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032-000735919 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of Bengal, 1765-1947

1. IOR/F/4/92/1853

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/92/1853
Title:
Mehedy Aly Khan, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
This item consists of correspondence and extracts of correspondence relating to the appointment and work of Mehedi [Mahdi - also written Mehedy] Ali Khan as Resident at Bushire. The correspondence consists mostly of political and commercial letters between the Government of Bombay and the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1798-25 Mar 1801
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/92/1850

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/92/1850
Title:
'Muscat: Captain D. Seton appointed Resident to the Imaun vice Mr Bogle deceased'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of extracts of correspondence and other papers relating to the appointment of British officials at Muscat and relations with the Imam of Muscat more generally. The extracts mostly concern the appointment of Captain David Seton as Resident in Muscat, including his instructions ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1800-10 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/1137/30251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1137/30251
Title:
'Relative to the expense and establishment of the Persian Mission.'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the expenses of the East India Company’s Persian Mission. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the years 1826-29, but there is also a letter dated 30 July 1823. The correspondence consists of letters between: the Court of Directors, East India C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1823-21 Jul 1829
Extent:
1 item (51 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/416/10286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/416/10286
Title:
‘Territorial settlement in Abyssinia – inexpedient’
Scope & Content:
The title given above is an amended title. The original title, ‘Prohibition of a Trade with Abyssinia and the Governor of Tigrée, on the part of the Company’, which is written in ink, has been partly crossed out, and the title given above has been added in pencil. The item consists of copies an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1809-29 Oct 1811
Extent:

1 item (29 folios)

5. IOR/F/4/676/18723

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/676/18723
Title:
‘Relative to advances made on account the Persian Government.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of recommendations of the Committee of Correspondence, and extracts of political letters from the East India Company Court of Directors to the Government of Bengal. The item concerns: A claim made by the Persian Ambassador to the UK (Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1820-4 Jun 1823
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

6. IOR/F/4/449/10774

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/449/10774
Title:
‘Relative to the rates at which stores are to be supplied to the Persian Government by the Company.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. It concerns the rates at which goods are supplied to the Persian Government by the East India Company. The main subjects are: Details of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1810-21 Dec 1813
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

7. IOR/F/4/258/5651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/258/5651
Title:
‘Disputes between Sir Harford Jones and Mr Manesty – and insubordinate conduct of the latter.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Governments of Bombay and Bengal. The primary subjects are: • The concerns of the governments of Bengal and Bombay about the behaviour of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Busso...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1798-31 Jul 1807
Extent:
1 item (216 folios)

8. IOR/F/4/343/7960

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/343/7960
Title:
The Residencies of Muscat and Bushire consolidated in the person of Mr N. H. Smith, who has in consequence been granted an additional allowance of 500 R p m [Rupees per mensem]. Messrs Babington and Jas. Williams appointed his Assistants.
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Governments of Bombay and Bengal. The principal correspondent is the Government of Bombay. The main event discussed is the consolidation of the Political Residency at Muscat and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1808-29 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

9. IOR/F/4/258/5653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/258/5653
Title:
‘Instructions for the guidance of Mr Manesty’s conduct in the event of hostilities between Great Britain and the Ottoman Porte.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay. The primary subjects are: • The outbreak of war between Britain and the Ottoman Empire, and the implications for Britain’s relati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1807-Feb 1808
Extent:
1 item (38 folios)

10. IOR/F/4/449/10779

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/449/10779
Title:
‘Proposed negotiations with the Joasmee and Wahabee chiefs for the suppression of piracy.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bengal and Bombay. The primary subjects are: The efforts of the Imam of Muscat to reinstate Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1807-16 Apr 1814
Extent:
1 item (43 folios)