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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Kishm, Persian Gulf, Asia

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/69/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/63
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 31 May 1821
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Major Duchamp, Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Kishm and dated 13 March 1821. The letter forwards a letter from the Prince of Shīrāz [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] regar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1821
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/69/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/64
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 31 May 1821
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter from Hussein Ally [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], Prince of Shīrāz [Prince-Governor of Fārs], to Major Duchamp (or Deschamps), Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], undated. The Prince states that he has written to Bombay [Mumbai] and sent an envoy to Kishm to pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1821
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/69/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/120
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 27 Aug 1822
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 22 May 1822. The letter announces the dispatch of reinforcements to the British forces occupying Kishm [Qes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1822
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/69/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/67
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 10 Jul 1821
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Sir Charles Colville, Commander-in-Chief at Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 19 March 1821. The letter concerns the Persian claim to sovereignty over the island of Kishm [Qeshm]. Colville advises...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1821
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/69/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/122
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 15 Oct 1822
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Abdulla Khan Umeen ed Dawlat [‘Abdullah Khān Amīn al-Dawlah], Second Minister of Persia, sent from Tabriz and dated 1 September 1822. The letter concerns the mission of Mirza Bauqur [Mīrzā Bakr], envoy o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1822
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/69/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/78
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Major Deschamps (also spelled Duchamp), Acting Political Agent on Kishm [Qeshm], to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Kishm and dated 11 March 1821. The letter relays reports that Hussein Ally [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1821
Extent:
2 items (3 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/69/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/83
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1822
Scope & Content:
A translation of a note from Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, dated 1 Rubee il akher [Rabi’ al-Thani] 1237 (26 December 1821). While affirming friendship with Britain, the note protests th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1822
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/69/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/85
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1822
Scope & Content:
A translation of a note from Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, received 21 January 1822. In response to Willock’s note (IOR/L/PS/9/69/84), Mirza Abdul Wahab states that the Prince [Prince-G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1822
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)