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1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/1/37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37
Title:
Vol 43: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a few letters sent to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, by William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government. The subject is the status of the diplomatic relationship between the British Government and Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1826-11 Feb 1826
Extent:
1 volume, 4 items (31 folios)

5. 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)

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/15/1/35

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)

8. 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

9. 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

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