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1. IOR Neg 8605-07

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 8605-07
Title:
Sir John Nicholl Robert Campbell papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of Capt Sir John Nicholl Robert Campbell, 2nd Bart (1799-1870), Madras Army from 1818, from 1824 on staff of British Mission to Persia, Envoy to Persia 1830-35, including letters to his father Sir Robert Campbell, East India Company Director 1817-52; also papers relating to his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1841
Extent:
3 reels

2. IOR Neg 8606

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 8606
Title:
Sir Harford Jones Brydges papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Sir Harford Jones [afterwards Jones Brydges], 1st Bart (1764-1847), Bombay Civil Service 1781, Senior Merchant and Resident at Baghdad 1800, Envoy to Persia 1807-11, to James Willis, Deputy Examiner of Indian Correspondence; also memorandum entitled `Colonel Chesney's observations on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799-1804
Extent:
1 reel

3. IOR Neg 11606-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11606-36
Title:
Sir Robert Cowan papers.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and account books of Sir Robert Cowan, free merchant at Bombay 1719, Chief of the Factory at Goa 1720, Chief at Mocha 1724, Governor of Bombay 1729-34.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719-1741
Extent:
31 reels

4. Mss Eur A11; B94-95; C37; C83-89; D201-30; D440; D544

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Mss Eur A11; B94-95; C37; C83-89; D201-30; D440; D544
Title:
Papers of Maj Henry George Raverty (1825-1906), Bombay Army 1843-64, oriental scholar
Scope & Content:
Including unpublished manuscripts entitled 'The History of Herat', 'The Mahdi', 'History of the Mings or Hazarahs of the Chingiz or Great Khan'; translations and notes from various oriental works; and a Persian-Pamiri-Chitrali vocabulary: A11. General Index to translations. 1 ms volume B94. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848-1906
Extent:
48 items

5. Mss Eur A12-19; B44-49; C38; D232-35; G34-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A12-19; B44-49; C38; D232-35; G34-35
Title:
Rich Collection: papers of Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), traveller and East India Company's Resident at Baghdad 1808-21, chiefly relating to his residence and travels in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan and including journals, field sketches, maps, astronomical, meteorological and survey notes, on which was based much of his `Narrative of a residence in Koordistan... edited by his widow' (London 1836).
Scope & Content:
Rich Collection: papers of Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), traveller and East India Company's Resident at Baghdad 1808-21, chiefly relating to his residence and travels in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan and including journals, field sketches, maps, astronomical, meteorological and survey notes, on w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811-1822
Extent:
21 volumes

6. Mss Eur A31; B98-101; C90; D441-42; E161-70; F61-65

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A31; B98-101; C90; D441-42; E161-70; F61-65
Title:
Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, notes, sketch maps and drawings relating to Afghanistan, Punjab, Sind Baluchistan and Persia.
Scope & Content:
Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, note...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1853
Extent:
29 volumes

7. Mss Eur B150

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B150
Title:
Robert Charles Arthur Campbell papers.
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Robert Charles Arthur Campbell, Indo-European Telegraph Dept 1877 to Amsoo [Mrs Campbell ?] describing his work in Persia for the Telegraph Department and allied political duties.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898-1900
Extent:
10 folios

8. Mss Eur B198

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B198
Title:
Henry George Grey papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 8 Oct 1838, from Henry George Grey, Viscount Howick, later 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94), Secretary at War 1835-39, to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), Home Secretary 1835-39, criticising Government policy towards Afghanistan, Persia, and more particularly Russia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
7 folios

9. Mss Eur B380

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380
Title:
Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Scope & Content:
Private letters from Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822-72), as Viceroy of India 1869-72, to the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Secretary of State for India 1868-74, commenting on official matters and enclosing copies of official papers (indexed).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1870
Extent:
5 volumes

10. Mss Eur B382

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B382
Title:
Joseph Wolff papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 16 Nov 1843, from Rev Joseph Wolff (1795-1862), missionary, to Sir Stratford Canning (1786-1880), Ambassador at Constantinople 1842-1858, concerning Wolff's planned mission to Bokhara to investigate the deaths there of two British Officers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
4 folios