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1. IOR/R/15/1/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/159
Title:
Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to British forces sent to Bushire during the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: Major-General Foster Stalker (later James Outram), Commander of British Forces in Persia; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay; Ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
4 Oct 1856-24 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/190
Title:
34 File 666 Threatened invasion of Oman by Ibn Rashid
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the perceived threat of attack on Oman by Ibn Rashid [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullah Āl Rashīd]. The principal correspondents are: Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire; Abul Kasim [Ḥajj Abu'l-Qāsim], Residency Agent at Sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1888-15 Nov 1889
Extent:
1 volume (244 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556
Title:
Vol. D.16 (File 61/4) Bin Saood - Amir of Nejd's intention to visit Pirate Coast and Oman in 1905
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, handwritten notes, diary extracts, and drafts of the above concerning a rumoured visit by Ibn Sa'ud, ruler of Najd, to the Trucial Coast and Oman. The bulk of the file is correspondence between the Political Residency in Bushire, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1905-26 Dec 1907
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/59
Title:
File XXII/1 Koweit relations with British Government
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Kuwait relations with the British Government: The discussion in the volume relates to: appointment of the Political Agent, Kuwait; visit of HM Consul, Basra; customs and railway negotiations; the Angl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1904-6 Apr 1916
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)