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1. IOR/F/4/2302/118768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2302/118768
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Hostilities between the chief of Aboothabee and the chief of Rasel Khyma. – Vol: 42’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1848-10 Jan 1849
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2376/126165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2376/126165
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Accommodation on board the Hon’ble Company’s steamer “Nitocris” afforded to the British and Russian Commissioners employed on the delimitation of the Turco-Persian Frontier – Vol: 4’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Act...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1849-3 Apr 1850
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2416/130518

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2416/130518
Title:
‘Persian Gulf and Aden. Claim of the owner of the Bugla “Futhool Kheir” to the balance of freight due to him for the conveyance of Government stores to Aden.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1845-30 Oct 1850
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/2416/130549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2416/130549
Title:
‘Egypt. Passage for Ahmed Aga and his suite from Bussora to Bombay and Suez.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Henry Johnson, HC Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1 Apr 1850-3 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444
Title:
Proceedings and Dispatches, Aden 1839
Scope & Content:
The item consists primarily of correspondence with notes, reports and memoranda dated between 10 July and 2 September 1839; it relates to Aden during the first month after its capture by the British. The papers cover the following: a request for weights and measures at the Custom House at Aden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1839-2 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (138 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635
Title:
Proceedings and Despatches, Karrack, 1839
Scope & Content:
The item consists primarily of correspondence with enclosures, notes, reports and memoranda dated between 1 August 1839 and 10 September 1839. It covers the first month after the British occupation of Karrack [Khārk/Kharg]. Most significant are those regarding: mercantile affairs; the movement ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1839-10 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (186 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/438
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying; General Arrangements'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the instalment and maintenance of lighting and other navigation facilities in the Persian Gulf, and particularly around the Shatt-al-Arab waterway. Most of the papers pertain to the capital expenditures of the new navigation aids for ships. A minority of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1912
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/439

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/439
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 2-3 'Persian Gulf Lighting and Buoying Misc Papers'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the buoying of navigation routes and shipping lines in the Persian Gulf. The papers discuss the costs, logistical requirements and standardisation of lighting and marking of buoys in the Gulf. The file contains a variety of discussions by the various parties ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1920
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/440

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/440
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Lights and Buoys; Expenditure'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the construction and maintenance of buoying and lighting facilities in the Persian Gulf, primarily for the Quoin Island Lighthouse. The letters are exchanges between the Government of India and British Authorities in the Persian Gulf, and mainly discuss the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1922
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/441

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/441
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 5,6,7, & 8 'Persian Gulf Buoying and Lighting'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Residency in the Persian Gulf, and Trinity House in London about lighting and buoying operations in the Gulf near the Shatt al Arab waterway. Most of the correspondence relates to the placement of maritime lighting indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1916
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)