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11. IOR/R/15/1/1-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence received ('letters inward') and sent ('letters outward') by the Political Residency, Bushire. Much of the early correspondence is with the East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]; later with the Government of Bombay in its various departments, other Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1763-1849
Extent:
118 files and volumes

12. IOR/R/15/1/119-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119-198
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Political Residency, Bushire. The volumes are bound in subject compilations. The records are as follows: IOR/R/15/1/119-144: subject compilations, 1850-1855; IOR/R/15/1/145-179: subject compilations, 1854-1863; IOR/R/15/1/180-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1850-1918
Extent:
80 volumes

13. 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

14. IOR/R/15/1/704 (Sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/704 (Sub-series)
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: papers concerning relations between Russia and Persia, 1837-1875
Scope & Content:
The records consist of a single volume of collected correspondence relating to political and miltary contacts between Russia and Persia during the period 1837-1875. A note towards the front of the volume bears the signature of Lewis Pelly. The papers fall into three divisions: papers relating to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1860-1910
Extent:

1 volume (173 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/1/705-708

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/705-708
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: additional subject files
Scope & Content:
These additional subject files are on four separate and unrelated topics: (financial matters) a volume of completed statements of monthly expenditure incurred by the Khorramshar Office under the Annual Office Allowance and other contract grants, including the Annual Launch Allowance, for 1940-4...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1923-1947
Extent:
4 files and volumes (795 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/1/709-748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/709-748
Title:
Political Residency and Political Agency, Bahrain reference libraries: miscellaneous prints and publications
Scope & Content:
The records consist of miscellaneous official prints and publications from the reference libraries of the Political Residency, Bushire (from 1946 Bahrain), and the Political Agency, Bahrain. The records include Persian Gulf Administration Reports for the years 1883-1947; gazetteers of the Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1856-1954
Extent:
50 files and volumes (5023 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/1/749-758

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/749-758
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: further additional papers
Scope & Content:
The records consist of unrelated miscellaneous additional records of the Political Residency, Bushire (from 1946, Bahrain). The records are as follows: IOR/R/15/1/749: Oil Concessions, 1933 - c. 1964; IOR/R/15/1/750: Government of Bahrain Administration Report for 1926-1937, and Annual Reports ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1884-c 1964
Extent:

14 files and volumes

18. IOR/R/15/2/917-924

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/917-924
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Special Papers
Scope & Content:
The sub-series comprises circulars, notifications, telegrams, correspondence and invitations to and from the Political Agent at Bahrain. The communications relate to administration, finance, personnel management, naval matters, wartime intelligence, and leave allowances of the Agency and its sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
8 files (553 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/925-937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/925-937
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Information Files
Scope & Content:
The thirteen surviving Information Files contain correspondence, reports and guidance relating to the following topics: British intelligence gathering in the Middle East, 1939-1943; the monitoring of anti-British news reporting in Arabic newspapers and radio broadcasts in the Gulf States, 1934-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
13 files (266 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/946-962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/946-962
Title:
Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
Scope & Content:
The English Office files comprise 18 unrelated files on topics and matters affecting Bahrain including: administration and finance - including administration reports for Bahrain, official Government of India communications, use of cypher codes, and the process of administrating claims against de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1951
Extent:
18 files and volumes (2020 folios)