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1. IOR/G/29/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/20
Title:
PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773
Scope & Content:
These three volumes contain correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Basra from 17 January 1753 to 17 August 1773. The individual parts are as follows: IOR/G/29/20/1 (17 January 1753-19 April 1765); IOR/G/29/20/2 (20 April 1765-24 August 1766); IOR/G/29/20/3 (2 S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1753-17 Aug 1773
Extent:

3 volumes (550 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/21
Title:
Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pts 1-3
Scope & Content:
These volumes contain correspondence between the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] and the Court of Directors of the Company in London, as well as the Bacha of Bagdat [Pasha of Baghdad], the Zand rulers of Persia [Iran], and the British Ambassador at the Porte [Ottoman Empire] from 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jan 1774-1 Dec 1783
Extent:

3 volumes (549 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/23
Title:
Factory Records, Persia, Vol 23
Scope & Content:
This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 22 November 1792 and 11 January 1799, and includes material relating to: The negotiations between the Factor, Harford Jones, and the Bacha of Bagdad [Pāshā of Baghdad, also spelt Bagdat in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1792-11 Jan 1799
Extent:
1 volume (747 folios)

4. IOR/L/MAR/B/425E

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/B/425E
Title:
Europa: Journal
Scope & Content:
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Europa from England to Bombay, and back (Captain William Applegath), 28 February 1782-6 August 1785 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Motherbank [off Portsmouth], 11 September 1782; 26 November 1782, Bay of All...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1782-8 Aug 1785
Extent:
1 file (193 folios)

5. IOR/L/MAR/B/454C-E

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/B/454C-E
Title:
Mercury: Journal
Scope & Content:
Journal of the East India Company ship the Mercury by Augustus Joseph Applegarth, Chief Mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay, Madras, Bengal and the Persian Gulf and back, between 21 November 1777 and 19 June 1784 (Captain George Forbes). The journal contains daily...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1777-19 Jun 1784
Extent:
2 volumes (332 folios)

6. IOR/L/MAR/B/666A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/B/666A
Title:
Compton: Journal
Scope & Content:
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Compton from England to Bombay [Mumbai] (Captain William Mawson). The Compton departed from the Downs on 1 April 1723, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 23 August 1723, Bombay;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1722-9 Apr 1726
Extent:
1 volume (101 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/8
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 31. JAN. 1793 TO 21. JUNE 1803 VOL 8'
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Resident and Factor at Bussora [Basra], Samuel Manesty. The letters are dated 31 January 1793-21 June 1803 and the date each letter was received is recorded on the back of it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1793-21 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 volume (609 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/9
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 7. MAR. 1803 TO 31. MAR. 1811. MR MANESTY & HIS ASSISTANT. VOL. 9.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, mostly to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and mainly from the Resident at Busssora [Basra, also spelled Bussarah in this volume], Samuel Manesty, and the following, successively in temporary charge of the Bussora Residency (a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1803-6 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B165
Title:
Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905
Scope & Content:
The report, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled by Captain Edward Willoughby Sandys Mahon, Royal Engineer on 24 July 1905 to identify places suitable as termini of the Baghdad Railway. He advises Bussorah [Basra] as the best place, for strategic and commercial reasons. The r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1905
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)