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1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/1/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121
Title:
Vol 166: 1850 Persia
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters written and received by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Most of the letters written by Hennell are addressed to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
7 Jan 1850-27 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 volume, 94 items (226 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 117-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 117-126
Title:
Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Camp Near Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns the Agent at Shiraz, Meerza Mahmood, and the matter of a gold watch which formerly belonged to the late Mr Tasker. Justin Sheil refers to Samuel Hennell's despatch, no. 273, dated 15 July 1850, in which Hennell stated that Mr Tasker had two or three watches. Sheil states tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Aug 1850
Extent:
10 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/159
Title:
Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to British forces sent to Bushire during the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: Major-General Foster Stalker (later James Outram), Commander of British Forces in Persia; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay; Ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
4 Oct 1856-24 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)