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1. IOR/F/4/1351/53622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1351/53622
Title:
‘Resignation by Major Wilson of the Office of Resident at Bushire & nomination of Dr. McNeill – This appointment subsequently cancelled & Mr. D. A. Blane appointed Resident – Dr. McNeill appointed 1st Assistant to the Envoy in Persia – Memorial from Dr. McNeill to the Court.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The item relates to the appointment of a successor to Major David ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Jun 1825-5 Nov 1832
Extent:

1 item (108 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 31 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
20 Jul 1839-31 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (53 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/413, ff 307-369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/413, ff 307-369
Title:
Letters from Tehran, Turkish Arabia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 113 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842. The enclosures are dated 16 August to 10 September 1842, and consist of copies of the following correspondence: Copi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Oct 1842
Extent:
1 item (63 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/422, ff 302-382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/422, ff 302-382
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 52 of 1843, dated 17 July 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-15 and are dated 31 December 1842 to 14 July 1843. The enclosures mainly consist ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Jul 1843
Extent:
1 item (81 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/23
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, AUG-DEC 1873', Vol 23
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 August-27 December 1873, forwarding copies of his despatches to the Secretary to the Government of India, For...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Aug 1873-27 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 volume (510 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/134/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/134/1
Title:
File 395/1908 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Katif; British-Indian commercial interests at Katif '
Scope & Content:
Part 1 contains correspondence relating to the treatment of British-Indian traders at the port of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]. The correspondence is mostly between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mar 1904-Nov 1910
Extent:
1 item (98 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/197
Title:
File 6/1912 Parts 1-2 Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz. A lack of central authority in the region had led to lawlessness along many of the roads, including that between Bushire and Shiraz. The papers cover the British respon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 volume (489 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/456
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to explo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/457
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1902-28 July 1914
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/664
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 13 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying service; Shatt al-Arab Conservancy Board'
Scope & Content:
This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the possibility of control of buoying and lighting in the Persian Gulf being transferred to the Government of P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Jun 1928-9 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (338 folios)