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61. 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)

62. IOR/R/15/1/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/213
Title:
‘File 5/183 (D 31) Manumission of slaves at Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the volume is related to a number of manumission cases involving Kuwaiti subjects heard between 1907 and 1909, either in Kuwait, or in another of the Political Agencies in the Gulf. A significant proportion of the file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident (Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
22 Oct 1907-18 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/1/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/231
Title:
'File 5/197 I – Absconding of Slaves from Sharja and Henjam'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to two specific incidents of Arab slaves absconding to the Persian territory of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām]. The first incident took place in March 1930, when four slaves absconded from Umm al Qaiwain to Jazīreh-ye Hengām, pursued by a group of armed Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
22 Mar 1930-3 Feb 1934
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/2/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/84
Title:
File 1/13 I Major Head:- Political. Sub:- Head:- Persian pretensions to Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Persian claims to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The correspondence is mainly between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent, Bahrain. Other correspondents include the British Consular Agent, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and the Adviser to the Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Mar 1922-10 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/6/332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/332
Title:
‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. A. PASSPORTS. (1) Persian passports regulations effecting Muscat subjects.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the Iranian Government’s order known as the Tehran order, on treating people arriving at Persian ports from Bahrain, Muscat, Dubai and Oman as Persian subjects. The file also includes petitions raised by Muscat subjects whose passports were seized by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
14 Oct 1928-15 Jun 1929
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/1/41, ff 6-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/41, ff 6-8
Title:
Letter No 1283 of 1826 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to Captain Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire
Scope & Content:
William Newnham encloses an original letter, dated 20 October 1826, from the Governor of Bombay for delivery to the Shaik of Bushire, Abdoor Russool Khan [‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān] with copies in Persian and English for the Resident's information.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
23 Nov 1826
Extent:

3 folios

67. IOR/R/15/2/1866

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1866
Title:
‘File B/10 I (30/12) Miscellaneous Complaints and claims at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation and settlement of several debt recovery claims made against mainly Arab subjects of the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, by merchants of Dubai and Sharjah who are British Indian subjects. The main correspondents are the Political Agent at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Persian, and Sindhi
Date Range:
25 Mar 1933-19 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (340 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/2/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/149
Title:
File 1/A/23 I Activities of the Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the seizure of, or interference with, Arab merchant vessels (dhows, jolly-boats, booms) by ships of the Iranian Navy, and the Iranian (often referred to as the Persian) authorities. The pretext was generally the prevention of smuggling. The correspondence is mainly between the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
8 May 1933-5 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/1/384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/384
Title:
File 26/94 (F 26) Mohammerah; Shaikh Khazal's offer re: building of Ahwaz Consulate
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to plans and a proposal to build a British consulate at Ahwaz. The correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire; David Lorimer and Lieutenant James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking, Vice-Consul and Acting Vice-Consul for Arabistan at Ahwaz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
29 Jan 1905-8 Dec 1909
Extent:
1 volume (143 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/2/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/121
Title:
File 8/2 Public petitions etc. Letters to Major Daly (P.A.) thanking him for his interest in Bahrain affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains a number of petitions (or 'madbatas') written by Bahraini merchants and other Bahrain inhabitants of native, Persian, Nejdi and Indian origin, praising the actions of the Bahrain Political Agent, Major Clive Daly. The original petitions in Arabic and Persian are included, along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
7 Jul 1921-3 Jul 1924
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)