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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Bussorah, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/38
Title:
Letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
An anonymous letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah [Basra] and dated 12 March 1791. The author reports that he has arrived in Bussorah and forwarded to India news of negotiations with Spain, and that he intends to depart for Surat the fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1791
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/385, f 435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, f 435
Title:
‘PLAN of the City of BUSSORAH’
Scope & Content:
This sketch map shows a plan of the city of Bussorah [Basra]. A numbered list identifies major buildings, and also indicates the city walls and gates, bazars [bazaars], and ruins. The Shatt al-Arab (labelled as the Euphrates), other hydrology, and vegetation are also indicated. The map is a cop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1840
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. IOR/L/PS/5/464, ff 70-78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/464, ff 70-78
Title:
Bagdad Pachalic 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 1850, dated 25 June 1850. The enclosures, numbered 3-5 and dated 28 July 1849 to 10 May 1850, relate to the affairs of the Baghdad Pashalik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1850
Extent:

1 item (9 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 445-449

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 445-449
Title:
Regarding Monsieur Lederer and his Passage to Bussorah [Basra]
Scope & Content:
This item consists primarily of two letters between the Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Governor-General of India, dated between 22 August and 2 September 1839. It relates to an Austrian gentleman named Monsieur Lederer, and his passage to Bussorah [Basra] from Bombay [Mumbai].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1839-2 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 236-250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 236-250
Title:
‘State of affairs in the Bagdad Pachalie’
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 28 February 1848. The enclosures are dated 7 December 1847-15 January 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of despatches from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia relating to affairs in and around Bagdad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1848
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 54-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 54-79
Title:
‘State of affairs in the Baghdad Pachalie’
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 25 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 2-27 November 1847. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in and around Bagdad [Baghdad], including: Flood defences on the Euphrate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1848
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 536-546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 536-546
Title:
‘State of affairs in the Bagdad Pachalie’
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 12 April 1848. The enclosures are dated 26 January-1 April 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in and around Bagdad [Baghdad], including: a British merchant who was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1848
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 361-370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 361-370
Title:
The Suggestion of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia of Increasing the Duty Levied at Bussorah on the Export of Horses
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 124 of 1846, dated 29 October 1846. The enclosures, numbered 3-8 and dated 16 to 29 October 1846, consist of: Minutes of the Governor of Bomba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1846
Extent:

1 item (9 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/169
Title:
File 252/1910 Pt 2 Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; buoyage of Shatt al-Arab
Scope & Content:
This volume contains letters, reports and memoranda concerning the lighting and buoyage of the Shatt al-Arab. Correspondence discusses the poor state of the buoys and need for repainting; a re-survey of the Shatt al-Arab in order the prevent the Germans from gaining influence. Also discussed is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 volume (327 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 468-482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 468-482
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 23 of 1847, dated 2 March 1847. The enclosure is dated 11 January 1847. The item comprises a despatch from Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent, Turkis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1847
Extent:

1 item (15 folios)