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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language French Place Zanzibar, Zanzibar Island, Africa

1. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 1093-1244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 1093-1244
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 56 of 1840, dated 22 August 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-45 and are dated 6 April to 22 August 1840. The enclosures mostly consist of cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1840
Extent:
1 item (151 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 66-81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 66-81
Title:
Zanzibar Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 10 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 29 November 1859-3 January 1860. Received 5 April 1860. The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Mar 1860
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 264-285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 264-285
Title:
Zanzibar Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 24 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 7 June 1860. The Enclosures are dated 13 April-30 May 1860. Received 12 July 1860. The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, concer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1860
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/68/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/67
Title:
Map Indicating Routes of Navigation Around the Harbour of Zanzibar and the Surrounding Islands
Scope & Content:
Manuscript map used to illustrate routes of navigation around the harbour of Zanzibar [Zanzibar City] and the surrounding islands. The map indicates the coastline and coastal waters to a distance of two miles offshore, and portrays coastal and inland hydrography, vegetation, hachuring on coastal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
between 1795-1810
Extent:

1 map sheet

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B84
Title:
Further Papers respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to monitor and prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa. The correspondence dates from March 1869 to October 1869. Of particular interest are the following folios: Folio 71 - French Government boat r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Oct 1869
Extent:

1 volume (25 folios)