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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B11
Title:
Memorandum on Expenses of Zanzibar Consulate, &c.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum explaining the deadlock between the India and Foreign Offices regarding the expenses of the Zanzibar Agency. With quotations from correspondence, the text gives an outline of the principal events since 1861 to document a historical disagreement between the departments over the princi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1874
Extent:

7 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B407
Title:
Slavery in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the extent of slavery in the Persian Gulf, and the measures undertaken by his Majesty's Government to combat it. Covering: introduction outlining the legal status of slavery; treaty engagements of the Arab States of the Gulf, including Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26
Title:
Vol 26: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce. However, much of the content has been weeded, and is no longer present in the file; this is indicated by gaps in the file's pagination sequence. The remaining content includes some instructions to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1822-1 Dec 1822
Extent:
1 volume, 5 items (38 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/5
Title:
Slave Trade Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1872-14 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)