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1. IOR/F/4/2550/149211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2550/149211
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to an act of piracy committed on the African coast by a Ras-el-Khymah boat.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fifteenth in a series of sixteen i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1853-23 Nov 1853
Extent:
1 item (21 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2573/152428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2573/152428
Title:
‘Regarding the loss sustained by Mirza Fezloorlah the British Agent at Sheraz in consequence of an earthquake.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Foreign Letter from the Government of India to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 May 1854. The enclosures are dated 5 July 1853-14 October 1853. The correspondents are: the Government of Bomba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1853-13 May 1854
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 16-29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 16-29
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 2 of 1847, dated 2 January 1847. The enclosures are dated 10 December 1846-2 January 1847. The correspondents are: Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1847
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/69/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/207
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 8 July 1824. Subjects covered in the letter include: Events in Khorasan The rumoured death of the Khan of Khiva Mah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1824
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/69/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/210
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Aug 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Abher [Ābhar] and dated 11 August 1824. The letter concerns: Internal affairs at the Court of Persia, reporting on a meeting between the Shah [Fath-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1824
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/69/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/229
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 18 Oct 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 18 October 1824. The letter reports on internal affairs in Persia, including: The departure of Ameen ud Dowleh [‘Abdullah Khān Amīn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1824
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/327
Title:
PZ 376/1940 'Turkey: Earthquake in Turkey, 1939.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the 1939 Turkish earthquake. It largely consists of: copies of letters from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Counsellor, British Embassy, Angora [Ankara], Turkey, forwarding enclosed correspondence reg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1940-14 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/33
Title:
Vol 35: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent out by Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and James Pringle Riach, the officer placed in charge of the Bushire Residency during his absences; the Resident is required to make a number of trips to the Arabian Coast during the period cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1824-10 Jun 1825
Extent:
1 volume, 148 items (142 folios)