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1. IOR/F/4/415/10276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/415/10276
Title:
‘Dispatch of Three Cruizers to the Persian Gulph [Gulf] for the Suppression of Pirates.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of Political Consultations and Political Letters sent to and from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to attacks on merchant ships by the Joasamee [Āl Qāsimī] and the numerous counterefforts made by the East India Company and others over several ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1810-16 Jan 1813
Extent:

1 item (29 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/648/17850

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/648/17850
Title:
‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee pirates in the Persian Gulph, Vol. 1’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the first in a series of 8 items on the subject of the alleged piracy of the Joasmee [Qawasim] (the others are: IOR/F/4/649/17851 and 178...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1815-29 Aug 1821
Extent:
1 item (210 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/651
Title:
Board's Collections Vol 651
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of one item which contains copies of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and Bengal. The item is: IOR/F/4/651/17855 ‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1819-Jul 1820
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/1959/85480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1959/85480
Title:
‘Slave Trade Vol: 3’
Scope & Content:
This item contains graphic descriptions of slavery. This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political and secret letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Staffor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1839-30 Mar 1842
Extent:
1 item (217 folios)

5. IOR/F/4/2302/118750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2302/118750
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Commencement of hostilities between the Chiefs of Aboothabee and Rusel Khyma – Vol: 24’
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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1848-Dec 1848
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/39
Title:
Despatches Relating to Expeditions to the Persian Gulph, 1819-1821
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies and extracts of correspondence, with enclosures, relating to the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf] Expedition of 1819 against the Joasmees [al-Qāsimī] at Rasul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah, various spellings in this volume] who the British deemed guilty of acts of ‘piracy’ in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1815-25 May 1821
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 16 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1839-16 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (130 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/69/31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/31
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 6 Jul 1820
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay and dated 27 October 1819. The letter contains instructions for Keir’s expedition to the Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1819
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/19
Title:
Vol 19 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent to the British Resident at Bushire. The subject matter of the correspondence centres around the administration of the Bushire Residency, and company operations in the area. It therefore covers the wider commercial and political interests of the East India Company...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1816-22 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 volume 272 items (162 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157
Title:
‘Vol 224 1856/57 Bahrain; Abu Dhabi; Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah; Hamriya; Muscat and Bandar `Abbas; Slave Trade’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to a number of subjects, listed below. The principal correspondents throughout are Commander (James) Felix Jones, initially Acting Resident, then Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The volume...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1855-21 Mar 1857
Extent:
2 volumes, 96 items (309 folios)