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1. IOR/L/PS/9/70/22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/22
Title:
Copy of a Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Bombay, to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Bombay [Mumbai], to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 22 February 1825. In the letter Macdonald Kinneir details: The history of Russo-Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1825
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/154
Title:
Abstract of Intelligence from an Armenian Merchant
Scope & Content:
An abstract of information received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from an Armenian merchant on 16 May 1801, describing a journey from Herat to Astrachan [Astrakhan] via Bokara [Bukhara]. Attached are notes by Harford Jones speculating on possible routes for a Russian attack o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/79
Title:
Vol 108: Native Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of translations of (and substances of) letters in Arabic and Persian received by the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; the original letters are not present in the volume. The greatest proportion of this correspondence is from the Resident's native agents throughout the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1838-25 Aug 1839
Extent:
1 volume (260 pages)

4. IOR/R/15/1/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/80
Title:
Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volumes consist of letters outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf. Most of these letters were originally penned by Samuel Hennell (Resident), with a few towards the end of the second volume penned by Thomas Edmunds (Assistant Resident). Most of these letters are addressed to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1839-17 Dec 1839
Extent:
2 volumes (227 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/81
Title:
Book 111: Letters Inward 1839
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a few letters addressed to Samuel Hennell, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The main authors being Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Persia, based at Erzeroom; George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Naval Squa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1839-26 May 1839
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/83
Title:
Secret Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of secret letters sent to Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The majority of this correspondence is from either the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], or the Secret Committee based at India House in London. These letters frequently contain enclosures (i.e. copies...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1839-7 Dec 1839
Extent:

1 file (158 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/84
Title:
Vol 116: 'Secret Letter Book Volume 3'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of secret correspondence sent outwards by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf, Samuel Hennell. These letters are primarily addressed to either the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay (either Lestock Robert Reid or John Pollard Willoughby), or the Secret Committee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1839-1 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)