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1. IOR/F/4/2475/138723

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2475/138723
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the particulars of a tour on the Arabian Coast by the Resident in the.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1852. It is the first in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf. The l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1852-31 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2536/147466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2536/147466
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the importation of Slaves into Oman and Ras-el-Khymah.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 November 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the sixth in a series of seven items a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1853-9 Nov 1853
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/477, ff 165-176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/477, ff 165-176
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 33 of 1853, dated 10 May 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 1-17 May 1853. A note in red ink indicates that numbers 8-9 (copy o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1853
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/60
Title:
Vol 78: Miscellaneous Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists almost entirely of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Resident at this time was David Anderson Blane. The principal correspondents are the following: Commodore William Sowden Collinson, Commander of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; Charles N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1832-24 Sep 1832
Extent:
1 volume (28 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/67
Title:
Book 88: Letters Outwards
Scope & Content:
The file consists of letters sent outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; most of the letters have been penned by Samuel Hennell (Assistant Resident), followed by James Morrison (newly appointed Resident), and Thomas Mackenzie (Civil Surgeon). This correspondence is predominantl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1835-28 Dec 1835
Extent:
1 volume, (96 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127
Title:
1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent to and from the Persian Gulf Residency (the Resident at the time being Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell), concerning the slave trade between the coast of East Africa and the Persian Gulf, and Britain's maritime efforts to suppress it. The main correspondent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1851-31 Dec 1851
Extent:
1 file, 20 items (41 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132
Title:
Vol 180: Secret letters Inward and Outward
Scope & Content:
The file contains Secret and Political correspondence sent inwards and outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; the file primarily represents communications between the Resident, and the Secret and Political Department of the Bombay Government. It covers diplomatic relations wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1851-19 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 volume, 78 items (237 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139
Title:
Vol 187 1853/54 Persia; Squadron
Scope & Content:
This file is divided into two sections. The first section (folios 2-21) consists of fourteen letters from Bushire to Tehran, two letters from Bushire to Baghdad and two letters from Tehran to Bushire. The letters from Bushire are written by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1853-2 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 volume, 39 items (60 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/424
Title:
File 35/101 VI A 64 Miscellaneous Muscat papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence mainly relating to the collection of finances. Non-payment by certain tribes on the Batinah Coast is identified as a threat to the revenue of the Muscat State and the visit of a sloop or flying boat to these regions is recommended. Correspondents include the Political Agent, Musca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1933-15 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/460
Title:
35/149 I (A 67) Batineh date trade. Dowson's reports
Scope & Content:
Consists of a report by Valentine Hugh Wilfred Dowson entitled 'Notes on a few day's journey to the West of Maskat'. The report is divided into sections including climate; geology; communications; flora and fauna. There then follows three sections on agriculture. Agriculture I reports on labour,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1927-28 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)