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1. IOR/F/4/256/5645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/256/5645
Title:
Measures for the Recovery of the Company's Property which was plundered by the Sheikh of Busheab on board the Country Ship Hector in the Persian Gulph
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the capture and plundering of a British ship, the Hector, by the Shaikh of Nuckholoo [Nokhaylo], also referred to as the Shaikh of Busheab [Lavan]. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the potential for assistance from the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1805-2 Feb 1808
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2376/126175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2376/126175
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. – Complaint of a Native Woman of Lucknow named Allee Rukhee, – Vol: 14’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1849-30 Mar 1850
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 382-436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 382-436
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 110 of 1846, dated 30 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 14 May-29 September 1846. The principal correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1846
Extent:
1 item (55 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 133-207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 133-207
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 84 of 1847, dated 30 September 1847. The enclosures are dated 9 June-11 September 1847. The primary documents are despatches of Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1847
Extent:
1 item (75 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/156/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/2
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 4 ‘Persian Gulf: acts of piracy by Ahmed bin Selman near Katif [Turkish discourtesy to commander of HMS “Lapwing” at Katif]’
Scope & Content:
Part 4 contains correspondence relating to attacks against Bahrain pearling dhows, committed by members of the Beni Hajir tribe and led by an individual named Ahmed bin Selman, in the waters around Bahrain and the Turkish administered territories of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] and El Katr [Qatar]. The part...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1901-12 Aug 1908
Extent:

178 folios

6. IOR/R/15/2/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/514
Title:
‘File 13/5 Assistance to Imperial Airways & Accidents to their Craft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence on a number of different, air-related matters, and is not restricted to air accidents suffered by Imperial Airways aircraft. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent in Bahrain, and the Political Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1933-5 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/739

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/739
Title:
‘File 28/44 Miscellaneous correspondence – Town Major’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence relating to the work of the Town Major (also referred to as the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf) Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) H T Hewitt. The file includes: various advance warnings from Hewitt of field gun exercises, artillery practice, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1942-10 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)