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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/15/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/12
Title:
Volume 12: Letters outward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent outwards from the Bushire Residency by the Acting Resident, William Bruce. It also includes letters sent out by Lieutenant Robert Taylor who took charge of the Residency (from April to October 1812) while William Bruce was on a leave of absence in Bombay. The su...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1811-31 Mar 1813
Extent:
1 volume, 375 items (176 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20
Title:
Vol 20: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of outgoing letters sent by the Resident at Bushire, William Bruce. The correspondence covers administrative matters related to the operation of the Residency, the East India Company's ships in the Gulf, the organisation of convoys, and the transmission of communications to In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1817-31 Dec 1818
Extent:
1 volume, 343 items (134 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/25
Title:
Vol 25: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent outwards from the Bushire Residency, along with correspondence sent by the Resident, Captain William Bruce, while away from Bushire. It covers the administrative proceedings of the Bushire Residency, and matters related to the British force stationed at Bassid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1822-20 Dec 1822
Extent:
1 volume, 190 items (84 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/30
Title:
Vol 31: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent outwards from the office of the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The subject matter focuses on British relations with various powers in and around the Persian Gulf during 1823; more specifically, on enforcing the provisions of the General Treaty with the Arab Tri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1822-26 Dec 1823
Extent:
1 volume, 118 items (101 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/32
Title:
Vol 34: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of contemporaneous copies of outward letters from the Bushire Residency. Most of the letters are written by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Ephraim Gerrish Stannus. A small number of letters are written by the Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, James Pringle Riach, who was temp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1824-21 Jun 1824
Extent:
1 volume, 105 items (75 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33
Title:
Vol 35: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent out by Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and James Pringle Riach, the officer placed in charge of the Bushire Residency during his absences; the Resident is required to make a number of trips to the Arabian Coast during the period cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1824-10 Jun 1825
Extent:
1 volume, 148 items (142 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/40
Title:
'Book No. 46. 31 July 1826 to 19 February 1827'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, primarily to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay and Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia. The main subject of correspondence within the volume is the relationship betw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1826-19 Feb 1827
Extent:
1 volume, 156 items (140 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/42
Title:
'Book No. 49'
Scope & Content:
The volume of private and secret letters contains correspondence from successive Residents in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, including Captain Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Captain David Wilson, Dr John MacNeil, Lieutenant Samuel Hennell and David Arnold Blane. The correspondence is to William Newnham,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1827-11 Feb 1836
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/46
Title:
Vol 54 Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters sent to the Residency in Bushire (spelt Abusheer in earlier correspondence in the file) from officials at Bombay Castle, primarily from the Political Department. The correspondence discusses the costs and location of the Residency, an attack on the town of Bushire in 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
1 Feb 1828-7 Apr 1838
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)