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1. IOR/F/4/258/5655

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/258/5655
Title:
‘Cession by the King of Persia to the French of the Port of Gombroon.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns news of French activities in Persia and the Gulf, and the measures to be taken to protect British interests. In particu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1807-Mar 1808
Extent:
1 item (93 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/344/7967

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/344/7967
Title:
Referring to a Correspondence with Admiral Drury respecting the advantages that might result from a Ship of War occasionally visiting the Gulph of Arabia
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence between the Government of Bombay and Rear Admiral William O’Brien Drury, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, regarding a proposal for increased British naval presence in the Gulf of Arabia [Red Sea] in order to resist French influence in the region.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1810-14 Apr 1810
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/24
Title:
Letters and Enclosures on Persia received from Bassora, 1799-1811
Scope & Content:
Originals and duplicates of correspondence, comprising secret letters, excerpts of reports, schedules, translated letters and transcripts in original languages (Ottoman Turkish and French), in 331 enclosures received from Bassora [Basra, Iraq] and addressed to the Secret Department. Papers relate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
13 Jan 1799-18 Dec 1811
Extent:
1 volume (767 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers relating to the first years of the East India Company Residency in Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled Bagdat in this volume]. The first section (folios 4-153) consists of letters from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Jul 1798-20 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (511 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/30
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (His Majesty's Envoy to Persia) to The Right Honble Robt Dundas (President of the Right Honble The Commissioners for the Affairs of India.), from 12th June 1807 to 8th Sep 1808, Vol: 1.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Sir Harford Jones’s diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran] in 1808. The papers reflect the purposes and practicalities of the mission and cover the following matters: Jones’s progress from England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1807-13 Dec 1808
Extent:
1 volume (462 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/33
Title:
List of Enclosures in the Bengal Secret Letters dated 9th February, 31st March, 3rd May + 6th June 1808, relative to Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to affairs in Persia [Iran] and contains copies of letters, extracts and translations of letters, intelligence reports, and proceedings of Governor-General in Council meetings at Fort William, Calcutta [Kolkata], being enclosures to several despatches sent during the first hal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Feb 1808-6 Jun 1808
Extent:
1 volume (205 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/35
Title:
Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters of 21 December 1808, 20 January and 3 April 1809
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulph [Persian Gulf]. The principal correspondents are: Sir Harford Jones [later Jones-Brydges], Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia; Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynyn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1808-20 Mar 1809
Extent:
1 volume (304 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/36
Title:
Letters and Enclosures on Persia to the Secret Department, 1809-1810
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises a single packet addressed to the Secret Department, containing transcripts and supplementary duplicate copies of secret letters, excerpts of intelligence reports, itineraries, travel accounts, translated diplomatic letters, treaties, royal edicts or firmaun [farmān], and tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Feb 1809-12 Mar 1810
Extent:
1 volume (362 folios)

9. IOR/G/29/38, ff 1-233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 1-233
Title:
French intrigues in Persia and Attempts of the French to acquire the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence and extracts of papers relating to French influence and activities in the Red Sea (often referred to as the ‘Arabian Gulph’) and Persia [Iran], sent to the Chairman of the Court of Directors, Charles Grant, and the Secret Committee. Matters covered include: F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Sep 1804-14 Jan 1807
Extent:
1 item (233 folios)

10. IOR/H/736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/736
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to Malcolm during the periods 1796, 1801-02, 1807-15, and 1830-32, when Malcolm served in either a military or administrative capacity for the East India Company in India and on diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran] (1808 and 1810), and when he was in England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1796-9 Nov 1832
Extent:
1 volume (458 folios)