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Project / Collection India Office Records Name Shāh of Persia, Qājār dynasty, 1794-1925

1. IOR/F/4/574/14026

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/574/14026
Title:
‘Mirrors consigned for the King of Persia – Conduct of Lt. Maillard, Commander of the Company’s Cruizer Thetis in having thrown 35 cases overboard in consequence of the ship’s having sprung a leak on her passage from Bombay to Bushire, has been approved by a Court of Enquiry’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The item relates to an incident in which thirty-five cases containing mirrors for the Shah of Persia [Iran], while being transported on the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1814-6 Aug 1817
Extent:
1 item (34 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/1060/29120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1060/29120
Title:
‘Presents to the King of Persia and Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay relating to gifts of glassware and porcelain for the King of Persia and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. In particular, the extracts are concerned with the decision to detain, in India, the gl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1824-23 Nov 1825
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2122/100077

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2122/100077
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Aboothabee – Seizure of a Bateela’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultations. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1845-4 Jun 1845
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/2261/114625

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2261/114625
Title:
‘Muscat Marriage of His Highness the Imam of, to a Grand daughter of the late King of Persia.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and Honourable Company’s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1848-1 May 1848
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/26
Title:
Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia: copies of his letters and enclosures to the Governor-General, Fort William
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and enclosures from Captain John Malcolm, British Envoy at Abusheher [Bushehr, various spellings appear in the volume] to the Earl of Mornington, Governor-General, Fort William (Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess, Wellesley, spelled Marquis in the volume). Letters were a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1799-31 Jul 1801
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/28
Title:
Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter of 2 Sep 1806: copies of correspondence of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bushire, relating to his political proceedings in Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume consists mostly of correspondence, with enclosures, from Samuel Manesty, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Richard Colley Wellesley, Governor-General of India, Fort William. The letters concern Manesty's unauthorised diplomatic mission to the Court of the Shah of Persia ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1803-15 Sep 1806
Extent:
1 volume (287 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/36
Title:
Letters and Enclosures on Persia to the Secret Department, 1809-1810
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises a single packet addressed to the Secret Department, containing transcripts and supplementary duplicate copies of secret letters, excerpts of intelligence reports, itineraries, travel accounts, translated diplomatic letters, treaties, royal edicts or firmaun [farmān], and tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Feb 1809-12 Mar 1810
Extent:
1 volume (362 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/38, ff 244-258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 244-258
Title:
Notes relative to Persia 1807/08, intended for the Annual Report subsequent to 1807/08
Scope & Content:
The item consists of notes relating to Persia [Iran] and taken from letters from the Bombay, Bengal, and Madras governments sent between 27 December 1805 and 20 February 1808. The relevant letters are noted in the margins. The notes were made in preparation for an annual report. Matters covered...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1808
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 2-3
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 2 (Not included in the Volume)
Scope & Content:
The enclosures (not included in the volume) cover the following: return of Sir Henry Bethune to Persia with the rank of Major General, and the recall of Lieutenant Colonel William Passmore; the appointment of Captain Benjamin Shee to replace Colonel Passmore as commander of the British detachment...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1836
Extent:
2 folios

10. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 4 (Not included in the Volume)
Scope & Content:
The enclosures (not included in the volume) cover the following: demand by Maharaja Ranjit Singh for tribute from the Amirs of Hyderabad, Mirpur and Khairpur in Sindh; the confirmation of the capture, by the troops of Ranjit Singh, of Mir Bahram Khan Mazari’s capital Rojhan; the three kharitas fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1836
Extent:
11 folios