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1. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and papers relating to the relocation of the British Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the island of Karrack [Khark, also known as Kharg] at the end of March 1839, and the events leading up to it, including: Deterioration of the Political Resident’s relations with Mirza ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (73 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (134 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3794
Title:
Coll 30/77 'Koweit: Persian interference with Koweiti dhows.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns reports of interference with Kuwaiti dhows by Iranian (also referred to as Persian) customs and naval authorities. The papers contain witness statements, letters of protest by the Shaikh of Koweit [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait], reports, discussion of the incidents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1934-28 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B51
Title:
Memorandum on the French claim to the island of Karrack, by Sir H C Rawlinson
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, compiled on 28 December 1889 by Sir Henry Rawlinson , refers to a Letter from the Foreign Office, dated 20 September 1889. The subject is the alleged cession of the Island of Kharg [Iran] from the Persian Government to France in 1836-37, which seemed improbable and, anywa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1889
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)