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032-000173250 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of Bombay, 1662-1947

1. IOR/G/29/38, ff 480-491

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 480-491
Title:
Correspondence relating to policy in Persia
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence relating to British policy in Persia [Iran]. The correspondents are: Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]; the Government of Bombay; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia in Tehran. The main focus of the papers is the quest...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1817-14 May 1818
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/38, ff 240-243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 240-243
Title:
Papers tending to prove the apprehensions entertained by our Governments in India of an invasion of Hindostan by Zemaun Shah during the administration of Lord Wellesley, and shewing that the Embassy to Persia was undertaken for the purpose of creating a diversion against the Shah
Scope & Content:
The item consists of abstracts of political and secret letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. The letters date from 3 October 1798 to 28 September 1801 and concern attempts by Zaman Shah Durrani [Zamān Shāh Durrānī] to conquer Hindostan [subcontinental India] and British efforts to co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1807
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/39
Title:
Despatches Relating to Expeditions to the Persian Gulph, 1819-1821
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies and extracts of correspondence, with enclosures, relating to the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf] Expedition of 1819 against the Joasmees [al-Qāsimī] at Rasul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah, various spellings in this volume] who the British deemed guilty of acts of ‘piracy’ in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1815-25 May 1821
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/G/29/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/35
Title:
Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters of 21 December 1808, 20 January and 3 April 1809
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]. The principal correspondents are: Sir Harford Jones [later Jones-Brydges], Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia; Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynyn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1808-20 Mar 1809
Extent:
1 volume (304 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/38, ff 1-233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 1-233
Title:
French intrigues in Persia and Attempts of the French to acquire the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence and extracts of papers relating to French influence and activities in the Red Sea (often referred to as the ‘Arabian Gulph’) and Persia [Iran], sent to the Chairman of the Court of Directors, Charles Grant, and the Secret Committee. Matters covered include: F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Sep 1804-14 Jan 1807
Extent:
1 item (233 folios)