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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 105-106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 105-106
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]
Scope & Content:
The letter is conveying the Resident's gratitude for a packet Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] has sent him and commends him on his conduct. It also authorises him to reward the source of the acquisition and discusses the jealousy the recipient is experiencing from his fellow citizens. Furthe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1808
Extent:

2 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14
Title:
Vol 14: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters are written by Lieutenant William Bruce, who was the Resident at this time. A handful of letters are written by James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. Subjects relating directly to the Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1813-28 Dec 1814
Extent:
1 volume, 254 items (142 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 113-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 113-118
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter discusses William Bruce's meeting at Bushire with Hassan ben Mohummed ben Gaith [Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ghaith], Vakeel of Hassan ben Rehma [Hasan bin Rahma], the Joassemee [Āl Qāsimī] Chief. Bruce reports that Hassan ben Rehma continues to deny having captured any British property. Bruce ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1814
Extent:
6 folios

8. IOR/R/15/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19
Title:
Vol 19 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent to the British Resident at Bushire. The subject matter of the correspondence centres around the administration of the Bushire Residency, and company operations in the area. It therefore covers the wider commercial and political interests of the East India Company...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1816-22 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 volume 272 items (162 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/19, f 149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, f 149
Title:
Letter from Major Charles Grant, 1st Assistant Resident to Shaikh Eysan bin Alli [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Shaikh of Bahrain that the balance of debts owed by and owed to the bin Rejubs [Bin Rajab] will be enquired into by the law courts of Bahrain. It notes that the final balance will be determined in three month's time. If this meets with the Shaikh's approval, the letter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1874
Extent:

1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 150-151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 150-151
Title:
Letter from Major Charles Grant, 1st Assistant Resident to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Political Resident that the Shaikh of Bahrain has issued orders to detain Hajee Abbas bin Mahomed [Hājjī ‘Abbās bin Aḥmad] until his accounts have been inspected, as originally requested by Ibrahim bin Rujub [Ibrāhīm bin Rajab] in an address to the Political Resident i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1874
Extent:

2 folios

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