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1. 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)

2. 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

3. 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

4. IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 152-155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 152-155
Title:
Letter from Ibrahim bin Rujub [Ibrāhīm bin Rajab], Bombay to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is conveying a request for the detention of Hajee Abbas bin Mahomed [Hājjī ‘Abbās bin Aḥmad] in Bahrain. It is noted that this request was forwarded to Major Charles Grant, 1st Assistant Resident, via memo No. 189/103 of 1874 dated 17 February 1874. A copy of this letter in Arabic is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1874
Extent:

4 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/28
Title:
'Book No 28 From November 1822 to November 1823'
Scope & Content:
The majority of this volume includes letters from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. They concern details of his appointment following the dismissal of Captain William Bruce and various instructions, including regarding t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
12 Nov 1822-9 Nov 1823
Extent:
1 volume, 17 items (145 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/28, f 95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/28, f 95
Title:
Copy of Arabic letter from the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain, dated 15 Ṣafar 1238 [30 October 1822]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. A translation of a letter similar to this one appears on folio 97.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
30 Oct 1822
Extent:

1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/28, f 96

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/28, f 96
Title:
Copy of Arabic letter form the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān bin Imām Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat, dated 15 Ṣafar 1238 [30 October 1822]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. A translation of a letter similar to this one appears on folio 97.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
30 Oct 1822
Extent:

1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35
Title:
‘Vol 37, 38, 40 Letters inward and outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a mix of inward and outward letters, received and sent from the Residency. Most of the letters are outward letters, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to various representatives of the Government of Bombay. The letters in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1825-23 Dec 1825
Extent:
1 volume, 59 items (92 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 4-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 4-8
Title:
Letter no.18 to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the death of the Shaikh of Bahrain, and the intentions of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] to help the late Shaikh's sons take power, and his plans to seize the Bahrain islands for himself. Newnham's letter is a covering letter, enclosing copies, in English (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1825
Extent:
5 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 9-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 9-12
Title:
Letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from the Acting Secretary in the Bombay Persian Secretary's Office
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a letter in English (folio 11) and Arabic (folio 12) from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, to Sooltan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr], dated 16 February 1825. The Acting Secretary requests that Stannus forward the letters to the Governor to Sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1825
Extent:
4 folios