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1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/1/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/151
Title:
Vol 211 Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57, following Persia's attempts on Herat. The letters cover a period when the British had an expeditionary force camped outside Bushire while Persian troops were amassed at Borazjoon [Borazjan] and Mohammerah [Korramsha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Jan 1857-2 May 1857
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/177
Title:
Vol 278 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume's correspondence and other papers document British officials' attempts to suppress the slave trade in the Gulf, and their procedures for dealing with liberated slaves. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Felix Jones), Henry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
27 Apr 1858-16 Jan 1862
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/172
Title:
Vol 261 Squadron and Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters written and received by James Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Aside from Jones, the two most prominent correspondents are Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and Commodore Griffith Jenkins, Commander of the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
25 Feb 1858-24 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 volume (94 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/146
Title:
Political Department 1854/55 Bushire Residency Persia and Persian Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters mainly received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding Persia and the Persian coast of the Gulf, from the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay Castle. There are also two documents which become part of the file at a later stage, in 1856; they were both proclama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1854-Dec 1856
Extent:
1 file, 6 items (51 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/171
Title:
Vol 259 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume's correspondence and other papers document British officials' attempts to suppress the slave trade in the Gulf, and their procedures for dealing with liberated slaves. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain (James) Felix Jones)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
18 Nov 1857-30 Nov 1861
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/156
Title:
Persia
Scope & Content:
The file is in two sections. The first section contains correspondence and the minutes of a public meeting regarding desecration of British graves at Bushire by some Persians, covering attempts to secure agreement with Persian authorities to respect the sanctity of such things and permission to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
31 Dec 1857-12 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/170
Title:
'Book 257 1857-1861' Vol 257 Persia; including `Narrative of Events connected with Persia and Persian Coast, 1856/57, 1857/58 by Lt Disbrowe, Assistant Resident'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence file containing a narrative of the events of the War with Persia (1856-1857) from the perspective of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, and his assistant Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe. Also contained within the file are copies of cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
27 Mar 1857-7 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 file, 2 items (126 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/174
Title:
Vol 263: Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns Britain's Persian Expeditionary Force and the state of relations between the British and the Persians following the end of the Anglo-Persian War. The volume contains letters written and received by a range of correspondents, including the following: Lieutenant-Gen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
17 Jun 1857-30 Jul 1858
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/170, ff 68-125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/170, ff 68-125
Title:
'Persia - Head II - Subject 14'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the Persian Gulf Political Residency's responsibilities with regard to maritime peace; its relations with Persia and discussing in particular recent disorder on the Persian Coast and the decision of the Persian Authorities to cooperate for their suppression. Folio 122 i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
16 Jun 1859-7 Dec 1861
Extent:
58 folios