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1. IOR/F/4/1880/79880

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1880/79880
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Abolition of the Slave Trade in the Principal ports of-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The item relates to attempts by the Government of Bombay to suppress the trade in enslaved ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Sep 1837-28 Feb 1841
Extent:

1 item (150 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2157/103839

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2157/103839
Title:
'Slave Trade'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions which are most likely to be the enclosures to extract Political Letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 1 December 1845 and 31 December 1845, copies of w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1845-23 Feb 1846
Extent:
1 item (30 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2280/116920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2280/116920
Title:
‘Persian Gulf Copies of engagements with the maritime Chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the suppression of the slave trade furnished to the Hon’ble the Court of Directors – Vol: 5’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2280/116915. The correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1847-3 Nov 1848
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 439-472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 439-472
Title:
Affairs in Muscat
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 38 of 1846, dated 14 April 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence (in English and Arabic) relating to affairs in Muscat. Contents relate to: the suppression of the trade in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1846
Extent:
1 item (34 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 145-197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 145-197
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 58 of 1847, dated 16 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 7 April-27 May 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 23 January 1847). The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1847
Extent:
1 item (53 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 2-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 2-30
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 1 dated 1 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 9 November-29 December 1856. The papers relate to the conclusion of a treaty with the Habr A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/101
Title:
'Book 141 1844-1849' secret letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters received by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, from the Government of Bombay, between 1843 and 1848. Some correspondents address him as Major Hennell rather than Captain Hennell. A few of the letters received in 1843 are a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1843-14 Dec 1848
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/176
Title:
'Book No 271' [Resident's Tour: Reports for 1858 and 1859]
Scope & Content:
The volume contains official tour reports of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, with supporting correspondence and papers, for the years 1858 and 1859. There is a title page within the volume stating : 'Head IX. Subject 2, Part 1. Resident's Tour. Reports fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1858-30 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/230
Title:
File 5/196 II Slave traffic in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave trading activity in the Persian Gulf, including intelligence reports on suspected slave traders, and the movement of suspected slaves across the Gulf by traders. The volume also includes a number of reports on the extent and nature of the slave...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1929-7 Dec 1938
Extent:

1 volume (216 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/5
Title:
File A/7 Draft of slave treaty with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to British jurisdiction over the slave trade in the Gulf. Folios 1b-11 are a letter dated 28 January 1914 (with enclosures dating back to June 1913) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (John Lorimer) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arthur Trev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1913-8 Mar 1914
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)