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1. IOR/R/15/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1
Title:
Vol 1 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1763-6 Dec 1788
Extent:
2 volumes in one slipcase (453 items (249 folios))

2. IOR/R/15/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3
Title:
Vol 3 Letters Outward (from Bushire)
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent outwards from the Residency in Bushire between 1778 and 1787. The majority of the letters are sent to East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Letters are also sent to numerous ship captains and a limited number are sent to local rulers. The letters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1778-22 Sep 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 252 items (180 pages)

3. IOR/R/15/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/4
Title:
Vol 4 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
This volume is a letter book which is comprised of contemporaneous copies of letters received at the Residency at Bushire between 1779 and 1787. Most of the letters are from East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Many of the letters from Bombay also include enclosed letters ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1778-28 Jan 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 133 items (61 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/5
Title:
Vol 5 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters in this file are written by Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], who was the Native Agent at Bushire from October 1798 to January 1803, although there are also a significant number of letters received by him. Other correspondents include: Samuel Manesty, Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1801-14 Feb 1803
Extent:
1 volume, 79 items (56 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/6
Title:
Vol 6 Diary of the Proceedings of the Resident at the Honble Company's Factory of Bushire
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of chronological entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received and notes on the arrival and departure of vessels at Bushire. The Resident during the period covered was Jonathan Henry Lovett; frequent mention is also made early in the volume of Lovett's pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1803-29 Dec 1803
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/7
Title:
Vol 7 Diary of the Proceedings of the Resident at the Honble Companys Factory of Bushier [Bushire]
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of chronological entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received, and notes on the arrival and departure of vessels at Bushire. The Resident during the period covered was William Bruce (acting). The correspondence sent is entered under the date the letter ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1804-11 Aug 1805
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/8
Title:
Vol 8 Bushier [Bushire] Records 1805 & 1806
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of chronological diary entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received, and notes on the arrival and departure of vessels at Bushire. The Resident during the period covered was William Bruce (acting). The correspondence sent is entered under the date the l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1805-26 Jan 1806
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/9
Title:
Vol 9 Bushire Diary
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of chronological diary entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received, and notes on the arrival and departure of vessels at Bushire. The Residents during the period covered were William Bruce (acting) and (from May 1807) Nicholas Hankey Smith. The corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1806-27 May 1807
Extent:
2 volumes (241 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10
Title:
Vol 10 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808
Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/11
Title:
VOL 11 LETTERS INWARD AND OUTWARD
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The two other occupants of the Residency during this period were Andrew Jukes, Surgeon, and Stephen Babington. Corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1808-22 Dec 1811
Extent:
1 volume, 98 items (48 folios)