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1. IOR/G/29/5/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/5/8
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr William Cockell, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1735 and ending July 1736
Scope & Content:
The item is in the form of a diary (ff 294-348), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, William Cockell, and the Factory council members, including John Geekie, Thomas Waters, James Verelst, and Walter Ray headed the consultations. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1735-31 Jul 1736
Extent:
1 item (54 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3224
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 2. (From 18th October to 10th November 1914 inclusive). War with Turkey Declared 31st October 1914.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 18 October and 10 November 1914. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1914-10 Nov 1914
Extent:
1 volume (83 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141
Title:
Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman
Scope & Content:
The volume is Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1933). The volume was produced by the General Staff, India. The place name Bahrain is rendered in the title and elsewhere in the volu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:

1 volume (112 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 623-631

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 623-631
Title:
Status of Bahrein
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 28 of 1870, dated 20 May 1870, containing enclosures dated 6 March-8 April 1870. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to: a complaint from the Government of Persia [Iran] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1870
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 463-465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 463-465
Title:
Turkish Allegations of British Acts of Sovereignty in Bahrein
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 29 of 1873, dated 14 March 1873. The enclosures are dated from 25 January to 18 February 1873, consist of printed copies of corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1873
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and papers relating to the relocation of the British Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the island of Karrack [Khark, also known as Kharg] at the end of March 1839, and the events leading up to it, including: Deterioration of the Political Resident’s relations with Mirza ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (73 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (134 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1839-12 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (42 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item comprises: Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1839-4 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 3-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 3-198
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1840, dated 20 May 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-56 and are dated 7 March -23 May 1840. Topics discussed include: Information rece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1840
Extent:
1 item (195 folios)