see O.C. 5618); pp. 357-8, Nawab's confirmation of Treaty with Charnock, n.d. (see O.C. 5603); pp. 361-2, Charnock's promise to return to Bengal (see O.C. 5604); pp. 365-71, Shaishta Khan's Parwana to Charnock 21st July 1687 (see O.C. 5607); pp. 373-5, Abdul Samad's letter to Charnock 23rd Aug. 1687 (see O.C. 5616); pp. 381-3, Nawab's Parwana to Abdul Gani Beg 4th Sept. 1687 permitting return of the English (see O.C. 5618 and 5614); pp. 575-7, Farman for Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. (20) pp. 385-98, Aurangzeb's Farman to the Dutch 12th June 1689. (21) pp. 399-435, 445-63, Various Cowls granted to the English for Madapollam, Masulipatam, &c, 7th March to 2nd Nov. 1699 and 12th June to 11th Oct. 1700 by Rangaray Governor, &c. (22) pp. 437-8, Nawab Fakir-ulla Khan to the Old Company prohibiting all other English (i.e. the New Company) from trade at Vizagapatam 23rd Dec. 1699. (23) pp. 441-3, 465, 468, Dastak granted to Sir Edward Littleton by Prince Sultan Muhammad Azim, giving the New Company equal rights with the Old in Bengal 26th Jan. 1699/1700. (24) pp. 469-79, King of Cochin China to the Great General in Pulo Condore 2nd Aug. 1703. (25) pp. 481-7, Agreement between the Company and various Sumatra Sultans 5th Sept. 1710. (26) pp. 489-502, Farman and Sanad of Farrukhsiyar allowing the English to trade in Bengal, Bahar and Orissa 1715-17 (see Aitchison's Charters). (27) pp. 503-13, Prices of slaves in Madagascar settled by Capt. [Robert] Jenkins of the Harrington in 1736, Capt. [Stephen] Cobbam of the Edgbaston in 1740, Capt. [J.] Balchen of the Onslow in 1741, Capt. [William] Stevens of the Swift in 1743, Capt. [John] Bell of the Swallow in 1750, and Capt. [Henry] Kent of the Dragon in 1753. All the ships enumerated are East India Company's ships. (28) pp. 515-20, Treaty between the King of Jacatra and the English (George Ball and Capt. Martin Pring (of the James Royal)) [1618] (see O.C. 789). (29) pp. 521-4, Terms of Peace proposed by Philip Wylde to the people of Soar circa 1645, endorsed by the Emaum. (30) pp. 533-7, Cowle permitting the English to settle at Madras after leaving Armagon 1639. (See Love's Vestiges of Old Madras, I, 23.) (31) pp. 539-48, Surrender of the Island of Rasanginge (one of the Banda Islands) and the town of Ware to the English, n.d. The surrender is printed at p. 702 of the first volume of Purchas His Pilgrimes. (32) pp. 549-53, King of Succadana's permission to the English to form a settlement May 1696. (33) pp. 555-7, Proposals for trade with the Malays, by Richard Phrip, John Daniell, Matthew Saunders, Baltha Netzerr and Thos. Rashell (? Rastell), n.d. (34) pp. 559-60, Orders from the Nabob to the Gomasta of Ghulam Husain Ali Khan not to trouble the English at Fort St. David, n.d. (35) pp. 561-7, Sultan Tomjad Alha of Banjar Daroosalam to the Company regarding trade, n.d. (36) pp. 569-70, Callidindah Ramarauze's Cowle to Humphrey Holcombe, Company's Resident at Metchipatam, n.d. (37) pp. 571-3, Cowle granted by the Nabob Moobaurize Cawn Bahaudur Subah of Golcondah to the Company for a Settlement at Madapollam.

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