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31. IOR/R/15/2/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/162
Title:
File 1/A/39 I GUN RUNNING and PIRACY
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns gun-running and piracy in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Hugh Weightman); the Residency Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1934-4 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 volume (331 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/2/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/163
Title:
File 1/A/39 II GUN-RUNNING AND PIRACY.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns gun-running and piracy in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Muscat; and the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (SNOPG). The papers c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1938-11 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/2/1381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1381
Title:
‘File 12/11 Piracy. (1) Alleged piracy in Muscat territory of boom belonging to Ibrahim bin Juma Doi, merchant of Muharraq Bahrain (2) Jolliboat No. 1495 BN belonging to Mohamed bin Amin of Muharraq reported missing since 2 June 1935’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to at least two alleged or suspected cases of piracy. The first case in the file (case number 2 in the file title) comprises a letter from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1935-24 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/5/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/51
Title:
File 14/1 'Piracies & Irregularities at Sea'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation and prosecution of nine cases of piracy by the Political Agent, Kuwait. These cases concern attacks by Arab, Persian and Somali pirates, mainly on Kuwaiti cargo and passenger boats, their passengers and crew, in the Persian Gulf and o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1907-10 Jan 1914
Extent:
1 file (301 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/5/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/177
Title:
File 3/7 PIRACY in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of robbery, which have reportedly been committed by Persian subjects (referred to in the file as pirates) in the Shatt-al-Arab, against Kuwaiti sailing boats, including those belonging to the Kuwait Water Supply Company. The file includes copies of correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1943-19 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/6/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/210
Title:
File 8/22 Muscat State Affairs. Khasab: Sheikh Hassan Shihuh
Scope & Content:
This file relates to a reported act of piracy near Lima [Ra’s Līmā’]. The correspondence describes an incident in which a cargo boat travelling from Karachi was reportedly plundered by a group of armed Baluchi men. The main correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Musca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-2 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/6/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/419
Title:
File 13/3 'SLAVERY & SLAVE RUNNING: MIRZA BIN BARKAT'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the slave trade at Fujairah and the piratical activities of Mirza ibn Barkat. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Kuwait; and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1941-23 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 volume (131 folios)

38. Mss Eur F126/36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/36
Title:
Drafts of letters and memoranda on Gulf affairs
Scope & Content:
The letters and memos give details of Pelly's duties and responsibilities as the Resident in the Persian Gulf. Information given includes indications of the time spent both at and away from the residency itself at Bushire; the role of the residency in suppressing piracy and promoting trade; and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:

1 file, 12 items, (29 folios)

39. Mss Eur F126/38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38
Title:
Letter book of official letters, mainly between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The correspondence contained in the letter book relates primarily to affairs in Muscat from 1866 to 1868 during which time the Sultan of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said died, allegedly killed by his son Salim II bin Thuwaini who subsequently seized power in Muscat before being overthrown in 1868 by hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1865-24 Apr 1869
Extent:

1 volume, 83 items (186 folios)

40. Mss Eur F126/40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40
Title:
Manuscript copies of correspondence between Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay.
Scope & Content:
Copies of official correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent at Muscat (Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Captain George Andrew Atkinson) and the Secretaries to the Government of India (Charle...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1864-8 Jul 1872
Extent:

1 file, 21 items (73 folios)