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1. IOR/F/4/746/20306

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/746/20306
Title:
‘Slave Trade at Zanzibar the Mauritius etc’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay; the Governor of Mauritius, Robert Farquhar; Captain Fairfax Moresby of H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 March 1819-6 Feb 1823
Extent:
1 item (170 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/913/25778

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/913/25778
Title:
‘Proceedings connected with the concessions made by the Imaum of Muscat for the suppression of the Slave Trade with Europeans vol 2’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of three items on Muscat and the slave trade (the others are IOR/F/4/913/25777 and IOR/F/4/914/25779). The princip...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1821-26 Dec 1823
Extent:
1 item (140 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 264-289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 264-289
Title:
Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 67 of 1847, dated 2 August 1847. The enclosure is dated 28 May 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 6 April 1847). The primary docu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Aug 1847
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 441-463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 441-463
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 77 of 1847, dated 4 September 1847. The enclosures are dated 26 July 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 1 April 1847). The primar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Sep 1847
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 215-260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 215-260
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 103 of 1847, dated 27 December 1847. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 14 October 1847. The enclosure consists of a copy of a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 December 1847
Extent:
1 item (46 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B22a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B22a
Title:
Italian Proceedings on the African Coast of the Red Sea.
Scope & Content:
A paper written in continuation of a previous memorandum regarding the Italian Occupation of Assab Bay [IOR/L/PS/18/B22], which brings the story up to date. The first section describes the course of events at and around Assab from May 1880 to September 1881, including protests made by the Egypt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Sep 1881
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)

9. 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)

10. 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)