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21. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 414
Title:
Letter no.274 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of Kemball's previous letter (folios 394-95), relating to the importation of seven slaves into a port near Bushire. Malet writes that, unless the men implicated in the importation are British subjects, they are not liable to British laws. Given that they appear to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
18 Jan 1854
Extent:
1 folio

22. 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)

23. 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)

24. IOR/R/15/1/186

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/186
Title:
25 File 624 Biographical histories of noteworthy persons; information collected from officials at Muscat, Makran Coast, Gwadar
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a collection of biographies of 'noteworthy persons' within the political jurisdiction of the Residency in the Persian Gulf. There is some limited correspondence related to the collection of this information, which includes applications made by Edward Charles Ross, Political R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1852-May 1884
Extent:
1 volume (430 folios)

25. 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)

26. IOR/R/15/1/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/197
Title:
'B.11 668-II Sirri Island'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence mostly concerning the island of Sirri [Sirrī], as well as other Persian Gulf islands, including Tanb [Ṭanb] and Lesser Tanb, Farur [Farūr] and Lesser Farur, Dalmah [Dalmā], Halul island [Ḥālūl], Sir Abu Nu'ayr [Ṣīr Abū Nu‘ayr], and Sir Bani Yas [Ṣīr Banī Yās]. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
31 May 1904-25 Oct 1910
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/1/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/196
Title:
'Sirri Island Occupation by the Persian Govt. 1887-1902'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the Persian claim to the island of Sirrī, as well as their claim to and occupation of that place. In addition there is information concerning rival claims by Trucial Coast rulers, details concerning Dubai pearl divers on the island and details concern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
18 Sep 1887-27 Jun 1902
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

28. 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)