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1. IOR/F/4/1929/82844

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1929/82844
Title:
‘Vol: 2. Persian Gulf – A Bugla stranded off Kishm’
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 second in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1929/82843 and IOR/F/4/1929/82845). The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1840-25 Aug 1841
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/6/109, ff 417-434a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/109, ff 417-434a
Title:
General No. 20 of 1873, Forwarding Correspondence Relating to Salvage Demands Made by the Persian Local Authorities at Bushire on Account of Goods Landed from the Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
Copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 2 June 1873 and received by the India Office Political and Secret Department 30 June 1873. In continuation of Despatch No. 15, dated 8 May 1873, this despatch forwards a copy...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1873-30 Jun 1873
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/1/70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/70
Title:
Book 96: Letters Inward 1837
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent during 1837 to Captain Samuel Hennell, the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf. It primarily concerns the operations of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; the movement of ships, the transfer of officers, and the payment of allowances. Major topics cov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1837-14 Aug 1837
Extent:
1 file, (44 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1372
Title:
‘File 12/5 Wrecks of sailing boats and vessels in the sea and salvages’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, statements made by nakhudas, bills and receipts, all related to incidents in which native vessels were wrecked or damaged in the Persian Gulf (and chiefly in the waters around Bahrain) usually as a result either of storms or collision with another vessel. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
17 Nov 1929-12 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (282 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/453
Title:
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME III Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a the sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Claims for compensation The effect of the wreck of the Dahpu on anchorage in Muscat harbour Attempt at salvage of the wreck of SS Da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-24 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)