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11. IOR/L/PS/9/68/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/174
Title:
Copy of Dispatch No. 6 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
Scope & Content:
Copy of dispatch No. 6 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 20 April 1818. The letter reports the determination of the Shah of Persia, Fath-ʻAlī Shāh Qājār, encouraged by the Prince Royal [Cro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1818
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/9/68/175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/175
Title:
Copy of Dispatch No. 10 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
Scope & Content:
Copy of dispatch No. 10 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 10 May 1818. The letter concerns the determination of the Shah of Persia to send a Persian embassy to Britain, detailing Willock’s ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1818
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/9/68/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/176
Title:
Copy of Dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh
Scope & Content:
Copy of dispatch No. 12 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 23 May 1818. The letter reports Henry Willock’s appointment of his assistant, George Willock, to accompany and act as translator fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1818
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/18/C137C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137C
Title:
Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines how circumstances in Southern Persia have led to the British reinforcing their consular guards at Bander Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bushire, Isphanan [Eşfahān], and Kerman. The focus is on reinforcement of the guard at Shiraz, and in particular, an attack on a British carav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
4 folios

15. IOR/P/525 Dec 1874 nos 05-09

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Dec 1874 nos 05-09
Title:
Precautions taken due to apparent plague outbreak in Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 371-72. Government of India forward to the Government of the Punjab copy extracts from the Aden News Report, plus translated letter from Sheikh Esaw Ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrain, advising that as a precaution against plague transmission, pilgrims will be prevented from entering Mecca.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1874
Extent:
2 pages

16. IOR/P/525 Sep 1875 nos 71-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Sep 1875 nos 71-75
Title:
Measures to address the condition of poor pilgrims at Jeddah, and travelling to and from Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 521-23. Communication between Brigadier-General J Schneider, Political Resident at Aden, Captain G Beyts, Consul at Jeddah, and the Secretary of State for India, regarding the payment of passage for poor pilgrims by the wealthy without making provision for their subsistence at Jeddah and Mecca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1875-Jul 1875
Extent:
3 pages

17. IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21
Title:
Government enquiry into the supposed practice of wealthy Muslims providing for the poor to make pilgrimage to Mecca without sufficiently providing for their journey back or subsistence
Scope & Content:
pp 397-473. Following receipt of a report from the British Council in Jeddah that many pilgrims do not have provision for their subsistence at Jeddah or return passage to Mecca, the Government of India request opinions on the matter from the Presidency Governments, and recommendations for any ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1876-Aug 1877
Extent:
57 pages

18. IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 nos 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 nos 39-40
Title:
Establishment of a quarantine station at Bassidore [Bāsa'īdū]
Scope & Content:
pp 75-84. Correspondence and copy telegrams regarding the outbreak of plague at Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf; quarantine measures adopted by the Egyptian Sanitary Board; initial plans for temporarily moving the Bushire Residency to Bassidore and establishing a quarantine; the trade of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1875-Mar 1877
Extent:
10 pages

19. IOR/P/1003 May 1877 nos 15-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 May 1877 nos 15-17
Title:
Overcrowding of pilgrim vessels lying between the ports of Aden ['Adan] and Jeddah
Scope & Content:
pp 117-20. Correspondence regarding pilgrim vessels, the Native Passenger Ships Act, and the Ottoman sanitary administration. Includes communications received from the Government of Bombay, the Secretary of State for India, the Political Resident at Aden, and the Consul at Jeddah.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1877-May 1877
Extent:
4 pages

20. IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75
Title:
Regulation of pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
pp 569-621. Secretary of State for India forwards copy telegrams, correspondence and regulations concerning the pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea, and proposals by Turkish authorities for regulation and quarantine. Includes copy communications from: Sir Henry Elliot. Dr Dickson, British Delegate t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mar 1877-Oct 1877
Extent:
51 pages

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