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1191. IOR/R/15/1/10-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10-37
Title:
Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain transcribed copies of letters received and sent by the Residency at Bushire, arranged separately in roughly annual volumes. There is almost complete coverage of both inward and outward correspondence for the years 1806-1826, but a number of volumes are incomplete. The corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1806-1826
Extent:
28 volumes (2757 folios)

1192. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 91
Title:
Letter from Adrian Dupre and Camille Alphonse Trezel, Bushire to Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is written in French with a note in English on the verso side. It concerns the arrival of two French officers (i.e. the authors) at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Mar 1808
Extent:

1 folio

1193. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 78-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 78-84
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Captain John Ferrier, Commanding His Majesty's Ships and Vessels off Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding all the intelligence the Resident possesses concerning the plans and activities of the French from this quarter, with special attention given to information on two French officers travelling through the Gulf. It also requests that the Captain orders the HCC Teignmouth to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Mar 1808
Extent:

7 folios

1194. IOR/R/15/1/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34
Title:
Vol 36: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence addressed to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Ephraim Gerrish Stannus. The subject matter covered includes British trade in the Persian Gulf, the settling of disputes between signatories of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf 1820, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jul 1824-2 Dec 1824
Extent:
1 volume, 14 items (80 folios)

1195. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 35-53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 35-53
Title:
Letter No 1249 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy of the Political Agent at Bussora's [Basra] dispatch to the Bombay Government, and a copy of the Chief Secretary's reply. The item therefore has three enclosures: 1 - Letter from Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Bussora to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Nov 1824
Extent:

19 folios

1196. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 54-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 54-79
Title:
Letter No 1323 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding correspondence related to the cession of Bombassa [Mombasa] to the British Government, and the related actions of Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen. It notes that Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd's (Imam of Muscat) claim to the island appears questionable, but that he has reason...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Dec 1824
Extent:

26 folios

1197. IOR/R/15/1/38-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of separate volumes of letters inward and outward; secret letters inward and outward; and 'native letters' inward and outward (also referred to as 'translation books': letters from Native Agents at Bahrain, Shiraz, Sharjah, Muscat, and elsewhere, and local rulers and official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1826-1849
Extent:
81 files and volumes (7642 folios)

1198. IOR/R/15/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/81
Title:
Book 111: Letters Inward 1839
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a few letters addressed to Samuel Hennell, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The main authors being Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Persia, based at Erzeroom; George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Naval Squa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1839-26 May 1839
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

1199. IOR/R/15/1/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/104
Title:
Vol 147 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters received by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, in 1844. Most letters are from British naval officers in the Persian Gulf Squadron, reporting on maritime affairs along the Trucial Coast in 1844 (folios 2-3, 7-14, 16-21, 37...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Feb 1844-24 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

1200. IOR/R/15/1/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/110
Title:
‘Book 153 1847’ Vol 153 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire between January and November 1847, mainly from the following British officials: Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, British Envoy at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran; Henry Wel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
7 Jan 1847-8 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

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