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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Resident, Muscat, 1800-1810 Place Muscat, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

1. IOR/F/4/190/4155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/190/4155
Title:
Unsettled state of affairs at Muscat and operations against the Joasmee Pirates by the combined forces of the Company and the Muscat Government
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat after the death in 1804 of the Imam Syed Sultan [Sultan bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id] and efforts to counter the naval activities of the Joasmee [Al-Qasimi] in the Gulf. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the capture b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1798-23 Jul 1806
Extent:
1 item (89 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/190/4156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/190/4156
Title:
Representation of the Resident at Muscat (Captain David Seton) regarding the inadequacy of his allowances etc. recommended to the Court
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the establishment of a permanent Residency at Muscat and a report by the Resident, David Seton, concerning the difficulties of living at Muscat and a request for increased allowances and a new Residency building. The correspondence consists of lett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1800-22 Feb 1806
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/259/5658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/259/5658
Title:
‘The sum of 10,000 rupees granted to Captain Seton to enable him to build a House for the Residency at Muscat. The amount of the intended increase to the Resident’s Allowances will be determined by the Bengal Government’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the salary and allowances of Captain David Seton, the Resident at Muscat, with particular mention of Seton's request f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1804-20 Feb 1808
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/343/7959

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/343/7959
Title:
Mr W. C. Bunce appointed Resident at Muscat and granted an extra allowance of 150 R p m [Rupees per mensem] towards enabling him to maintain a yacht
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the British Resident in Muscat, William Chichely Bunce. The item concerns the appointment of Bunce as B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1809-31 Jan 1810
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

5. IOR/F/4/343/7962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/343/7962
Title:
Operations of the Naval and Military Forces employed against the Joasmee Pirates – and An application from the Imaum of Muscat for protection against the danger which threatens him from the Wahabees for the part he took in that Expedition
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain John Wainwright; Brigadier General John Malcolm; the Residents at Muscat, Da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1809-20 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 item (147 folios)

6. IOR/F/4/416/10296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/416/10296
Title:
‘Abolition of the Residency at Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay. The item consists of correspondence regarding the abolition of the Residency at Muscat and the consolidation of residencies at Muscat and Bushire. The correspondence is parti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1810-29 Oct 1811
Extent:

1 item (9 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/67/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/85
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bushire [Būshehr] and dated 3 February 1800. The letter reports Malcolm’s arrival in Bushire and meeting ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)