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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Bushire, Bushire Province, Asia

251. IOR/L/PS/18/B392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B392
Title:
Wireless Telegraph Stations in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Written by the India Office it covers: an early history of wireless telegraphy in the Persian Gulf, including proposals for its use, from 1904-1915; the erection of stations at Bushire, Henjam, Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Dubai, and Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] from 1915-1917; Persian request...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

252. IOR/L/PS/18/B421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B421
Title:
Situation of Persian Gulf Residency. Arguments for and against Kowiet and Bahrein as alternatives to Bushire
Scope & Content:
Memorandum on the potential of Kuwait (sometimes referred to as Koweit) and Bahrain (sometimes referred to as Bahrein) as the location for the Persian Gulf Residency should it be moved from Bushire. The document contains a short forward by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 10 Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1930
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

253. IOR/L/PS/18/C125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C125
Title:
'Memorandum on the Situation in Southern Persia'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the development of policy proposals for ensuring the security of British subjects in Persia from 1905-1912. This includes the consideration of the following: the dispatch of a force from India to occupy parts of Southern Persia, an increase in the strength of consular gua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1912
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

254. IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 48
Title:
'Rough Sketch of Operations in the Vicinity of BUSHIRE from the 3rd. to the 10th. Feby. 1857.'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region to the north and east of Bushire in south-western Persia, indicating the positions of British and Persian military camps, and routes followed by British and Persian troops. The map also indicates hydrology, settlements and roads, and gives some indication of cultivation an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 map

255. IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 276
Title:
‘To Illustrate Operations at Bushire. 1915.’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the area surrounding the city of Bushire [Bushehr]. The positions of piquet posts under British command are numbered and shown in red. Portrays relief by contour, buildings, roads, and telegraph lines. The map was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

256. IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 280
Title:
‘To Illustrate the Operations from Bushire.’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the area of Persia [Iran] surrounding the city of Bushire [Bushehr]. Portrays settlements and roads. Relief is shown by form lines and spot heights. The map was prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

257. IOR/P/437/72, f 425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/437/72, f 425
Title:
Ground Plan of British Residency Bushire
Scope & Content:
This plan is part of IOR/P/437/72. It portrays the British Residency at Bushire [Bushehr]. Annotations indicate the function of each room, and the parts of the Residency raised above the basement are shaded in red. Drawn by Lieutenant Oliver St John.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 map sheet

258. IOR/R/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire
Scope & Content:
There are considerable gaps within the series owing to periodic weeding processes. The files and volumes may be divided as follows: (1) 1763-1849 (IOR/R/15/1/1-118) Separate series of letters received and letters sent contain correspondence mainly with Basra and later with Government of Bomb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1763-1948
Extent:
c 758 files

259. IOR/R/15/1/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128
Title:
Vol 174 1851/52 General or Miscellaneous and Packets
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence to and from the Resident of the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell) during 1851. The first part of the file (ff 2-29) relates to miscellaneous issues of a largely domestic nature arising at the Residency. The second part of the file (ff 31-76) conta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1850-30 Dec 1851
Extent:
1 volume, 54 items (83 folios)

260. IOR/R/15/1/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/133
Title:
'Book 181 - 1852'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf Residency. At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded in March by Captain Arnold Kemball. The volume includes: Correspondence with the British Envoy at the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1851-14 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)