coordinates: 30º30'00 N 47º50'00 E
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Al Basrah |
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Baçora, Bassoura, Basra, Bassura, Bassora |
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VOC |
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Landmonsterrollen |
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1645 - 1753 |
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Perzië (VOC-gebied) |
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Iraq |
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Manuscript chart of the coasts of North East Africa, Arabia and Iran
Map of Africa
Map of Africa and the Arabian peninsula
Map of Asia
Map of Asia
Map of Asia
Map of Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia
Map of East Indies
Map of part of the Persian Gulf from Mascate to Bassora
Map of Persia
Map of Persia
Map of Persia
Map of the Arab peninsula
Map of the Arabian Peninsula
Map of the Arabian peninsula
Map of the Arabian peninsula
Map of the Arabian peninsula
Map of the Horn of Africa, the Arab peninsula and India
Map of the Indian Ocean
Map of the Indian Ocean
Map of the Middle East
Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf with a view of fort Kismis
Map of the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean
Map of the Persian Gulf
Map of the Persian Gulf
Map of the Persian Gulf
Map of the Persian gulf
Map of the Persian Gulf in the region of Basra
Map of the world
Map of the world
Map of the world and chart of New Guinea
View of Basra and 'Gordelaan' castle
Map of Africa
Map of Africa and the Arabian peninsula
Map of Asia
Map of Asia
Map of Asia
Map of Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia
Map of East Indies
Map of part of the Persian Gulf from Mascate to Bassora
Map of Persia
Map of Persia
Map of Persia
Map of the Arab peninsula
Map of the Arabian Peninsula
Map of the Arabian peninsula
Map of the Arabian peninsula
Map of the Arabian peninsula
Map of the Horn of Africa, the Arab peninsula and India
Map of the Indian Ocean
Map of the Indian Ocean
Map of the Middle East
Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf with a view of fort Kismis
Map of the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean
Map of the Persian Gulf
Map of the Persian Gulf
Map of the Persian Gulf
Map of the Persian gulf
Map of the Persian Gulf in the region of Basra
Map of the world
Map of the world
Map of the world and chart of New Guinea
View of Basra and 'Gordelaan' castle
prior
The VOC rented a trading post here, initially in the years 1645 to 1646. Several years later the Company returned, in 1651. After that the Company sporadically rented a trading post in Basra. In the period spanning 1723 to 1752 it rented a trading station on and off. But the trading station was abandoned in 1753 due to problems with the local authorities. In 1753 the head of the trading station, Theo von Kniphausen, was accused of maintaining relationships with Moslim women. He protested innocence and was released after a large sum of money had been paid. Von Kniphausen sailed to Batavia where he was able to convince the governor-general to take a hard line and to evade all future problems of 'blackmail and vexation' by setting up a trading post on Kark. He then came back, blockaded the Shatt al-Arab and forced the return of the money and closed down the trading posts in Basra and Bushire. After 1740 Basra emerged as the most important staging post of the VOC in the Gulf. But a number of decades later the roles were reversed once more and it was the VOC's turn to cede to the English.
