English East India Company Factory at Surat

Name: English East India Company Factory at Surat
Start: 1641
End: 1650

Type Event Region Asia Time 1641–1650

In the 1640s the English East India Company made Surat its west-coast Indian headquarters, trading cotton cloth and pepper under Mughal charter, layi…

Timeline

1641–1645Surat · IndiaThe English East India Company expanded warehouses and staff at its Surat factory, chiefly procuring Gujarati cotton cloth, indigo, and pepper, shipping them from Surat port to the Persian Gulf and Europe.
1646–1650Surat · IndiaThe company's factory operated within the framework of Shah Jahan's court privileges while competing with the Dutch East India Company and Portuguese for sources of supply and tariff concessions, and coping with inland political turmoil disrupting trade routes.

Sources

The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company — John Keay (1991)
The Cambridge World History of Slavery, Volume 3: AD 1420–AD 1804 — David Eltis, Stanley L. Engerman (2011)