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1. IOR/R

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R
Title:
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Scope & Content:
The main areas of origin for the records in IOR/R are India, Nepal, Burma, Malaysia, China, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, Egypt, and Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Malay, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1623-1985
Extent:
c 38,000 files / volumes, 1370 boxes

2. IOR/R/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/9
Title:
Malacca Records
Scope & Content:
The records originally comprised 36 boxes of Orphan Chamber records, 54 boxes of records of the College of Justice, 1 box of the records of the Political Council, and 7 boxes of miscellanies. For the most part the records are written Dutch. The bulk relates to the period 1785-1825 i.e. the last y...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Malay, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1685-1835
Extent:
98 boxes (899 files)

3. IOR/R/9/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/9/12
Title:
Estate Papers, Accounts and Inventories
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1743-1827
Extent:
42 files

4. IOR/R/9/12/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/9/12/35
Title:
Estate papers of the late Charles Marc Chauvassaigne, Captain of the Esperance
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1821-30 Jun 1823
Extent:
1 file

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/15/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/6
Title:
Vol 6 Diary of the Proceedings of the Resident at the Honble Company's Factory of Bushire
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of chronological entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received and notes on the arrival and departure of vessels at Bushire. The Resident during the period covered was Jonathan Henry Lovett; frequent mention is also made early in the volume of Lovett's pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1803-29 Dec 1803
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10
Title:
Vol 10 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808
Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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