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41. IOR/L/PS/9/69/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/128
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 1 November 1822. The letter reprimands Bruce for making an agreement with the Government of Fars at Shiraz (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1822
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/9/69/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/129
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Poonah [Pune] and dated 27 October 1822. The letter concerns the agreement concluded between William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būsheh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1822
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/9/69/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/132
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
Scope & Content:
A draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Hoosain Alli Mirza [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs], undated. The letter concerns the agreement concluded by William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], with the Government of Fars at Sheraz [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1823
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/9/69/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/133
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
Scope & Content:
A draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sa’īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], undated. The letter concerns the agreement concluded by William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], with the Government of Fars at Sheraz [Shīrāz] (IOR/L/PS/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1823
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/10/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/168
Title:
File 252/1910 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying; the B.I.S.N. Co's buoyage system taken over by Govt of India'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, plans, photographs, indentures and tables relating to the lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf. The discussion in the volume relates to the transfer of the responsibility for lighting and buoying from the Briti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1916
Extent:
1 volume (444 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/10/483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/483
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 6 'German War: Persia; general situation May-July 1915'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and Balochistan, during the First World War. The main focus is measures to be taken in the event of Persia entering the War against Great Britain. The volume covers: Advice of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on measures to be taken i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1915-16 Jul 1915
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/10/1094

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1094
Title:
File 4011/1923 Pt 1 'PERSIAN GULF NEGOTIATIONS 1928-33. BASIDU.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the British occupation of Basidu, situated on Kishm [Qeshm] Island in the Gulf, close to the south coast of Persia [Iran], and occupied by the British since the early 1820s. It is stated in the correspondence that the site had been used mainly as a coal depot for British n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Oct 1923-29 Nov 1933
Extent:

1 volume (649 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/18/B404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B404
Title:
Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in Basidu
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with Basidu [Bāsa ‘īdū](on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]) in terms of status and rights from c 1820-1928. Covering: introduction to the location of Basidu and its strategic importance; extent of the British Concession; status of Basidu – c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/18/B428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B428
Title:
Status of Basidu
Scope & Content:
This is a printed confidential memorandum by Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 18 Oct 1933 and revised 30 October 1933. It concerns details and relevant facts since 1720 with regards to the status of the British concession at Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] on the Island of Kishm in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 file (46 folios)

50. IOR/R/15/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14
Title:
Vol 14: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters are written by Lieutenant William Bruce, who was the Resident at this time. A handful of letters are written by James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. Subjects relating directly to the Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1813-28 Dec 1814
Extent:
1 volume, 254 items (142 folios)