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1. IOR/F/4/186/3885

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/186/3885
Title:
State of affairs at Muscat in consequence of the Imaum's death And Depredations committed in the Persian Gulph by the Joasmee Pirates.
Scope & Content:
This item consists of extracts from political letters received by officials of the Government of Bombay, containing enclosures regarding the political situation at Muscat following the death of the Imaum, Syed Sultaun [Sayyid Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also written in the correspondence as Se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1798-19 Feb 1805
Extent:
1 item (57 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/256/5646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/256/5646
Title:
Treaty with the Joasmee Pirates
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding a peace treaty between the East India Company and the Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī], and relations between the Joasmee and the Imam of Muscat. The correspondence consists mainly of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. It also i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1806-10 Jan 1808
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/288/6503

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/288/6503
Title:
‘Depredations committed by the Joasmee pirates in violation of the Treaty of Peace concluded with them in 1806. An expedition authorised by the Supreme Government for their suppression.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns reports of piracy carried out by the Joasmee [Qawasim], and the deliberations of the governments of Bombay and Bengal ov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1806-30 Aug 1809
Extent:
1 item (100 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/F/4/415/10276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/415/10276
Title:
‘Dispatch of Three Cruizers to the Persian Gulph [Gulf] for the Suppression of Pirates.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of Political Consultations and Political Letters sent to and from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to attacks on merchant ships by the Joasamee [Āl Qāsimī] and the numerous counterefforts made by the East India Company and others over several ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1810-16 Jan 1813
Extent:

1 item (29 folios)

6. IOR/F/4/497/11931

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/497/11931
Title:
‘Joasmee and Wahabee Pirates’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The primary subjects are: The recent measures taken by the Government of Bombay to counter the alleged piratical activities of the Joasmee [Q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1809-11 Oct 1816
Extent:
1 item (74 folios)

7. IOR/F/4/648/17850

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/648/17850
Title:
‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee pirates in the Persian Gulph, Vol. 1’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the first in a series of 8 items on the subject of the alleged piracy of the Joasmee [Qawasim] (the others are: IOR/F/4/649/17851 and 178...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1815-29 Aug 1821
Extent:
1 item (210 folios)

8. IOR/F/4/1516/59859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1516/59859
Title:
‘Affairs of the Persian Gulph’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], the Government of Fort William [Government of India], and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The item touches on multipl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1833-24 Dec 1834
Extent:
1 item (114 folios)

9. IOR/G/29/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/39
Title:
Despatches Relating to Expeditions to the Persian Gulph, 1819-1821
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies and extracts of correspondence, with enclosures, relating to the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf] Expedition of 1819 against the Joasmees [al-Qāsimī] at Rasul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah, various spellings in this volume] who the British deemed guilty of acts of ‘piracy’ in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1815-25 May 1821
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/69/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/4
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from HMS Liverpool off the island of Kenn [Kīsh] and dated 24 February 1820. Following his suppression of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1820
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)