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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/145-179 Place Bahrein, Persian Gulf, Asia

1. IOR/R/15/1/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157
Title:
‘Vol 224 1856/57 Bahrain; Abu Dhabi; Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah; Hamriya; Muscat and Bandar `Abbas; Slave Trade’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to a number of subjects, listed below. The principal correspondents throughout are Commander (James) Felix Jones, initially Acting Resident, then Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The volume...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1855-21 Mar 1857
Extent:
2 volumes, 96 items (309 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/167
Title:
'Book No 253'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence sent and original correspondence received by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, relating to Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Wahabees [Wahhabis]. The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf throughout the period was Captain (James) Felix Jo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1857-22 Feb 1862
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/168
Title:
Vol 255 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume's correspondence and other papers document British officials' attempts to suppress the slave trade in the Gulf, and their procedures for dealing with liberated slaves. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Felix Jones), H. L. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1857-18 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 volume (184 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/179
Title:
Vol 282 Head IV, Volume 11 (eleven) Bahrein and Wahabee Complications
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding relations between the people of Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Wahabees [Wahhabis] and the involvement of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, in affairs. The correspondence consists of letters and reports sent by Captain Jones to the Secr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
26 Sep 1859-14 Jan 1862
Extent:
2 volumes (354 folios)