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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Vestal, brig, 1809-1826

1. IOR/F/4/649/17851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/649/17851
Title:
‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee Pirates in the Persian Gulph,’ Vol. 2
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of eight items on the subject of the alleged piracy of the Joasmee [al-Qawāsim, also referred to as Joassmee] (the others are: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1816-24 Dec 1817
Extent:
1 item (133 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/11
Title:
VOL 11 LETTERS INWARD AND OUTWARD
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The two other occupants of the Residency during this period were Andrew Jukes, Surgeon, and Stephen Babington. Corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1808-22 Dec 1811
Extent:
1 volume, 98 items (48 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14
Title:
Vol 14: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters are written by Lieutenant William Bruce, who was the Resident at this time. A handful of letters are written by James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. Subjects relating directly to the Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1813-28 Dec 1814
Extent:
1 volume, 254 items (142 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/15
Title:
Book No: 15 (Inward) for the years 1813-1814
Scope & Content:
The volume contains mainly letters addressed to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire at the time. Bruce was Acting Resident until 1812, but in this volume he is still often referred to as Acting Resident. A few letters are written to James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1813-29 Nov 1814
Extent:
1 volume, 174 items (149 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/16
Title:
Vol 16 Letters outward
Scope & Content:
Volume of outgoing copy correspondence from William Bruce, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to various correspondents within the East India Company discussing financial, administrative and political matters relating to the running of the residency at Bushire. Particular attention throughou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1815-30 Dec 1815
Extent:
1 volume, 195 items (99 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/27
Title:
Vol 27 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters outward by John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, between 12 December 1822 and 1 September 1823. The majority of letters are sent to British officials at Basrah, Tehran and Tabriz, including Captain Robert Taylor and Major Henry Willock, and to British nava...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1822-1 Sep 1823
Extent:
1 volume, 37 items (23 folios)