Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s3.t10.2

v1.c5.s3.t10.2

After 1807, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy directed his vast and expanding commercial empire from Bombay. He dealt mainly in raw cotton and opium trade with China. He was the principal shipper of opium to Jardine Matheson & Co, in China and was an immensely powerful figure in the trade from Bombay. His ships, such as *Good Success*, *Bombay Castle*, *Fort William*, *Charlotte* and so on, were familiar sights in the Canton-Macau region. A large number of smaller merchants who engaged in trading with China from Bombay consigned their goods to his shipping business. Apart from his close relations with other Indian merchants and with British merchants in Bombay and the China coast Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy also had good relations with Chinese merchants at Canton (Guangzhou), especially the wealthy Hong merchant, Howqua (Wu Bingjian).