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1. 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)

2. IOR/G/29/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/24
Title:
Letters and Enclosures on Persia received from Bassora, 1799-1811
Scope & Content:
Originals and duplicates of correspondence, comprising secret letters, excerpts of reports, schedules, translated letters and transcripts in original languages (Ottoman Turkish and French), in 331 enclosures received from Bassora [Basra, Iraq] and addressed to the Secret Department. Papers relate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
13 Jan 1799-18 Dec 1811
Extent:
1 volume (767 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/25, ff 143-152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 143-152
Title:
French Naval Activities in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Extracts of letters from William Digges Latouche, the East India Company’s (EIC) Resident at Bussorah [Basra], to the Company’s Court of Directors reporting on French activities in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. In particular, their capture of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat’s ship bound at Catiffe [Qatif...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1781-31 Jul 1784
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 153-199
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from the East India Company’s Residents at Bussorah
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters and enclosures from the East India Company’s (EIC) Residents at Bussorah [Basra], William Digges Latouche and then later, Samuel Manesty, respectively, to the Court of Directors of the Company. The correspondence covers the following matters: Latouche reporting on settling the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1784-24 May 1785
Extent:
1 item (47 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/25, ff 200-289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 200-289
Title:
‘Report on the British Trade with Persia and Arabia.’
Scope & Content:
Extract of Bombay Commercial Consultations prepared by Charles Walking, the Secretary to the Court of Directors, in which he includes an enclosure from the Resident and joint Factor at Bussora [Basra] and from the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones respectively. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1790-22 Jan 1791
Extent:
1 item (90 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/28
Title:
Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter of 2 Sep 1806: copies of correspondence of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bushire, relating to his political proceedings in Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume consists mostly of correspondence, with enclosures, from Samuel Manesty, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Richard Colley Wellesley, Governor-General of India, Fort William. The letters concern Manesty's unauthorised diplomatic mission to the Court of the Shah of Persia ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1803-15 Sep 1806
Extent:
1 volume (287 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/29
Title:
Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter of 2 Sep 1806: Copies of Correspondence of Mr Lovett, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence, intelligence reports, diary extracts, and memoranda relating to the appointment, service, and conduct of Jonathon Henry Lovett (1778-1805) as Resident in Bushire [Būshehr]. The principal subjects covered are: Lovett's instructions to deliver a lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1802-2 Sep 1806
Extent:
1 volume (202 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/32, ff 483-508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/32, ff 483-508
Title:
Papers Relating to Disputes and Relations between the Bussora [Basra] Residency and the Pasha of Bagdad [Baghdad]
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to disputes between the Bacha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad] and the Residency at Bussora [Basra] which resulted in the removal of the East India Company Factory from Bussora to Grain [Kuwait] and the establishment of a Residency at Baghad in 1798, with Harford Jones as Resident. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1794-3 Jul 1798
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

9. 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)