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1. IOR/R/15/1/199-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-234
Title:
File 5: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The majority of the Slave Trade subject files contain papers relating to the manumission of slaves or kidnapping incidents, heard by the Political Residency, and received from the Political Agencies in Bahrain (1924-43) and Muscat (1921-42), and the Native Agent at Sharjah (1921-40). The rest of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1892-1943
Extent:
36 files and volumes (9,000 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/199-703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-703
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
Scope & Content:
The records consist of subject files of the Political Residency, Bushire (from 1946, Bahrain). The records are arranged as follows: IOR/R/15/1/199-234: File 5: Slave Trade, 1892-1943; IOR/R/15/1/235-236: File 9: Arms and Ammunition, 1910-1932; IOR/R/15/1/237-238: File 13: Miscellaneous, 1912-19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kanarese, Marathi, Persian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
506 files and volumes

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1826
Title:
File A/2 II Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file is correspondence relating to about forty-eight manumission applications, most of which were made at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Some applications are made with the Residency Agent at Sharjah, and forwarded to the Agency at Bahrain for submission to the Political Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
20 Dec 1934-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (349 folios)

5. ST 393

Reference (shelfmark):
ST 393
Title:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The Transactions cover the following geographic regions: India, the Middle East (especially Arabia and the Persian Gulf), East Africa (including Zanzibar), and Japan. The subjects covered by the Transactions include the following: geography; meteorology; languages; travel and exploration; histo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, German, Kanarese, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1836-1873
Extent:
20 volumes (approximately 6245 pages)

6. ST 393, vol 7

Reference (shelfmark):
ST 393, vol 7
Title:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May 1844 to December 1846. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VII.
Scope & Content:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May 1844 to December 1846. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VII. Publication details: Bombay: Printed at The Times' Press, by James Chesson, 1846. Copy of an inscription said to be in the ancient Canarese [Kanada] language: page 128a. With ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Kanarese
Date Range:
1844-1846
Extent:
1 volume (300 pages)