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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Persian Gulf Naval Squadron, 1822-1971

1. IOR/R/15/1/145-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/145-179
Title:
Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence sent and received by the Residency at Bushire. The holders of the office of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (permanent or acting) during the period were Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Captain (James) Felix Jones, Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Malayalam, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1854-1863
Extent:
35 volumes (5657 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/104
Title:
Vol 147 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters received by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, in 1844. Most letters are from British naval officers in the Persian Gulf Squadron, reporting on maritime affairs along the Trucial Coast in 1844 (folios 2-3, 7-14, 16-21, 37...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Feb 1844-24 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/55
Title:
Vol 70, 71: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters received at Bushire from William Sowden Collinson, the Commodore of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, stationed at Bassadore [Bāsaʻīdū], and the Government of Bombay. The correspondence pertains to political affairs along the Arab Gulf coast, particularly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1830-20 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 volume, 8 items (38 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/67
Title:
Book 88: Letters Outwards
Scope & Content:
The file consists of letters sent outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; most of the letters have been penned by Samuel Hennell (Assistant Resident), followed by James Morrison (newly appointed Resident), and Thomas Mackenzie (Civil Surgeon). This correspondence is predominantl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1835-28 Dec 1835
Extent:
1 volume, (96 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/58
Title:
Vols 75 and 76: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
This file consists of contemporaneous copies of outgoing letters from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Resident at this time was David Anderson Blane. Recipients of the Resident's letters include: Captain John Campbell, Assistant in Charge of the British Mission in Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1832-17 Sep 1832
Extent:
1 volume (26 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/114
Title:
‘Book 158 1847-8’ Vol 158 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The majority of letters are naval patrol reports submitted to the Resident by the following British officers in the Persian Gulf Squadron of the Indian Navy: Captain William Lowe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
27 Dec 1847-18 Dec 1848
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/60
Title:
Vol 78: Miscellaneous Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists almost entirely of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Resident at this time was David Anderson Blane. The principal correspondents are the following: Commodore William Sowden Collinson, Commander of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; Charles N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1832-24 Sep 1832
Extent:
1 volume (28 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/84
Title:
Vol 116: 'Secret Letter Book Volume 3'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of secret correspondence sent outwards by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf, Samuel Hennell. These letters are primarily addressed to either the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay (either Lestock Robert Reid or John Pollard Willoughby), or the Secret Committee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1839-1 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)