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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Resident, Bushire, 1763-1822

71. IOR/L/PS/9/76/325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/325
Title:
Letters from Thomas Megson and Jonathan Lovett
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from Captain Thomas Megson, Commander of the ship Rahim Shah, to the Commander of any ship under English colours, sent from Muscat, and dated 7 October 1803.The letter describes an encounter with a French frigate at Muscat. 2. A letter fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1803-28 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/9/76/333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/333
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 17 December 1803. Manesty reports that he intends to leave Bussora on a diplomatic mission to the Court of Persia [Iran] in Tehran, asking Jones to fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/9/76/334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/334
Title:
Letters between Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Lovett
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 1 December 1803. Lovett reports that he has been summoned to the Court of Persia [Iran] in Tehran to add...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1803-17 Dec 1803
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/9/76/355

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/355
Title:
Letters from William Bruce to Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of five letters: 1. A letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports the presence of the French privateer La Fortune off Bushire and its attacks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1804-21 Oct 1804
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/9/76/363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/363
Title:
Letters from William Bruce to Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports the presence of the French privateer La Fortune off Bushire and attacks on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1804-23 Oct 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

76. IOR/L/PS/9/76/364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/364
Title:
Letters from William Bruce to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. Part of a letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr] to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the French privatee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1804-21 Oct 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/9/76/379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/379
Title:
Letter from Jonathan Lovett to Hosyn Aly Mirza
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Hosyn Aly Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars], sent from Bushire and dated 30 June 1803. Lovett thanks Hosyn Aly Mirza for an earlier letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/9/76/380

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/380
Title:
Letter from Jonathan Lovett to Cheragh Aly Khan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Cheragh Aly Khan [Chirāgh ‘Alī Khān Navā’ī, Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars], sent from Bushire and dated 30 June 1803. Lovett laments the death of Hajee Khaleel Khan [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Khān Qazvīnī, Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/9/76/386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/386
Title:
Extract of Letter from Jonathan Lovett to N B Edmonstone
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, written in 1803. Lovett reports his arrival in Bushire, the reaction in Persia [Iran] to the news of the death of Hajee Khulleel Khan [Ḥājī Muḥammad Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

80. IOR/R/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire
Scope & Content:
There are considerable gaps within the series owing to periodic weeding processes. The files and volumes may be divided as follows: (1) 1763-1849 (IOR/R/15/1/1-118) Separate series of letters received and letters sent contain correspondence mainly with Basra and later with Government of Bomb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1763-1948
Extent:
c 758 files