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1. IOR/R/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15
Title:
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
These records are the archives of the British Residency at Bushire, 1763-1948; and of the Political Agencies at Bahrain, 1899-1951; Sharjah, 1930-51; Kuwait, 1904-49; and Muscat, 1828-1951; these dates being those for which archives survive, which are not necessarily those during which the posts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1763-1951
Extent:
c 15,350 volumes and files

2. IOR/R/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire
Scope & Content:
There are considerable gaps within the series owing to periodic weeding processes. The files and volumes may be divided as follows: (1) 1763-1849 (IOR/R/15/1/1-118) Separate series of letters received and letters sent contain correspondence mainly with Basra and later with Government of Bomb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1763-1948
Extent:
c 758 files

3. IOR/R/15/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1
Title:
Vol 1 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1763-6 Dec 1788
Extent:
2 volumes in one slipcase (453 items (249 folios))

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/1/1-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence received ('letters inward') and sent ('letters outward') by the Political Residency, Bushire. Much of the early correspondence is with the East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]; later with the Government of Bombay in its various departments, other Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1763-1849
Extent:
118 files and volumes

6. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 1-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 1-1v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter outlines Moore's current stance with regard to the disputes between Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand] and the Sheikhs of Bushire and Bahreen [Bahrain]. The fear of a Persian attack on Bushire is mentioned, Bushire's supplying of the Ormuse [Hormuz] Expedition is praised, and the visit by S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1767
Extent:

1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 2-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 2-2v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the loss of The Defiance and the wills of William Bowyear and Dymoke Lyster, both of whom died in the accident. The appointment of John Yoakly Botham as temporary assistant at Bushire is announced. Pleasure is expressed at the news of the withdrawal of Persian troops from aro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1767
Extent:

1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 3-3v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 3-3v
Title:
Letter from Thomas Hodges, the Company Governor at Bombay, and Peter Elwin Wrench, Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, Benjamin Jervis, Thomas Mostyn, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Factors at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a cover for a supply of stationery, Company accounts (not present), and an enclosed letter from Thomas Hodges, Company Governor at Bombay, to Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand], the ruler of Persia. A copy of the letter from Thomas Hodges to Karim Khan is included with this item. The le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1767
Extent:

1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 4-4v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 4-4v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses relations with Carim Caun [Karim Khan], specifically how they may have been affected by Stephen Hermit visiting Carrack (Kharg Island). The letter also sets out new rules regarding the certification for private vessels and the flying of the English flag, with a new pass syste...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1767
Extent:

1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/1 f 5-5v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1 f 5-5v
Title:
Letter from Henry Moore and George Skipp, East India Company Agents at Bussora [Basra], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses recent affairs in the region, including: Shaik Sadoon's [Shaykh Sa‘dūn, of Bushire] reception at Carim Caun's [Karim Khan] court in Schiras [Shiraz] and the current dispute between the two; William Bowyear's recent death; the news that the Chaub's [Ka‘b tribe] gallivats (a t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1768
Extent:

1 folio

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