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1. IOR/R/15/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10
Title:
Vol 10 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808
Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13
Title:
Vol 13 Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The three other occupants of the Residency during this period were Lieutenant Robert Taylor, James Orton, and Thomas Flower...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1810-6 Aug 1813
Extent:
1 volume, 191 items (145 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/15
Title:
Book No: 15 (Inward) for the years 1813-1814
Scope & Content:
The volume contains mainly letters addressed to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire at the time. Bruce was Acting Resident until 1812, but in this volume he is still often referred to as Acting Resident. A few letters are written to James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1813-29 Nov 1814
Extent:
1 volume, 174 items (149 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/83
Title:
Secret Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of secret letters sent to Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The majority of this correspondence is from either the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], or the Secret Committee based at India House in London. These letters frequently contain enclosures (i.e. copies...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1839-7 Dec 1839
Extent:

1 file (158 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/195
Title:
'No 413 Vol 19. Revised Commercial Treaty with Muscat'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Sultan of Muscat, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd on 19 March 1891. The new treaty was modelled on a recently concluded treaty with Zanzibar. It superseded the Treaty of Commerce of May 1839 and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1887-26 Jun 1905
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/196
Title:
'Sirri Island Occupation by the Persian Govt. 1887-1902'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the Persian claim to the island of Sirrī, as well as their claim to and occupation of that place. In addition there is information concerning rival claims by Trucial Coast rulers, details concerning Dubai pearl divers on the island and details concern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
18 Sep 1887-27 Jun 1902
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/197
Title:
'B.11 668-II Sirri Island'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence mostly concerning the island of Sirri [Sirrī], as well as other Persian Gulf islands, including Tanb [Ṭanb] and Lesser Tanb, Farur [Farūr] and Lesser Farur, Dalmah [Dalmā], Halul island [Ḥālūl], Sir Abu Nu'ayr [Ṣīr Abū Nu‘ayr], and Sir Bani Yas [Ṣīr Banī Yās]. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
31 May 1904-25 Oct 1910
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

9. IOR/R/15/1/618-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/618-637
Title:
File 82: Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The twenty files forming the 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files were produced by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire. The 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Anglo-Persian Oil Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1939
Extent:
20 files (4277 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/539
Title:
File 14/4 Visits of Japanese representatives and agents
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes, memoranda, and correspondence relating to the visits and treatment of Japanese and Italian subjects and agents in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency at Bushire, the British Ministry at Jeddah, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1936-4 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)