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211. IOR/R/15/1/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/90
Title:
‘Vol 124 Secret letters inward and outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence relating to the crisis in Britain’s relations with Persia in the early 1840s, in the wake of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) and the siege of Herat (1838), which led to British occupation of the island of Karrak [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] in the Persian Gulf. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1840-8 Feb 1843
Extent:
1 volume (72 folios)

212. IOR/R/15/1/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/91
Title:
‘Vol 125 Native letters inward’
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises copies of letters sent to the Residency (with some addressed to the Resident, Captain Samuel Hennell) by the various government agents, including: Moollah Hussain, the agent at Sharjah; Khojah Reuben, the agent at Muscat; the Government agent at Bahrain [referred to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1840-27 Nov 1841
Extent:
1 volume (133 folios)

213. IOR/R/15/1/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/93
Title:
‘Secret Letters Outward’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of letters sent under the heading ‘Secret Department’ from the Residency in the Persian Gulf (either from the Resident, Captain Samuel Hennell, or the Assistant Resident, T Mackenzie), to the Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, throughout 1840 and 1841. The princi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1840-30 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

214. IOR/R/15/1/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/95
Title:
'Book 130' Letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains: Letters exchanged between the British Government in London, the British Government of India and the Bombay Government, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf and the British Agent Muscat, September 1840 to February 1841 about alleged French demands on the East African territ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1840-29 Oct 1841
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

215. IOR/R/15/1/99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/99
Title:
Letters outward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters sent by the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, mainly to J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, in 1843. Although Captain Samuel Hennell was Resident at this time, letters dated January to October 1843 were sent by Lieutenant Col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1842-30 Dec 1843
Extent:
1 volume (100 folios)

216. IOR/R/15/1/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/113
Title:
‘Book No 157 Old Index From May 1847 To November 1849’ Vol 157 Secret letters outward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters sent by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, mainly to Arthur Malet, Secretary (later Chief Secretary) to the Government of Bombay in the Secret Department, at Bombay Castle. Their correspondence discusses events...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1847-30 Nov 1849
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)

217. IOR/R/15/1/117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/117
Title:
‘Bushire letters out 1848 PT 1 Bushire letters out 1848 PT 2’ Vol 162 Outward letter book, 1849
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters sent in 1849 by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, mainly to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay in the Political Department, Bombay Castle and to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1849-31 Dec 1849
Extent:
2 volumes (309 folios)

218. IOR/R/15/1/119-144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119-144
Title:
Subject compilations: letters received and letters sent
Scope & Content:
From 1850 onwards letters received and letters sent were arranged under general subject headings, e.g. Arabian Coast and Persian Gulf, Slave Trade, Commercial and General etc; correspondence in each section was then bound chronologically. Separate volumes of secret correspondence and Native lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
26 volumes

219. IOR/R/15/1/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157
Title:
‘Vol 224 1856/57 Bahrain; Abu Dhabi; Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah; Hamriya; Muscat and Bandar `Abbas; Slave Trade’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to a number of subjects, listed below. The principal correspondents throughout are Commander (James) Felix Jones, initially Acting Resident, then Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The volume...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1855-21 Mar 1857
Extent:
2 volumes, 96 items (309 folios)

220. IOR/R/15/1/167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/167
Title:
'Book No 253'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence sent and original correspondence received by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, relating to Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Wahabees [Wahhabis]. The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf throughout the period was Captain (James) Felix Jo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1857-22 Feb 1862
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)