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201. IOR/L/PS/20/C258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C258
Title:
'A HANDBOOK OF DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL ARABIC'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled ‘A Handbook of Diplomatic and Political Arabic’, with a foreword dated March 1945. The publication consists of: A list of vocabulary in English and Arabic with a largely political focus, first presented alphabetically in English and repeated alphabetically in Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:

1 volume (40 folios)

202. IOR/L/PS/20/E56, ff 167-168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E56, ff 167-168
Title:
‘MAP OF THE HOLY LAND’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of three included in IOR/L/PS/20/E56. The map shows parts of the Levant region. It also shows the Mediterranean Sea, the Dead Sea [also referred to as Bahr-Lut], the Sea of Galilee [also referred to as Bahr Tubariyeh] and an inset of Jerusalem and the surrounding country (sc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

203. IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1
Title:
'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1916) and contains geographical and political information of a general character concerning the Arabian Peninsula. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, from so...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (371 folios)

204. IOR/R

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R
Title:
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Scope & Content:
The main areas of origin for the records in IOR/R are India, Nepal, Burma, Malaysia, China, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, Egypt, and Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Malay, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1623-1985
Extent:
c 38,000 files / volumes, 1370 boxes

205. IOR/R/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/2
Title:
Crown Representative's Records - Indian States Residencies
Scope & Content:
Whereas IOR/R/1 comprises files from the central secretariat records of the Crown Representative, R/2 comprises files from the records maintained locally by the Residents and Political Agents.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
c 1789-1947
Extent:
c 1370 boxes, 271 volumes

206. IOR/R/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15
Title:
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
These records are the archives of the British Residency at Bushire, 1763-1948; and of the Political Agencies at Bahrain, 1899-1951; Sharjah, 1930-51; Kuwait, 1904-49; and Muscat, 1828-1951; these dates being those for which archives survive, which are not necessarily those during which the posts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1763-1951
Extent:
c 15,350 volumes and files

207. IOR/R/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire
Scope & Content:
There are considerable gaps within the series owing to periodic weeding processes. The files and volumes may be divided as follows: (1) 1763-1849 (IOR/R/15/1/1-118) Separate series of letters received and letters sent contain correspondence mainly with Basra and later with Government of Bomb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1763-1948
Extent:
c 758 files

208. IOR/R/15/1/1-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence received ('letters inward') and sent ('letters outward') by the Political Residency, Bushire. Much of the early correspondence is with the East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]; later with the Government of Bombay in its various departments, other Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1763-1849
Extent:
118 files and volumes

209. IOR/R/15/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10
Title:
Vol 10 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808
Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

210. IOR/R/15/1/10-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10-37
Title:
Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain transcribed copies of letters received and sent by the Residency at Bushire, arranged separately in roughly annual volumes. There is almost complete coverage of both inward and outward correspondence for the years 1806-1826, but a number of volumes are incomplete. The corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1806-1826
Extent:
28 volumes (2757 folios)

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