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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/R/15/1/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/41
Title:
'Book 47: 1826-1827'
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters and enclosures inwards from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, to Captain Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire between 1826 and 1827. There are letters relating to Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, the former Governor o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
3 Nov 1826-28 Apr 1827
Extent:
1 file, 9 items (33 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/66
Title:
Vol 87: Translation Book, 1834 (Native Letters Inward)
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of substances of, and translations of native letters (i.e. correspondence in Arabic or Persian) sent to the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The majority of these are from various native agents serving the British in the Gulf at Bahrein [Bahrain], Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
8 Jan 1834-28 Dec 1834
Extent:
1 volume, (145 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/119-144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119-144
Title:
Subject compilations: letters received and letters sent
Scope & Content:
From 1850 onwards letters received and letters sent were arranged under general subject headings, e.g. Arabian Coast and Persian Gulf, Slave Trade, Commercial and General etc; correspondence in each section was then bound chronologically. Separate volumes of secret correspondence and Native lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
26 volumes