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1. IOR/F/4/690/18908

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/690/18908
Title:
‘Vol: 1 - Relative to the disgraceful treatment experienced by Lieut Dominicetti of the Marine from the Dola of Mocha and others, and to the plunder of the Company’s Factory at that place in 1817 – also Proceedings of the Expedition which was in consequence dispatched against the Town of Mocha.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the first in a series of two items on Lieutenant Dominicetti and Mocha (the other is IOR/F/4/690/18909). The principal correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1817-9 Apr 1821
Extent:
1 item (242 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 41-45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 41-45
Title:
Persian Gulf, Mohumrah and Joasmee: Remonstrances addressed to the Chief of -.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 20 of 23 May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1859-23 May 1859
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 129-159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 129-159
Title:
Muscat: Wreck of the Schooner "Good Hope".
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 24 of 23 May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1859-23 May 1859
Extent:
1 item (31 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 384-397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 384-397
Title:
Persian Gulf: Relative to the Town of Asselloo and the piratical seizure of a Goucha belonging to people of that place.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 33 of 22 June 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1858-22 Jun 1859
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/215
Title:
File 332/1912 'Sokotra: looting of the Kuala; Development of Socotra'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, and minutes relating to the looting of the SS Kuala by inhabitants of Socotra following its grounding off the coast of the island in November 1911. Some of the correspondence is included as enclosures, sometimes in the form of printed collect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1911-Jun 1920
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/564

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/564
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 1 ‘German War: conquered territory: status: question of trading; looting, etc. of goods by Turks.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the status of cargo consignments held at Basra, Mesopotamia, for export to Britain, during the British invasion of Turkish Mesopotamia [Iraq] in November 1914. The file includes: discussion as to whether consignments of cargo that are on their way from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1914-23 Nov 1915
Extent:

1 volume (198 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/687

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/687
Title:
File 2678/1917 Pt 1 & 2 'PERSIA: FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ROUBLE EXCHANGE &c'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two parts (items): IOR/L/PS/10/687/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/687/2. Both parts consist of papers relating to financial arrangements for the acquisition of currency for the payment, by the British Government, of Russian troops in Persia [Iran], and the associated difficulties and iss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1917-1918
Extent:
1 volume (371 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/847
Title:
Ext 4226/43 ‘Compensation to Arabic Shaikhdoms for Losses by Enemy Action (Sinking of S.S. Dhafu); Sinking of dhows belonging to KOWEIT, QATAR, MUSCAT (Grounding of "Star of Mex")’
Scope & Content:
The file contains policy papers discussing whether the British Government should pay out compensation for dhows lost by the Persian Gulf States as a result of enemy action. The file also discusses whether compensation should be paid to coolies killed as a result of the sinking of the Norwegian v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1943-21 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/727

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/727
Title:
‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to, and copies of the various orders, regulations and notices, issued under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council, 1939. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1939-9 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/96

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/96
Title:
'1/C III. Miscellaneous.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a large number of miscellaneous topics: The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Expulsion of Hafidh Wahba from Bahrain, 1922. Proposals to reduce Gulf establishment, 1922. Rumours...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1921-2 Jan 1924
Extent:
1 volume (313 folios)