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3671. IOR/R/15/1/145-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/145-179
Title:
Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence sent and received by the Residency at Bushire. The holders of the office of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (permanent or acting) during the period were Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Captain (James) Felix Jones, Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Malayalam, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1854-1863
Extent:
35 volumes (5657 folios)

3672. IOR/R/15/1/180-182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/180-182
Title:
Native Letters Sent
Scope & Content:
These volumes contain drafts of letters in English together with Arabic and Persian translations from the Political Resident at Bushire to British Native Agents, Persian officials and members of ruling families, as well as merchants, British Indian subjects and others. Events covered within these...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1856-1872
Extent:
3 volumes (477 folios)

3673. IOR/R/15/1/183-192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/183-192
Title:
Bushire Political Residency correspondence: subject compilations
Scope & Content:
Subject compilations of secret and general correspondence. There were a number of holders of the office of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf during the period in question, but the following Residents: Captain James Felix Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1852-1900
Extent:
10 volumes (2105 folios)

3674. IOR/R/15/1/193-194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/193-194
Title:
Political Diaries
Scope & Content:
Two political diaries, created by staff at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, for the years 1883 and 1894.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883-1894
Extent:
2 volumes (332 folios)

3675. IOR/R/15/1/195-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/195-198
Title:
Subject Compilations
Scope & Content:
'Old System' miscellaneous compilations. The first surviving file in this sub-series was renumbered as file 14/88se R/15/1/246. Subjects include the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 1891; Sirrī and other Persian Gulf islands; and commercial banks on the Arab coast of the Persian G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1887-1918
Extent:
4 volumes (585 folios)

3676. IOR/R/15/1/199-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-234
Title:
File 5: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The majority of the Slave Trade subject files contain papers relating to the manumission of slaves or kidnapping incidents, heard by the Political Residency, and received from the Political Agencies in Bahrain (1924-43) and Muscat (1921-42), and the Native Agent at Sharjah (1921-40). The rest of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1892-1943
Extent:
36 files and volumes (9,000 folios)

3677. IOR/R/15/1/235-236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/235-236
Title:
File 9: Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
There are two surviving files in the ‘Arms and Ammunition’ subject category. The earlier file relates to a search for concealed firearms in Dubai by British forces in 1910 and the civil disturbance this caused. The later file contains a series of monthly administrative reports 1929-1931, compile...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1910-1932
Extent:
2 volumes (536 folios)

3678. IOR/R/15/1/237-238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/237-238
Title:
File 13 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The file and volume consists of correspondence, memos, and file notes relating to those subjects deemed miscellaneous within the Bushire Residency records. The first covers the evolution of the forms of address used for the various rulers of the Persian Gulf region. The second concerns locust sur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1912-1945
Extent:
2 files and volumes (226 folios)

3679. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

3680. IOR/R/15/1/295-313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/295-313
Title:
File 18 Judicial
Scope & Content:
The Judicial records of the Political Residency Bushire include papers relating to proposals for new Orders in Council; the drafting and publication of Orders in Council; proposals for amendments to existing Orders in Council by means of King's Regulations; the drafting and publication of King's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1910-1948
Extent:
19 files and volumes (2,423 folios)

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