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121. IOR/L/PS/9/76/373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/373
Title:
Letters from Samuel Manesty to Ships’ Captains
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to: Captain Edward Stephenson, Commander of the Queen; Lieutenant Robert Budden, Commander of the Antelope; and Lieutenant Charles Gilmour, Commander of the Mornington; sent from Bussora and dated 2 January 1805. The letters co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1805
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

122. IOR/L/PS/9/76/375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/375
Title:
Letter from Robert Babcock to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain Robert Babcock, Commander of the ship Shannon, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], sent from Basra and dated 29 December 1804. Babcock describes the capture of the Shannon by the Gausemee Arabs [al-Qawāsim] and his subsequent journey to Bushire [Bush...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

123. IOR/L/PS/10/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/162
Title:
File 757/1909 'Persian Gulf:- Turkey and Turkish aggression (Occupation of Zakhnuniyeh Island. Attitude in piracy cases. Mudirs at Zubara, Odaid and Wakra) British Relations with Turkey in Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Turkish occupation of Zakhnuniyah Island, the Ottoman attitude towards piracy cases, and the appointment of officials in Zubara, Odeid and Wakra. The discussion in the volume relates to the Turkish...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)

124. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/3
Title:
'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar'
Scope & Content:
Printed memorandum, written by Henry Bartle Frere, member of the Council of India, London, between 15 and 20 July 1868. The document broadly discusses British imperial policy in Persia and the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and Western India. Its specific foci include the Zanzibar subsidy (payable t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15-20 Jul 1868
Extent:

12 folios

125. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/5
Title:
Zanzibar, Arabia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written by Henry Thoby Prinsep, member of the Council of India, 15 July 1868. The document addresses seven matters pertaining to Britain's relations with Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia, as follows: 1. The transfer of diplomatic relations to the Foreign Office; 2. The appointm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1868
Extent:

4 folios

126. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2
Title:
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)
Scope & Content:
A memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 1 September 1879. The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1) and broadly addresses...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Sep 1879
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

127. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/3
Title:
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part III)
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written and compiled by Adolphus Warburton Moore for the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, and dated 2 December 1881. The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2) and broadly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1881
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

128. IOR/L/PS/18/B49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B49
Title:
Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, compiled on 30 June 1888 by Edmund Neel at the Secret and Political Department of the India Office, contains excerpts of correspondence sent and received by the Government of India and Political Residency in the Persian Gulf between 26 December 1873 and 18 April 1888. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1888
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

129. IOR/L/PS/20/C243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C243
Title:
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Katar [Qatar] affairs, 1873-1904.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Confidential’ on the front cover, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Qatar (spelt Katar throughout) affairs for the years 1873 to 1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)

130. IOR/L/PS/20/C248C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C248C
Title:
Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853
Scope & Content:
A précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853 prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government of India Central Printing Office, Calcutta in 1906. The précis is divided up into eight sections, as follows: Part I: British Envoys to Persia and from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (172 folios)