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1. IOR/G/29/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/8
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 3 August 1754 and ending 31 July 1755.
Scope & Content:
The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and the Factory’s Council members Richard Secker and John Parsons, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the admini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1754-31 Jul 1755
Extent:
1 volume (88 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/9
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 2 August 1755 and ending 30 July 1756.
Scope & Content:
The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and the Factory's Council members John Parsons and Nathaniel Pomfret headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the admi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1755-30 Jul 1756
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/10
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 4 August 1756 and ending 31 July 1757.
Scope & Content:
The volume is in the form of a diary recorded by Alexander Douglas, Chief Agent of Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Agent recorded the letters sent and received, the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, as well as the significant political and military operations in the re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1756-31 Jul 1757
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/14
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 2 December 1761 and ending 7 February 1763.
Scope & Content:
The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and the Factory's Council member Dymoke Lyster headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1761-7 Feb 1763
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/17
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]
Scope & Content:
Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Each letter has the date it was received overland, and the date it wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1745-16 Mar 1763
Extent:
2 volumes (247 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/137
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 56
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports and financial statements relating to diplomatic, military and logistical preparations for the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army of the Indus. Pac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (793 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/67/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/34
Title:
Extract of a Paper of Intelligence Respecting Zemann Shah
Scope & Content:
A translated extract from an intelligence paper dated Amrutsur [Amritsar], 28 Moharram 1216 AH [10 June 1801], concerning conflict in Afghanistan between Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrāni] and the supporters of his brother Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrāni]. The paper reports a battle near Ghizni [Ghaznī] l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 June 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/67/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/35
Title:
Translation of a Paper of Intelligence Respecting Zemann Shah
Scope & Content:
A translation of an intelligence paper dated Amrutsur [Amritsar], 1 Safar 1216 AH [14 June 1801], concerning conflict in Afghanistan between Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrāni] and the supporters of his brother Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrāni]. The paper reports the defection of Ahmed Khan Noorzee [Nūrzai]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/67/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/39
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Captain John Malcolm, Representative of the Government of India 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 Abou Sheher [Būshehr] and dated 20 April 1800. The letter describes Malcolm’s reception in Abou Sheher an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/67/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/40
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Captain John Malcolm, Representative of the Government of India 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 a camp near Abou Sheher [Būshehr] and dated 20 May 1800. The letter reports: Malcolm’s communication with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)