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1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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