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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/4
Title:
Persian Gulf; Muscat and Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum, written by George Russell Clerk, member of the Council of India, London, on 17 July 1868. The document discusses the motives behind Persia's ambition for a naval presence in the Gulf, including the search for markets for opium exports. In a second section, entitled 'Muscat ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1868
Extent:

4 folios

2. IOR/R/15/1/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137
Title:
‘Vol 184 1853/54 Commerce; Accounts and General’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to a number of different subjects. The principal correspondents are Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Topics covered by the file include: Import d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1853-14 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 file (44 folios, 13 items)

3. IOR/R/15/1/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/146
Title:
Political Department 1854/55 Bushire Residency Persia and Persian Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters mainly received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding Persia and the Persian coast of the Gulf, from the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay Castle. There are also two documents which become part of the file at a later stage, in 1856; they were both proclama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1854-Dec 1856
Extent:
1 file, 6 items (51 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/169
Title:
Vol 256 Persia
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to/from Captain James Felix Jones, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file is divided into two thematic sections: 1) folios 2-61 contain correspondence regarding British attempts to locate and arrest four Indians accused of involvement in the Indian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Apr 1857-9 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/375
Title:
File 9/31 Report that illicit trade between Bahrain and Persia is encouraged by the Political Agent Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Embassy at Tehran and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, concerning allegations of illegal trade between Bahrain and Iran by a merchant from Bushire, who was responsible for smuggling sugar, tea and opium...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1946-24 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

6. IOR/V/10/680, ff 47-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/V/10/680, ff 47-69
Title:
Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75.
Scope & Content:
Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75, printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1875. The report consists of a number of subsections, as follows: An administration report by the Political Resident i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
23 folios

7. IOR/V/23/36, No 165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/V/23/36, No 165
Title:
‘Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muskat Political Agency for the year 1878-79.’
Scope & Content:
Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1878-79, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880
Extent:

1 volume (72 folios)