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1. IOR/G/17/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/2
Title:
Letters and Accounts from Mocha
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain papers relating to the East India Company’s factory at Mocha. The papers include letters, primarily from the Mocha Factory to the Company’s Court of Directors, but also including copies of correspondence between the Mocha Factory and the Bombay Factory, to which it was subor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1728-14 Aug 1740
Extent:

3 volumes (484 folios)

2. IOR/G/17/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/3
Title:
Letters and Accounts from Mocha
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain papers relating to the East India Company’s factory at Mocha. The papers chiefly comprise letters, including: from the Mocha Factory to the Company’s Court of Directors; between the Mocha Factory and the Bombay Factory, to which it was subordinate; and between various of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1741-4 Feb 1815
Extent:

3 volumes (486 folios)

3. IOR/L/MAR/C/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/586
Title:
Survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company's Cruiser Ternate
Scope & Content:
A survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company cruisers the Ternate and the Sylph (1810-1811). Folios 23-142 contain a report of proceedings on board the Ternate, 1 January-25 September 1811. The report contains: The daily entri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/366
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 1-2 ‘Persian Gulf: German Competition’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with growing German competition to British trade in the Persian Gulf, and discussions around possible responses from the British authorities to protect Britain's trade and geopolitical interests. In particular, it is concerned with the joint workings of the Hamburg-America ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 May 1912-1 Jun 1916
Extent:
1 volume (334 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3468

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3468
Title:
Coll 28/61 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Bundar Abbas & Lingah, 1925/6–’
Scope & Content:
Printed copies of annual trade and commerce reports for the Persian port of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], compiled by HM’s Consul at Bunder Abbas (George Alexander Richardson, Cecil Henning Lincoln). The file includes reports for the years 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1930-32, 1932-33, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1928-26 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3470B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3470B
Title:
Coll 28/64 ‘Persia. Flying of Flags in. Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreign merchant vessels in Persian Ports.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the introduction of regulations by the Imperial Persian (Iranian) Navy relating to the flying of the Persian flag by foreign merchant vessels in Persian ports. The correspondence covers: the new regulations and their implications for British commercial interests such as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1930-27 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (141 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/660
Title:
‘File 28/1 J Sabotage to oil wells, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and notes containing guidance, issued in response to reports from the War Office, of German plans to sabotage oil fields and refineries and blow up shipping. The file includes: a copy of a telegram from MICE (Middle East Intelligence Centre) in Cairo,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/686
Title:
‘File 28/6 War. Arrangements for the Control of Norwegian, Danish and other neutral ships, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises communications and correspondence relating to the restrictions and orders imposed by the British Government on foreign vessels, and in particular those regarded as neutral or ‘enemy’ during wartime. The papers chiefly relate to Danish and Norwegian vessels, prompted by the Ger...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1940-15 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/706

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/706
Title:
‘File 28/17-B Action to be taken in the event of an entry into the war by Japan’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating both to Japan’s anticipated entry into the Second World War, and eventual entry in the wake of the Japanese Navy’s attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1940-14 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/730
Title:
‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942-15 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)