Sub-series CD: The Company was incorporated by letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I in 1600 and was finally dissolved in 1874 although it had effectively ceased to function in 1858 when the administration of India was transferred from the Company to the British government. Regulated by successive royal charters and acts of parliament, the Company developed from a purely joint stock trading company to a major territorial and military power in southern Asia. From its London headquarters at East India house, the day-to-day management of its affairs was vested in a large body of shareholders (the Court of Proprietors) and a smaller body of directors (the Court of Directors). Scope and content: Contemporary copies of official company records comprising charters, [c.1753-c.1758], treatises, farmans, agreements, [c.1757-post 1765, Sept], and account books, 1752-1772. Language: English, Persian. Arrangement: In three documents: charters; treaties, farmans, agreements, etc., and account books. Extent: 6 vols.