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1. IOR/F/4/182/3486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/182/3486
Title:
'Measures adopted for the recovery of the country ship Alert, seized by her Native Crew, who after murdering her European captain and officers carried her into Mockulla on the coast of Arabia’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of different extracts of the Bombay Public Consultations, regarding an act of piracy and murder that was reportedly committed by the native crew of the country ship Alert. The Alert was bound for Bengal port laden with dispatches principally belonging to the East India Company...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1804-31 May 1805
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/23
Title:
Factory Records, Persia, Vol 23
Scope & Content:
This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 22 November 1792 and 11 January 1799, and includes material relating to: The negotiations between the Factor, Harford Jones, and the Bacha of Bagdad [Pāshā of Baghdad, also spelt Bagdat in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1792-11 Jan 1799
Extent:
1 volume (747 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/88/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88/1
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia:- Euphrates + Tigris S. N. Co.; Mail contract’
Scope & Content:
Part 1 of the volume comprises correspondence relating to, as well as draft copies of (ff 325-327, ff 338-341, ff 384-386) an indenture for the renewal of the concession agreed between the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (ETSNC) and the British Government, for the conveyance of mai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1905
Extent:

1 item (72 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3741
Title:
Coll 30/27 'Persian Gulf: Shipping, Steamer Services from Karachi to Bahrein, Lingah, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding freight charges, ports of call and other administrative matters related to shipping routes in - and through - the Persian Gulf. Specific matters discussed include a request by Kalat State for the British India Steam Navigati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Aug 1931-31 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)