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1. IOR/F/4/344/7968

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/344/7968
Title:
Suggesting that the official designation of Mr Rich the Resident at Bussorah should be "Political Agent in Turkish Arabia"
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Board of Control regarding the proposed closure of the Residency at Baghdad and the transferal of its responsibilities to the Residency at Bussorah [Basra]. It includes a proposal from Bombay that the position of ‘Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1808-14 Apr 1810
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/1266/50907

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1266/50907
Title:
Removal of Nujif Ali Khan (a Prince of Persia) to Bussorah, in preference to his being tried for murder of which he was accused – His pen[sion] of Rs 400 discontinued from 30th November the allowance of Rs 120 per mo[nth] to the Mother of […] Prince made payable at Bussorah
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The item is chiefly concerned with the case of Nujeef Ally ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1815-1 Jul 1830
Extent:

1 item (130 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/1380/55099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1380/55099
Title:
‘Proceedings relating to the Bushire Residency & Bussorah Agency. Question as to removing the former from Bushire to the island of Kharrack.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The item relates to the suggestion – first in 1828 by Captain Da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1827-17 Oct 1832
Extent:

1 item (141 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/2122/100077

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2122/100077
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Aboothabee – Seizure of a Bateela’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultations. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1845-4 Jun 1845
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

5. IOR/F/4/2203/108137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2203/108137
Title:
‘Persian Gulf Ravages in the – Vol: 4’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1846-4 Feb 1847
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/F/4/2224/110798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2224/110798
Title:
‘Bussora. Orders issued by the Turkish Government that vessels sailing under Flag from the Port of Bussora shall be provided with a Register.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 November 1847. The item relates to news from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1847-30 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

7. IOR/F/4/2302/118755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2302/118755
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Commodore Hawkins’ proceedings – Vol: 29’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Senior Na...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1848-27 Nov 1848
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/3
Title:
Diary and Consultation Book of Thomas Waters, Supravisor of the East India Company's Activities in Persia and the Persian Gulf at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]
Scope & Content:
This volume is the Diary and Consultation Book of Thomas Waters, 'Supravisor' of the East India Company's activities in Persia and the Persian Gulf. The volume contains diary entries and consultations held at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] including: a consultation with William Henry Draper and John ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1726-14 Mar 1727
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)

9. IOR/G/29/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/4
Title:
The Diary and Consultation Book of William Henry Draper, Esq, 'Cheif for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulph of Persia & ca. [in] Councill'
Scope & Content:
This volume is the Diary and Consultation Book of William Henry Draper, 'Cheif for Affairs of the British Nation in the Gulph of Persia'. The volume contains diary entries and consultations at Gombroon [Bandar-e ‘Abbas], including: the appointment of John Fothringham to take 'Charge of the Wareho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 March 1727-31 July 1727
Extent:
1 volume (86 folios)

10. IOR/G/29/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/8
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 3 August 1754 and ending 31 July 1755.
Scope & Content:
The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and the Factory’s Council members Richard Secker and John Parsons, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the admini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1754-31 Jul 1755
Extent:
1 volume (88 folios)