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1. IOR/R/15/1/119-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119-198
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Political Residency, Bushire. The volumes are bound in subject compilations. The records are as follows: IOR/R/15/1/119-144: subject compilations, 1850-1855; IOR/R/15/1/145-179: subject compilations, 1854-1863; IOR/R/15/1/180-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1850-1918
Extent:
80 volumes

2. IOR/R/15/1/145-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/145-179
Title:
Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence sent and received by the Residency at Bushire. The holders of the office of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (permanent or acting) during the period were Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Captain (James) Felix Jones, Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Malayalam, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1854-1863
Extent:
35 volumes (5657 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160
Title:
‘Vol 239 Miscellaneous general and secret correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains miscellaneous correspondence sent to and from the Residency. The principal correspondents are Captain (James) Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Topics covered include: news of the death of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Hindustani, and Malayalam
Date Range:
19 Feb 1857-3 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 volume (13 items, 36 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 10-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 10-23
Title:
Memorandum no.368 from the Chief Secretary [to Government], to the Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is a covering letter, distributing copies to the Residency in English, Hindustani and Malayalam, of Act no.21 of 1858, ‘for the regulation of Native Passenger Ships and Steam Vessels intended to convey Passengers on coasting voyages’, between India, and the Red Sea and Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Hindustani, and Malayalam
Date Range:
17 Sep 1858
Extent:
14 folios

5. IOR/R/15/5/43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/43-44
Title:
File 11: [Ceremonials]
Scope & Content:
The volume and the file forming the 'Ceremonials' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The 'Ceremonials' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Rulers of Kuwait, discussing honours and titles to be granted, and infor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Hindustani
Date Range:
1907-1929
Extent:

1 volume and 1 file (23 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/44
Title:
File 11/7 Death of King Edward VII and Accession of George V & Misc: Court Mourning
Scope & Content:
The file contains notifications from the Government of India, and correspondence between the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agency in Kuwait; informing of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Hindustani
Date Range:
7 May 1910-6 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)