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1. IOR/R/15/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/5
Title:
Vol 5 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters in this file are written by Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], who was the Native Agent at Bushire from October 1798 to January 1803, although there are also a significant number of letters received by him. Other correspondents include: Samuel Manesty, Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1801-14 Feb 1803
Extent:
1 volume, 79 items (56 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20
Title:
Vol 20: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of outgoing letters sent by the Resident at Bushire, William Bruce. The correspondence covers administrative matters related to the operation of the Residency, the East India Company's ships in the Gulf, the organisation of convoys, and the transmission of communications to In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1817-31 Dec 1818
Extent:
1 volume, 343 items (134 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38
Title:
Vol 44 Native letters outward
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of letters outward from the two successive Residents in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, from April 1826 to March 1827, and Captain (later Major) David Wilson, from March 1827 to January 1829. There are also letters written by the Acting R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1826-26 Jan 1829
Extent:
1 volume, 244 items (85 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/44
Title:
'Book No: 52'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence book consists of translations and substances of letters, with enclosures, addressed to Captain David Wilson, British Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, Mirza Hadayat Ullah [Mīrzā Hidāyatullāh] and Captain Samuel Hennell. The dates of the letters are given using the Grego...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
15 Nov 1827-19 Sep 1828
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/45
Title:
Book No: 53 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in this volume consists of letters from the Resident at Bushire (Lieutenant-Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus; Captain David Wilson) and the Assistant Resident at Bushire (Samuel Hennell) mainly to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (William Newnham); The Accountant Gener...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1827-1 Sep 1827
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/59
Title:
Vol 77: Native Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists of contemporaneous copies or summaries of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf (usually based at Bushire but temporarily residing on the Island of Corgo, following an outbreak of the plague) from a number of East India Company native agents, including those at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1832-24 Nov 1832
Extent:
1 volume (29 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/60
Title:
Vol 78: Miscellaneous Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists almost entirely of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Resident at this time was David Anderson Blane. The principal correspondents are the following: Commodore William Sowden Collinson, Commander of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; Charles N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1832-24 Sep 1832
Extent:
1 volume (28 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/67
Title:
Book 88: Letters Outwards
Scope & Content:
The file consists of letters sent outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; most of the letters have been penned by Samuel Hennell (Assistant Resident), followed by James Morrison (newly appointed Resident), and Thomas Mackenzie (Civil Surgeon). This correspondence is predominantl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1835-28 Dec 1835
Extent:
1 volume, (96 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/81
Title:
Book 111: Letters Inward 1839
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a few letters addressed to Samuel Hennell, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The main authors being Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Persia, based at Erzeroom; George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Naval Squa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1839-26 May 1839
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/87
Title:
‘Vol 120 Letters outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises letters sent from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at the time at Karrack [Bandar-e Chārak], under a number of different departmental headings (general, political, marine, territorial, judicial, financial, military, secret, steam), and written by Lieutenant-Colonel S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1840-29 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 volume (297 folios)