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1. IOR/F/4/706/19083

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/706/19083
Title:
Transactions at Bussora & Bagdad vol 2
Scope & Content:
This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. It is the second in a series of three items on Bussora [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] (the others are IOR/F/4/706/19082 and 190...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1820-19 Dec 1821
Extent:
1 item (101 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2641/169204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2641/169204
Title:
‘Turkish Arabia Relative to the assistance rendered by Captain Jones, Mr Taylor and Acting Master Holland in trying to save or recover certain antiquities which were wrecked in descending the river from Mohsul.-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 February 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2641/169196, alongside details of furt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1855-Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/23
Title:
Factory Records, Persia, Vol 23
Scope & Content:
This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 22 November 1792 and 11 January 1799, and includes material relating to: The negotiations between the Factor, Harford Jones, and the Bacha of Bagdad [Pāshā of Baghdad, also spelt Bagdat in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1792-11 Jan 1799
Extent:
1 volume (747 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/32, ff 515-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/32, ff 515-525
Title:
Correspondence Relating to Sir Harford Jones's Position as Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Charles Arbuthnot, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; Lord Castlereagh [Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh], President of the Board of Control for India; Jacob Bosanquet (and his successor, Charles Grant), Chairman of the Court of Directors; and Sir Harford Jones, Resident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1805-3 Apr 1806
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/MAR/C/573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/573
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers preparations for the expedition, the sea journey fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1834-18 Jan 1836
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

7. IOR/L/MAR/C/574

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/574
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers: the overland journey from Sovedia [Samandağ] to Bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1834-23 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 volume (570 folios)

8. IOR/L/MAR/C/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/891
Title:
'Miscellaneous Paper relating to the trade of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a variety of papers relating to trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. The volume is organised into four parts, with contents summarised on folio 4: Papers relating to trade with Suez, 1773-78: proceedings, letters, representations and answers (ff 5-57) Trade wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1773-27 Oct 1813
Extent:
1 volume (197 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 146-151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 146-151
Title:
Mocha Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 22 March 1823. The enclosure is dated 22 March 1823. The item comprises a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, to HE Viscoun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1823
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 104-135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 104-135
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 17 of 1844, dated 28 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 30 November and 28 December 1843. The enclosures chiefly comprise despatches of Lieutenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)