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1. IOR/F/4/2667/177857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2667/177857
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Mr Cornwallis Hewett. Complaint of – of losses alleged to have been sustained by him in consequence of the detention at Bushire, by the Durrya Beggee, of certain horses belonging to him.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 17 November 1856. The political letter appears in IOR/F/4/2667/177852. The enclosu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1855-17 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2728/198373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2728/198373
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to transactions between British and Persian subjects.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 8 March 1858. The Political Letter appears in IOR/F/4/2728/198372. The enclosures are da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1857-18 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 29-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 29-33
Title:
The Anglo-Persian War: The British Capture and Occupation of Karrack and Bushire
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1857, dated 8 January 1857. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 5 January 1857. The enclosure consists of The Calcutta Gazett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 1024-1026

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 1024-1026
Title:
Affairs in Bushire
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Governmentof India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 374 of 1869, dated 30November 1869, containing a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf dated 22 November1869. The letter reports that a group of Persian [Iranian] soldiers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1869
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/372, ff 120-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/372, ff 120-126
Title:
The Arrival of a British Field Force in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of [extracts of] an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter No. 14 of 1838, dated 1838. Annotated ‘Received via Marseilles 26 October 1838’. The letters in the enclosure are dated 18 June-5 J...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 533-570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 533-570
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1854, dated 28 April 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-8 and are dated 9 January-18 April 1854. The papers relate to affairs in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1854
Extent:
1 item (38 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 91-95a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 91-95a
Title:
Political No. 140 of 1873, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Reporting the Settlement of All the Outstanding Claims of British Subjects Against the Persian Government
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 3 September 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Officiating Political Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1873-3 Sep 1873
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 3-4
Title:
Enclosures to General No. 14 of 1874, Regarding the Claim Put Forward by the Governor of Bushire for One-Third of the Cargo of the British Steamer Mesopotamia as Salvage
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of enclosures to a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 24 April 1874, regarding the claim put forward by the Governor of Bushire [Būshehr] for one-third of the cargo of the British Steamer Mesopot...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 April 1874
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/1-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-5
Title:
Letters Sent and Received by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain copies of correspondence sent to and from the Residency at Bushire, which was established on 12 April 1763 following the conclusion of a trade agreement with the Shaikh of Bushire. The Residency went into temporary abeyance from 1769 to 1775, owing to a deterioration in both ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1803
Extent:
5 volumes (516 folios)

10. 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)