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1. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 552-568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 552-568
Title:
Operations of Ottoman Military and Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of collected intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. These include: reports by the Residency munshi, and the Commander of HM Gun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1871-16 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 84-144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 84-144
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 91 of 1843, dated 26 December 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-29 and are dated 2 March-26 December 1843. On folio 85 a note in black ink, sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1843
Extent:

1 item (61 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 137-195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 137-195
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 11 of 1847, dated 30 January 1847. The enclosures are dated 11 November 1846-26 January 1847. The item comprises copies of despatches of Major Samuel Hennell, R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1847
Extent:
1 item (59 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/115
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 15 June 1800. Blankett reports a visit to Suez where he found that the Convention for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/325
Title:
Letters from Thomas Megson and Jonathan Lovett
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from Captain Thomas Megson, Commander of the ship Rahim Shah, to the Commander of any ship under English colours, sent from Muscat, and dated 7 October 1803.The letter describes an encounter with a French frigate at Muscat. 2. A letter fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1803-28 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2160B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2160B
Title:
Coll 6/88 'Intelligence: Military Report on Arabia (C.B. 1892).'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two parts. The first part (folios 1-9) begins with a 'state of report' document for an Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division report entitled 'Arabia, Intelligence Report'; the 'state report' concerns the updating of the report in October 1941, and it includes a list of maps...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1932-7 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3788
Title:
Coll 30/71 'Persian Navy: Visit of Persian gunboats to India & Ceylon. Docking facilities, refitting, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains information concerning the Persian Navy, including the visit of the Persian warships HIMS Babr and HIMS Palang to India and Ceylon, 1934; the cost of refitting the ships while in India; provision of docking facilities and further cost of refitting, 1935; the reimbursement of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Oct 1933-30 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3843

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3843
Title:
Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of extracts of reports on naval affairs and general intelligence in the Persian Gulf sent from the Admiralty to the India Office. The extracts were sent approximately every month and cover the whole of the period 1935-39. The extracts are drawn from reports of proceedings of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1935-10 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (600 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/55
Title:
File XX/4 Naval and Military Intelligence Queries.
Scope & Content:
The file contains information provided by the Political Agent, Kuwait in response to military and naval intelligence queries from the Government of India; Army Headquarters India; the Intelligence Officer, Bushire; the Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron, and other military and naval offici...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1906-10 Feb 1916
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)