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038-000227579 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857)

1. IOR/R/15/1/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/151
Title:
Vol 211 Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57, following Persia's attempts on Herat. The letters cover a period when the British had an expeditionary force camped outside Bushire while Persian troops were amassed at Borazjoon [Borazjan] and Mohammerah [Korramsha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Jan 1857-2 May 1857
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/146
Title:
Political Department 1854/55 Bushire Residency Persia and Persian Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters mainly received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding Persia and the Persian coast of the Gulf, from the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay Castle. There are also two documents which become part of the file at a later stage, in 1856; they were both proclama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1854-Dec 1856
Extent:
1 file, 6 items (51 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/154
Title:
Vol 215: Persia and Persian Coast; Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This volume consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Writing on behalf of the Residency are Commander (James) Felix Jones, Acting Resident (and later in the volume, Resident) in the Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1856-25 May 1857
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/161
Title:
Vol 246: Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This volume consists almost entirely of letters received by the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy from the senior Indian Navy officer in command of the Persian Gulf Squadron (acting or otherwise). Most of the letters are addressed to a named recipient and the bulk of these are addressed to R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1857-2 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/158
Title:
Persian Expeditionary Force Papers
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence on various topics connected to the Persian Expeditionary Force sent to Bushire during the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: Major-General Foster Stalker, Commander of the Persian Expeditionary Force; Rear Admiral Henry Leeke, Commander i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1856-31 Mar 1862
Extent:
1 volume (209 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/152
Title:
Vol 212 Secret Correspondence: Bahrain; Muscat and Bandar Abbas; Miscellaneous and Local
Scope & Content:
The volume contains secret correspondence (original correspondence received and copies of correspondence sent) within the following three separate categories: Bahrein [Bahrain]; Muscat and Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] (and local); and miscellaneous and local. The Resident in the Persian Gulf dur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1856-7 Feb 1857
Extent:
2 volumes (305 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/170
Title:
'Book 257 1857-1861' Vol 257 Persia; including `Narrative of Events connected with Persia and Persian Coast, 1856/57, 1857/58 by Lt Disbrowe, Assistant Resident'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence file containing a narrative of the events of the War with Persia (1856-1857) from the perspective of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, and his assistant Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe. Also contained within the file are copies of cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
27 Mar 1857-7 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 file, 2 items (126 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/153
Title:
Vol 214 Persian Expeditionary Force: Cpt Felix Jones' Memorial and miscellaneous papers
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence written during and just after the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: James Felix Jones, Political Resident at Bushire; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay; Captain Dunsterville, Assistant Commissary-General to the Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1857-21 Apr 1859
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/159
Title:
Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to British forces sent to Bushire during the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: Major-General Foster Stalker (later James Outram), Commander of British Forces in Persia; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay; Ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
4 Oct 1856-24 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/174
Title:
Vol 263: Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns Britain's Persian Expeditionary Force and the state of relations between the British and the Persians following the end of the Anglo-Persian War. The volume contains letters written and received by a range of correspondents, including the following: Lieutenant-Gen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
17 Jun 1857-30 Jul 1858
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)