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1. IOR/F/4/1880/79880

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1880/79880
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Abolition of the Slave Trade in the Principal ports of-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The item relates to attempts by the Government of Bombay to suppress the trade in enslaved ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Sep 1837-28 Feb 1841
Extent:

1 item (150 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2504/142198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2504/142198
Title:
‘Persian Gulf Relative to the conduct of Nakodah and crew of a Boat belonging to the port of Bushire-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
5 Jul 1852-11 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/391
Title:
‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 29
Scope & Content:
The volume contains enclosures to despatches, and abstracts of contents of despatches, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into eight items: Removal of the Embargo Placed on the Vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm Shaikh ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Gujarati, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Jan 1841-1 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 volume (737 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/391, ff 382-731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/391, ff 382-731
Title:
Affairs in India and Elsewhere
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay's Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 8 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 2 November 1840 to 1 February 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, Gujarati, and Marathi
Date Range:
31 Jan 1841
Extent:
1 item (350 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1444
Title:
Coll 1/2 'Administrative policy: arrangements for achievement of Imperial purposes at Aden; transfer of administration to Government of India (from Government of Bombay)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of Bombay to the Government of India, and the institution of Aden as a Chief Commissionership. The following subjects are discussed: the position of Aden in regard to Britain's imperial purposes; the history of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Gujarati
Date Range:
11 Mar 1931-23 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (436 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/214
Title:
‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire Political Residency staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
18 Jan 1913-31 Jan 1938
Extent:

One volume (158 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/172
Title:
File 1/A/48 IV FOOD SUPPLIES.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the availability of food supplies in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast, at a time when rationing and a quota system for imports had been introduced as a result of the Second World War (1939-45). The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield);...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Gujarati
Date Range:
27 Jul 1942-1 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (330 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1224
Title:
File 6/14 II Adviser (C.D. Belgrave) and Director of Customs (C.C.L. de Grenier): Trust Fund with Eastern Bank Ltd
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence connected to trust funds established for the Director of Customs (Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier) and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave). The majority of the papers are receipts, covering letters, and letters of acknowledge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and Gujarati
Date Range:
1 Dec 1934-16 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (263 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1227
Title:
File 6/17 I Bahrain Government Proclamations, Notices (Public), etc.
Scope & Content:
The file contains proclamations and public notices issued by the Government of Bahrain. The notices are mostly in Arabic with brief or full translations in English given for many. They are concerned with a wide range of matters relating to boating, driving, trade and pricing, customs, travel doc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and Gujarati
Date Range:
7 May 1926-8 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 file (161 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1365
Title:
File 11/1 Correspondence re - SLAVE TRAFFIC AND Kidnapping etc: of Slaves (including Proclamations)
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of covering letters and extracts of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation sent between 1926 and 1938. The letters were sent by Political Residency staff to British representatives in the political agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait. The file contains five copies of the ex...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, and Urdu
Date Range:
20 Apr 1926-13 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)