by John Keay
Fort William, see Calcutta
Fort York, see Benkulen
Fox, Charles James, 270, 389-90, 419
Francis, Philip, 386-7, 388, 399, 403, 404, 405, 407-8
French East India Company, see Compagnie des Indes
Fryer, Dr John, 130, 132, 133, 135, 137
Fukuoka, 57
Fullerton, Lieutenant, 242
Fulta, 303, 305, 306, 307
Fur trade, 432-5
Furber, H., 235, 251, 420
Fursland, President, 105
Gang-i-Sawai, 186, 187
Garraway, Sir Henry, 26
Gary, Captain Henry, 133-4, 136, 139, 140
Gayer, Sir John, 183-4, 187, 189-92, 212-13
General Court, see Court of Proprietors
General Society, see ‘New Company’
George I, King, 226
George II, King, 336
George III, King, 379, 390
Gheriah (Vijayadrug), 260-1, 264, 267-9, 294
Gilolo Passage, 357
Globe, 61-4, 102
Goa, 72, 76, 94, 102, 108, 123
Goa, Convention of, 108, 117, 121, 122, 131
Goddard, Colonel Thomas, 407, 413
Godolphin’s Award, 212
Golconda (Hyderabad), 61, 67, 68, 189, 194, 200, 214, 243-4
Goldsborough, Sir John, 165, 166, 173
Gombroon, 105-7, 116, 124, 128, 139, 251, 344
Grant, Captain, 301, 303
Grantham, Sir Thomas, 139-40, 142
Greenberg, Michael, 454
Grenville, Lord, 368
Griffin, Captain Thomas, 283-4
Gujarat, 73-4, 79, 94, 115-18, 142, 184; see also Surat, Ahmadabad, Baroda etc.
Gunung Api, 44
Gwadar, 103
Gwalior, Scindias of, 402, 404, 406, 407-8, 413, 415
Gyfford, Mrs Katherine, 251-3, 255-9, 263, 273
Gyfford, William, 251-3
‘Hadah’, 93, 94
Hainan Island, 354
Haiphong, 197
Hakluyt, Richard, 11
Hamilton, Captain Alexander, 69, 132, 133, 143, 144, 145, 146, 176, 194, 196-7, 206, 210, 223, 253-4, 449
Hamilton, Dr William, 227, 228, 229
Hand, John, 175, 176
Hanoi, 197
Harihapur, 68
Harlow, V. T., 377
Harrington, 264
Harrison, Edward, 243-4
Harvey, John, 256-7
Hastings, Warren, 153, 169, 306, 321, 365, 370-2, 382, 385-8, 394-420, 421-6
Hawkins, William, 74-80, 85-9, 100, 122
Hayes, Captain Robert, 47
Heath, Captain William, 161-4, 205-7
Hector, 15-26, 20, 22-4, 32, 34, 41, 74-7, 85, 89, 90
Hedges, Robert, 230
Hedges, William, 149-53, 171, 172, 173
Hijili Island, 157-8, 159, 303, 320
Hippon, Anthony, 63 Hirado, 55-60, 64-6
Hokkaido, 59
Holland, 4, 5, 10, 11-13, 31-4, 36-7, 40, 50-1, 53-4, 65, 106-7, 125, 126;
see also Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Anglo-Dutch Treaty of Defence
Holwell, John Zephaniah, 301, 303-4, 306, 379
Hong Kong, 198, 333, 357-8, 455-6
Honshu, 57, 59
Hope, Ensign, 337, 338
Hopewell, 38, 195, 196, 211
Hormuz, 76, 94, 103, 104-7, 125
Hosiander, 64, 97
Hudson, Henry, 9, 59
Hudson, Richard, 59
Hué, 425, 427-8
Hughes, Sir Edward, 411, 414, 416
Hughli, 124, 142, 149, 152, 154-5, 159, 167, 171, 192, 223, 309, 320
Hughli River, 130, 154-6, 161, 164-5, 236, 302, 307, 312-15, 414
Hume, Alexander, 238, 239
Hunt, Richard, 43
Hunter, Sir William, 128, 154, 165-6, 170, 181, 383
Hyder Ali of Mysore, 343, 381, 389, 401, 407, 410-15, 416
Hyderabad, Nizams of, 243, 244, 286, 288, 289, 291, 342, 401, 407, 410-11
Imhoff, Marian (Mrs Warren Hastings), 399
India Act 1784, 390-1, 393, 435
‘Indian Mutiny’, 392
Indigo trade, 98, 99
Indore, Holkars of, 402
Interlopers, 144, 151, 171-7, 180, 199-200, 237-8;
see also Michelborne, Pitt etc.
Irrawaddy, 333
Isfahan, 103, 104, 124
Ives, Surgeon Edward, 256, 269, 295, 305, 307, 311, 313, 314
Iyeyasu, Shogun of Japan, 53, 55, 58, 65
Jakarta, 20, 45; see also Batavia
James I, King, 4, 19, 24-5, 39, 41, 43, 57-8, 76, 93, 99, 103, 120
James II, King, 131, 177, 178, 202
James, Sir William, 265-9, 311, 353, 380, 390
Jamestown, Saint Helena, 129
Japan, 13, 53-60, 64-6, 196, 197-8, 199, 436
Jardine, William, 455
Jardine Matheson & Co., 434, 454, 455-6
Jasbir Singh, A. K., 424
Jask, 103, 104
Java, 7, 10, 19-21, 29-32, 53, 358, 446-9, 453;
see also Bantam, Batavia etc
Jeffreys, Judge, 175
Jehangir, Moghul Emperor, 78-80, 86, 89, 95-6, 99-102
Jenkins, Captain Robert, 264-5, 271
Jenkins’ Ear, War of, 271, 333
Jenny, 426-8
Johnstone, John, 376, 379, 382-3, 387
Johore, 448
Joint Stock, First, 99, 113
Second, 99, 111, 113
Third, 113-14
Fourth, 127
United, 124, 127
Jolly, Dr, 243
Jolo Island, 354
Jones, Captain Jasper, 298
Jones, Sir William, 422
Joseph, Benjamin, 102
Jourdain, John, 40-6, 59, 64, 79-81, 85-9, 90, 92, 114
Jourdain, Sulivan & de Souza, Co., see Madras Association
Kabaena, 36
Kanchipuram, 417
Kandahar, 127
Kanhoji Angrey, 257-64
Kara Sea, 9
Karikal, 275, 287
Karwar, 251, 253-4, 256-7
Kasimbazar, 149, 151-2, 167, 192, 294, 300
Katwa, 317
Keating, Colonel Thomas, 404
Kedah, 357, 360, 429, 444
Kedah, Sultan of, 361, 444-5
Keeling, Captain William, 37, 39, 40, 60, 74-6, 99, 102
Kegwin, Captain Richard, 137-40
Kent, 307, 313-14
Kerala, 410
Khan Dauran, 226-8
Khanderi Island, 261
Khem Sawant, Raja of Wadi, 255
Khwaja Sarhad, 225-9
Kidd, Captain William, 188, 213, 256
Killpatrick, Major James, 305, 318
King, James, 432
King George Sound Co., 434
Kistna River, 245
Knipe, Major Charles, 277, 284
Konkan Coast, 257-69
Kora, 400
Kra, 200
Krakatoa, 20
Kyushu, 53, 55, 57
La Bourdonnais, Bertrand-François, 276-80, 334
Lady Hughes, 437
Lahribandar, 103, 117
Lally, Comte de, 339-44, 411
Lancaster, Sir James, 10-23, 24, 29, 30, 73
Law, Jean 315
Lawrence, Major Stringer, 243, 284-6, 287, 290, 292, 297, 340-2, 346
Leadenhall Street, 112, 182, 219, 363-6, 392, 421
Levant Company, The, 11, 13, 26, 27-8, 35, 52, 151, 174
Lhasa, 423
Light, Captain Francis, 360-1, 429, 444
Lindsay, Sir John, 409, 410
Linschoten, Jan Huyghen van, 54
Lintin Island, 456
Lion, 107
Lockyer, Rev. Charles, 194, 195, 211
London, 5, 93, 357
Lonthor, 4, 47
Louis XIV, King, of France, 200-1
Love, Colonel H. D., 415
Loyal Bliss, 256
Lucas, Sir Gervase, 13
3, 137
Luzon, 345, 354
Macartney, Lord George, 417-20, 435, 438, 440
Macartney Mission 1793, 352, 435-6, 439
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord, 178, 317, 419
McCluer, Captain John, 440-2, 443
MacLean, Lauchlin, 387
Macpherson, Sir John, 433
Macao, 65, 108, 117, 123, 198, 206, 207, 348, 352, 433, 436, 441-2
Macassar, 37, 41, 51, 63, 193
Macclesfield, 208-9
Madagascar, 15-16, 75, 95, 124, 184-8, 239, 262, 443
Madras, 68-70, 125-6, 130, 141, 164, 178, 189, 192-6, 199, 204-5, 213-16, 223, 230, 240-5, 271-95, 338-44, 346, 381, 385, 396, 408-18
Madras Association, 360, 396, 431
Maharashtra, 401-8
Mahé, 344, 410
Malabar Coast, 94, 102, 108, 124, 251-4, 255-70, 344, 416
Malacca, 17, 108, 123, 442-3, 446-8
Malacca, Straits of, 17, 18, 274, 360, 446-9
Malay Peninsula, 359-61, 447-9 Malda, 149
Maldive Islands, 175
Mandalay, 337
Mangalore, Treaty of, 416, 417, 418
Manhattan, 5, 51
Manila, 198, 243, 345-7, 380, 445;
see also Philippines
Maratha Ditch, 298-9, 302, 310
Marathas, 142-3, 145, 243, 255-70, 400, 401-8, 410, 415-16
Marianas Islands, 357
Markham, Sir Clement, 423
Marlborough, Earl of, 132, 133, 137
Marlborough, 230
Mary, 116
Masulipatnam, 61-2, 63-4, 67-8, 87, 101, 116, 125, 149, 189-90, 200, 215, 243-4, 288, 342
Matheson, James, 453, 455-6
Matthews, Commodore, 262-3
Mauritius, 123, 250, 274, 339, 381, 442, 446
Mazagaon, 137, 145
Meares, Captain John, 433-4, 435
Menam River, 196, 197, 204
Merchant’s Hope, 97-8
Mergui, 200, 202-4, 223, 334, 357
Methwold, William, 67, 108, 116-18, 119, 121, 149
Michelborne, Sir Edward, 14, 39, 40, 119
Middleton, David, 22, 36-40, 81
Middleton, Sir Henry, 22, 29-34, 41-2, 81-9, 95
Middleton, John, 22
Middleton, 38
Midnapur, 369
Militia, 137-40, 211, 232-3, 238, 241-3, 245, 275, 277, 284, 292, 301, 324
Minchin, Colonel, 301, 303, 305
Mindanao, 346, 354, 357
Minto, Lord, 446-7
Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal, 315-24, 369-72, 374
Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal, 369-72, 373-4
Mocha, 81-5, 87-9, 119, 184, 187, 188, 251
Mocha, 211
Moco-Moco, 249, 250
Moghul Empire, 77-80, 87-8, 97, 142, 150, 168, 200, 243, 286, 326;
see also Akbar, Aurangzeb etc.
Moghul shipping, 87-9, 102, 118, 143, 144, 155, 157, 176-7, 236
Moghul War (1686-90), 143-7, 154-64, 176, 180, 184, 202
Mohammed Ali, Nawab of Carnatic, 288, 289, 291, 322, 381, 409-11, 418
Molucca Islands, 13, 21-2, 36-51, 54, 357, 441, 445;
see also Banda Islands, Ternate, Tidore etc.
Monghyr, 372
Mons, 333, 335
Morse, Nicholas, 274-8, 279
Mozambique, 12, 94
Mukarrab Khan, 76, 79-80, 86-7, 89
Mun, Thomas, 119-20, 128
Mundy, Peter, 115-17, 123
Munro, Major Hector, 374, 412, 413, 414
Munro, Captain Innes, 411, 413-14
Murshidabad, 299, 306, 312, 315, 316, 319-20, 383
Muscovy Company, The, 9, 13, 26, 52
Muzaffar Jang, 288, 289-90
Mysore Wars,
First, 411
Second, 411-18
Fourth, 412, 445
Nadia, 320
Nadir Shah, 231
Nagasaki, 55, 58, 66, 197, 198
Najm-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal, 374, 377
Nand Kumar, 399
Napoleon Bonaparte, 442-4, 446
Napoleonic Wars, 361, 442-7
Narai, King of Siam, 195-204
Negapatnam, 276, 340, 414
Negrais, 333-8, 360
Neira, Banda, 4, 13, 21-2, 37, 38, 40, 44, 47
Nepal, 423
‘New Company’, 180, 182-4, 188-92, 208-11, 211-16;
see also Dowgate Adventurers
New Guinea, 357, 441
New Holland (Australia), 441
New Year’s Gift, 91, 93
Nguyen Emperors, 425-6, 428
Nicobar Islands, 16
Ningpo, 206, 209, 350-1, 358
Nootka, 433
Nootka Sound, 432, 434, 435
Norris, Sir William, 183, 189-92, 211, 222
North, Lord, 364, 382, 385-8;
see also Regulating Act
North-west Passage, 8-9, 52, 59, 432
Northern Circars, 291, 293, 342, 410, 414
Novaya Zemlya, 8
Nutmegs, 3-4, 6, 33, 38-9
Ockham, 264
Okinawa, 54
Oman, 103
Ong-tom-being, 426, 427
Opium trade, 358, 359, 396, 430-1, 453-5
Orissa, 68
Orme, Robert, 267, 281, 288, 297-8, 319, 342-3
Osaka, 57, 64
Ostend Company, 237-9
Oudh, 322, 374, 377, 400
Ovington, Rev., 135, 144, 145, 184, 183
Oxenden, Sir George, 132, 134, 142
Palawan, 355
Panikkar, K.M., 401
Papillon, Thomas, 129, 174-5, 180, 182
Paradis, Louis, 283
Parganas, 320, 323
Paris, Treaty of, 347, 367, 368
Parkinson, C. N., 443, 450-1
Pasir, 358
Patani, 62-4, 66, 196, 199
Patna, 149, 167, 192, 225, 229, 236, 322, 374
Payne, Chairman, 310
Pearl, 203-4
Pearl River, 206, 348
Pearse, Colonel Thomas, 413-14
Pegu, 67, 333, 334
Peking, 351-2, 423, 436-7
Pelew Islands (Palau), 440-2
Penang, 12, 360-1, 429-30, 444-6, 453
Pepper, 6, 18, 20, 24-5, 29, 32, 39, 51, 61, 64, 98, 114, 119-20, 124, 246, 251
Peppercorn, 81-2, 211
Pepwell, Captain, 102
Pepys, Samuel, 133, 349
Perfume River, 427-8
Pernambuco, 12
Persia, 102-8, 127;
see also Gombroon, Isfahan etc.
Petapoli, 61
Petit, J., 143-4, 146
Peyton, Commodore Edward, 275-7, 279
Phaulkon, (Falcon) Constant, 200-4
Philip II, King, of Spain, 10
Philippines, The, 7, 36, 65, 198, 322, 344-7, 354, 355, 436;
see also Luzon, Mindanao, Manila etc.
Phoenix, HMS, 175-6
Phram, The, 261
Pigot, George, Lord, 336, 341, 346, 333, 399, 409-10, 418
Pirates, 144, 172, 176-7, 184-8, 191, 200, 254, 255-70, 355;
see also Kidd, Avery etc.
Pitcairn, Midshipman Robert, 382
Pitt, 353
Pitt, Thomas, 173, 174, 175, 181, 189, 191, 210, 213-16, 222-3, 241
Pitt, William (the Elder), 326, 362, 365, 379
Pitt, William (the Younger), 390-1, 418, 419-20;
see also India Act
Plassey, Battle of, 231, 297, 310, 315, 317-18, 323, 331
Pocock, Admiral Sir George, 338-44, 345
Poivre, Pierre, 443
Polilur, Battle of, 412, 413
Pondicherry, 141, 200, 239, 274-5, 282, 283-5, 338, 339, 343-4, 410, 442
Poona, Peshwas of, 265, 402, 403, 404-5, 407, 415
Poonamallee, 289, 291
Popham, Captain William 407-8
Porter, Endymion, 122
Portugal, 5, 6-8, 10, 12, 18, 33-4, 36, 55, 65, 76-80, 86, 94-9, 101-8, 121, 131-3, 262-3, 402-3;
; see also Goa, Convention of
Powell, Sir Thomas, 103
Priaman, 18
Prince George, 304
Prince of Wales Island, see Penang
Prince William Sound, 433
Princess Augusta, 265
Private trade, 21, 34-5, 125-6, 172, 204-5, 234-5, 246, 254, 359-61, 425, 430-1, 433, 436, 452-4
Protector, 265-8
Pulicat, 67-8, 222, 276
Pulo Ai, 4, 33, 37-8, 42-3
Pulo Condore, 210-11
Pulo Run, 3-5, 22, 33, 37-8, 42-7, 124, 126, 128, 129, 179
Purandhar, Treaty of, 405, 406
Purchas, Rev. Samuel, 35-6
Pyke, Governor, 251
Qishm (Kishm), 105
Quedab Merchant, 188
Queen Charlotte, 434
Queen Charlotte Sound, 433
Quilon, 102, 251
Raffles, Thomas Stamford, 211, 361, 445-9, 453-4
Raghunath Rao (Raghoba), 403-8
Rai Durlabh, 316, 321
Rainier, Admiral Peter, 443, 445
Rajahmundry, 342
Ram Narayan Governor of Bihar, 370
Rangoon, 335, 336
Rastell, President, 115, 116, 118
Red Dragon, 14-16, 20, 22-4, 29, 33, 36, 46, 74-5, 97
Red Sea, 73, 74, 75, 80-5, 87-9, 95, 117-18, 184, 185
Regulating Act 1773, 365, 384-8, 393
Rennel James, 355
Restoration, 265
Return, 197-9, 211
Réunion (Ile de Bourbon), 187, 250, 443
Revenue, Land, 136-7, 273, 291-2, 320, 397
Rhio (Riau) Islands, 360-1, 448
Roach, Lieutenant, 242-3
Robben Island, 93
Roberts, P. E., 386, 391
Robinson, John, 363-4, 385, 388, 389, 390
Roe, Sir Thomas, 100-2, 103-4, 118, 119, 141
Roebuck, 119, 121
Rohillas, 399, 400
Rose, 46
Ross, Captain, 449
Rous, Thomas, 375
Row, Captain, 233
Royal James and Mary, 167
Royal Navy, 245, 256, 262-3, 265-9, 274-7, 293, 312-14, 319, 338-44, 411, 442-4, 445
Royal Regiments, 268, 285, 290, 293, 343, 345-6, 413
39th, 340
64th, 340
73rd, 411
79th, 343
Rumbold, 425-6
Russel, John, 223
Ruy Freire de Andrade, 104, 105
Sagar Island, 153, 154
St Helena, 5, 20, 23, 94, 129, 179-80, 241, 250-1
St Lubin, M. de, 405
St Therésa, 239
Salbai, Treaty of, 415-16, 417
Saldania, see Cape of Good Hope
Salisbury, 313-14
Salmon, Captain Nathaniel, 97
Salsette, 402-3, 406, 415
Salt trade, 236-7, 396
Saltpetre trade, 126-7, 149, 236