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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Slave trade Name Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 1828-1971

1. IOR/F/4/2121/100024

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2121/100024
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Reports upon the political treaties existing between the British Government and the neighbouring states on the Arabian coast and on the engagements for the suppression of the slave trade between the same parties.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1833-22 Feb 1845
Extent:
1 item (63 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/412, ff 477-507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/412, ff 477-507
Title:
Proceedings of the Government of Bombay connected with the ‘Slave Trade’
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, No. 106 of 1842, dated 30 September 1842. The despatch is on the information supplied by the Assistant Resident, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, and Resident in the Persian Gulf, Colon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1842
Extent:
1 item (31 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/171
Title:
Vol 259 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 (James) Felix Jones)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
18 Nov 1857-30 Nov 1861
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/173
Title:
‘Vol 262 Historical Sketches and Administrative Reports’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains three administrative reports submitted by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, to the Government of Bombay. The first report (folios 6-36) covers events occurring within the key towns and tribes of the Arab coast of the Gulf between the peri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1857-2 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/178
Title:
'Book No 281'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains administrative reports and historical sketches concerning Persian Gulf affairs. The volume also contains a number of letters between Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; A Hinlock Forbes, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Captain Felix Jon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1859-31 May 1861
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)