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1. IOR/L/PS/9/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/15
Title:
'LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF', Vol 15
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Bushehr], dated 27 February-6 November 1869. The despatches contain enclosures comprising correspondence sent and received by Pelly, dated 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1869-6 Nov 1869
Extent:
1 volume (550 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/755
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1918-2 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 volume (326 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/3
Title:
'Political'
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters that cover a wide variety of subjects. This includes diplomatic correspondence, general political administration, court statements and petitions, as well as trade reports and some general commercial matters. The majority of the file consists of correspondence between th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Gujarati
Date Range:
1 May 1869-1 Dec 1869
Extent:
1 file (487 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/5
Title:
Slave Trade Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1872-14 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/8
Title:
Political Affairs of Muscat and Oman
Scope & Content:
The papers in these volumes contain correspondence on political affairs in Oman, especially British financial support for the Sultan Turkee bin Sa'id during a rebellion against his authority by various tribes. Other topics discussed in the papers include Sayyid `Abd al-Aziz's property in Zanzibar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1874-1 Aug 1876
Extent:
3 volumes (549 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/10
Title:
Political
Scope & Content:
This file contains two primary types of correspondence. The first is letters between the British Political Agent in Muscat, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Charles Ross and the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The file also contains correspondence between the British Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1877-1 Apr 1879
Extent:
1 file (205 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/16
Title:
'Political'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of exchanges to do with events and personalities in or around Gwadur [Gwadar] on the Makran Coast of Baluchistan. The file includes a list of important personalities in Oman, and the 1882 administration report and trade returns. The end of the file consists of an extensive bio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Aug 1882-1 Dec 1884
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/18
Title:
'Political'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that discuss the possible annexation of Khor Fakhan, Kalba and Dibba by Oman from June-July 1886, as well as administration report and trade returns from 1885-86. The file also contains a discrete report on weights and measures employed in the pearl trade in the Gulf by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1885-4 Jun 1886
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/19
Title:
Political
Scope & Content:
This file contains reports on the contemplated invasion of Oman by the Ibn Rashid clan of Jabal Shammar by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It also contains discussions on Turkish influence and jurisdiction on the Arab Coast between the Government of India and the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1887-24 May 1889
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/20
Title:
Political correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains the Political Agent in Muscat's fortnightly political reports to the Political Resident in Bushire. The subject matter of the papers varies widely. Significantly, they contain numerous exchanges on the slave trade, and the recognition by the Government of India of Sayyid Faisal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1890-1 Mar 1894
Extent:
1 file (143 folios)