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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language English Name Governor of Bushire, Late 18th century-20th century

1. IOR/R/15/1/1-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-5
Title:
Letters Sent and Received by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain copies of correspondence sent to and from the Residency at Bushire, which was established on 12 April 1763 following the conclusion of a trade agreement with the Shaikh of Bushire. The Residency went into temporary abeyance from 1769 to 1775, owing to a deterioration in both ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1803
Extent:
5 volumes (516 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/R/15/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/12
Title:
Volume 12: Letters outward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent outwards from the Bushire Residency by the Acting Resident, William Bruce. It also includes letters sent out by Lieutenant Robert Taylor who took charge of the Residency (from April to October 1812) while William Bruce was on a leave of absence in Bombay. The su...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1811-31 Mar 1813
Extent:
1 volume, 375 items (176 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13
Title:
Vol 13 Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The three other occupants of the Residency during this period were Lieutenant Robert Taylor, James Orton, and Thomas Flower...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1810-6 Aug 1813
Extent:
1 volume, 191 items (145 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16
Title:
Vol 16 Letters outward
Scope & Content:
Volume of outgoing copy correspondence from William Bruce, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to various correspondents within the East India Company discussing financial, administrative and political matters relating to the running of the residency at Bushire. Particular attention throughou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1815-30 Dec 1815
Extent:
1 volume, 195 items (99 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20
Title:
Vol 20: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of outgoing letters sent by the Resident at Bushire, William Bruce. The correspondence covers administrative matters related to the operation of the Residency, the East India Company's ships in the Gulf, the organisation of convoys, and the transmission of communications to In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1817-31 Dec 1818
Extent:
1 volume, 343 items (134 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/32
Title:
Vol 34: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of contemporaneous copies of outward letters from the Bushire Residency. Most of the letters are written by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Ephraim Gerrish Stannus. A small number of letters are written by the Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, James Pringle Riach, who was temp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1824-21 Jun 1824
Extent:
1 volume, 105 items (75 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33
Title:
Vol 35: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent out by Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and James Pringle Riach, the officer placed in charge of the Bushire Residency during his absences; the Resident is required to make a number of trips to the Arabian Coast during the period cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1824-10 Jun 1825
Extent:
1 volume, 148 items (142 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38
Title:
Vol 44 Native letters outward
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of letters outward from the two successive Residents in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, from April 1826 to March 1827, and Captain (later Major) David Wilson, from March 1827 to January 1829. There are also letters written by the Acting R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1826-26 Jan 1829
Extent:
1 volume, 244 items (85 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40
Title:
'Book No. 46. 31 July 1826 to 19 February 1827'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, primarily to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay and Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia. The main subject of correspondence within the volume is the relationship betw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1826-19 Feb 1827
Extent:
1 volume, 156 items (140 folios)