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1. IOR/G/29/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/15
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas, also written as Gomroon] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Marathi
Date Range:
18 Feb 1703-25 Oct 1727
Extent:
2 volumes (270 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/16
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes in one slipcase containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was received...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1728-20 Jun 1744
Extent:

2 volumes (291 folios)

3. IOR/L/MAR/C/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/891
Title:
'Miscellaneous Paper relating to the trade of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a variety of papers relating to trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. The volume is organised into four parts, with contents summarised on folio 4: Papers relating to trade with Suez, 1773-78: proceedings, letters, representations and answers (ff 5-57) Trade wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1773-27 Oct 1813
Extent:
1 volume (197 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/7/706

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/706
Title:
Collection 5/56: ‘Terms of employment of officers lent for service under other Governments. Selection of British officers to organise Ottoman Gendarmerie in Asiatic Turkey. Proposals abandoned.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between officials of the Foreign Office, War Office, India Office, and other diplomatic and administrative staff, and from the Turkish [Ottoman] Ambassador to Great Britain. It concerns proposals, subsequently suspended, for the appointment of British officers to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Apr 1913-4 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3224
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 2. (From 18th October to 10th November 1914 inclusive). War with Turkey Declared 31st October 1914.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 18 October and 10 November 1914. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1914-10 Nov 1914
Extent:
1 volume (83 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/345

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/345
Title:
The East India Company's connection with Turkish Arabia, 1646-1846, Vol 24
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a report by Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government of Bombay's Political and Secret Department, on the East India Company's connection with Turkish Arabia during the period 1646-1846. Also included is a plan of the city of Bussorah [Basra] (f 38).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
1 volume (357 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/18
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, JULY-SEP 1871’, Vol 18
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 3 July-23 September 1871. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 20 Ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1871-23 Sep 1871
Extent:
1 volume (542 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/24
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, JAN-JUNE 1874’, Vol 24
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches tothe Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Edward Charles Ross, PoliticalResident in the Persian Gulf, dated 10 January-25 June 1874. The despatches containenclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the PoliticalResident, dated 20...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Jan 1874-25 Jun 1874
Extent:
1 volume (579 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/162
Title:
File 757/1909 'Persian Gulf:- Turkey and Turkish aggression (Occupation of Zakhnuniyeh Island. Attitude in piracy cases. Mudirs at Zubara, Odaid and Wakra) British Relations with Turkey in Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Turkish occupation of Zakhnuniyah Island, the Ottoman attitude towards piracy cases, and the appointment of officials in Zubara, Odeid and Wakra. The discussion in the volume relates to the Turkish...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)