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1. IOR/F/4/259/5659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/259/5659
Title:
‘Assassination of Ali Pasha of Bagdad – temporary succession to the Pashalick, of Soleeman his nephew and Chief Minister – Conduct of Mr Manesty in resolving, without authority, to support Soleeman against Eusuph Pasha, in the probable event of the latter being nominated to the Pashalick by the Ottoman Government’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item is concerned with the assassination of Ali Pasha, Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], and the interference of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1807-5 Mar 1808
Extent:

1 item (40 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2157/103841

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2157/103841
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 18 June 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838. The item relates to sugge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1846-Jun 1846
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2224/110798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2224/110798
Title:
‘Bussora. Orders issued by the Turkish Government that vessels sailing under Flag from the Port of Bussora shall be provided with a Register.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 November 1847. The item relates to news from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1847-30 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/2504/142188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2504/142188
Title:
‘Muscat. Loss of the ship Centaur of Calcutta.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items about...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1852-Nov 1852
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/15
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas, also written as Gomroon] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Marathi
Date Range:
18 Feb 1703-25 Oct 1727
Extent:
2 volumes (270 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/16
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes in one slipcase containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was received...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1728-20 Jun 1744
Extent:

2 volumes (291 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/25, ff 1-6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 1-6
Title:
Correspondence of the East India Company with Lord Halifax
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with Lord Halifax [George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax], Secretary of State for the Northern Department, with an enclosed letter to Mr Henry Grenville, His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]. The correspondence is concerned ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1764
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from the East India Company’s Residents at Bussorah
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters and enclosures from the East India Company’s (EIC) Residents at Bussorah [Basra], William Digges Latouche and then later, Samuel Manesty, respectively, to the Court of Directors of the Company. The correspondence covers the following matters: Latouche reporting on settling the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1784-24 May 1785
Extent:
1 item (47 folios)

9. IOR/G/29/25, ff 200-289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 200-289
Title:
‘Report on the British Trade with Persia and Arabia.’
Scope & Content:
Extract of Bombay Commercial Consultations prepared by Charles Walking, the Secretary to the Court of Directors, in which he includes an enclosure from the Resident and joint Factor at Bussora [Basra] and from the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones respectively. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1790-22 Jan 1791
Extent:
1 item (90 folios)

10. IOR/G/29/25, ff 312-437

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 312-437
Title:
The Mission of Mehedi Ali Khan in Persia, Appointment of John Malcolm as Envoy in Persia, and Other Matters
Scope & Content:
The correspondence includes copies of letters, translated letters, and secret and political consultations related to the following: ‘Deputation of Mehedi Ali Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān, several spellings appear in this part] to the Court of Persia [Iran] for the purpose of counteracting the des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1798-29 May 1800
Extent:
1 item (126 folios)