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21. IOR/R/15/1/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/162
Title:
'Head V Oman Ports Subject 1 to 18 inclusive'
Scope & Content:
Bushire Residency correspondence, inwards and outwards. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the recovery of fines exacted against the rulers of the Trucial Coast. The reasons for the fines include breaching the maritime peace, abducting of slaves, and plundering of pearls. Topics include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1857-28 Jun 1861
Extent:
1 volume (334 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/1/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/172
Title:
Vol 261 Squadron and Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters written and received by James Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Aside from Jones, the two most prominent correspondents are Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and Commodore Griffith Jenkins, Commander of the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
25 Feb 1858-24 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 volume (94 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/1/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/176
Title:
'Book No 271' [Resident's Tour: Reports for 1858 and 1859]
Scope & Content:
The volume contains official tour reports of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, with supporting correspondence and papers, for the years 1858 and 1859. There is a title page within the volume stating : 'Head IX. Subject 2, Part 1. Resident's Tour. Reports fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1858-30 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/1/178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/178
Title:
'Book No 281'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains administrative reports and historical sketches concerning Persian Gulf affairs. The volume also contains a number of letters between Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; A Hinlock Forbes, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Captain Felix Jon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1859-31 May 1861
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/1/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/208
Title:
‘File 5/168 IV Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to thirty-five slave-related cases or subjects, the majority of which deal with straightforward procedures of manumission. In these cases, the Residency Agent at Sharjah (‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Latif) wrote to the Political Resident at Bushire, enclosing a st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1925-18 Mar 1931
Extent:

1 volume (469 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/1/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/212
Title:
File 5/168 VIII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to in excess of 100 manumission requests heard by the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The manumission statements were sent to the Political Resident for reference purposes only, all decisions on manumission cases in Sharjah now bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1939-13 Dec 1940
Extent:

1 volume (203 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/1/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/216
Title:
‘File 5/190 II Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to thirty-seven manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. During the period covered by the file, seven different individuals held the post of Political Agent at Muscat. Most of the cases are straightforward affairs, in which the Muscat ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1921-11 May 1929
Extent:

1 volume (523 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/1/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/219
Title:
File 5/190 V Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. The majority of the manumission cases featured in the volume are straightforward, with correspondence following a regular pattern. The Political Agent at Muscat (Major Watts for most ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1935-29 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (453 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/1/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/230
Title:
File 5/196 II Slave traffic in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave trading activity in the Persian Gulf, including intelligence reports on suspected slave traders, and the movement of suspected slaves across the Gulf by traders. The volume also includes a number of reports on the extent and nature of the slave...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1929-7 Dec 1938
Extent:

1 volume (216 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/1/349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/349
Title:
File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the pearling industry of Bahrain and the reforms of the industry that were enacted by the British during the 1920s. The correspondence discusses the status of the industry prior to the reforms, the nature of the relationship between the ship captain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1924-30 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)