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21. IOR/L/PS/12/3940

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3940
Title:
Coll 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to: a tour of Muscat by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Consul-General, Bushire, in February 1940; his journey from Muscat to Bahrein [Bahrain] in the ship LT [Lighthouse Tender] Ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1940-1 Oct 1946
Extent:

1 file (64 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/1
Title:
Zanzibar, Muscat, and Persia. Memorandum by Political Secretary
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written by John William Kaye, Political Secretary to the India Office, 1 July 1868. The memorandum discusses the complexities of relations between Muscat and Zanzibar, in the first instance, and Muscat and Persia, in the second instance, especially in light of the subsidy Z...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1868
Extent:

3 folios

23. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/5
Title:
Zanzibar, Arabia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written by Henry Thoby Prinsep, member of the Council of India, 15 July 1868. The document addresses seven matters pertaining to Britain's relations with Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia, as follows: 1. The transfer of diplomatic relations to the Foreign Office; 2. The appointm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1868
Extent:

4 folios

24. IOR/L/PS/20/C201/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C201/1
Title:
‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas.’
Scope & Content:
Military report on Persia (volume IV, part I, covering Persian Baluchistan, Kermān and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]), dated 1922, and published by the Central Government Press at Simla in 1923. The report’s chapters cover: History, including: Persia’s recent political history; a recent history...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

81 folios

25. IOR/L/PS/20/C248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C248
Title:
Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B
Scope & Content:
This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906. The volume is divided into twelve chapters: Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16); Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1906
Extent:

1 volume (106 folios)

26. 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)

27. IOR/R/15/2/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/327
Title:
File 8/29 Bandar Abbas Diaries
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodic reports from the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas from January 1944 to October 1946. The reports were compiled by the British Consul and until November 1945 were produced every fortnight, appearing monthly after that. The reports contain summarised information on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1944-Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/759
Title:
‘File 28/71 Navicert = routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of the Navicert system in the Persian Gulf, which was intended to regulate and control shipping in and out of the Persian Gulf during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1941-29 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/771
Title:
‘File 29/18 vol I TEA FOR THE RESIDENCY BUSHIRE, ESSENTIAL FIRMS BUSHIRE, AND THE CONSULATES AT KHORRAMSHAHR, KERMAN AND BANDAR ABBAS’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about Indian tea and sugar exports to Bahrain under the quota system and the export licensing restrictions imposed by the Government of India during the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities were in short supply. The file contains the corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1944-31 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (244 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/6/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/5
Title:
Slave Trade Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1872-14 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)