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151. IOR/R/15/5/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/51
Title:
File 14/1 'Piracies & Irregularities at Sea'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation and prosecution of nine cases of piracy by the Political Agent, Kuwait. These cases concern attacks by Arab, Persian and Somali pirates, mainly on Kuwaiti cargo and passenger boats, their passengers and crew, in the Persian Gulf and o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1907-10 Jan 1914
Extent:
1 file (301 folios)

152. IOR/R/15/5/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/177
Title:
File 3/7 PIRACY in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of robbery, which have reportedly been committed by Persian subjects (referred to in the file as pirates) in the Shatt-al-Arab, against Kuwaiti sailing boats, including those belonging to the Kuwait Water Supply Company. The file includes copies of correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1943-19 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

153. IOR/R/15/6/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/210
Title:
File 8/22 Muscat State Affairs. Khasab: Sheikh Hassan Shihuh
Scope & Content:
This file relates to a reported act of piracy near Lima [Ra’s Līmā’]. The correspondence describes an incident in which a cargo boat travelling from Karachi was reportedly plundered by a group of armed Baluchi men. The main correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Musca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-2 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

154. IOR/R/15/6/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/419
Title:
File 13/3 'SLAVERY & SLAVE RUNNING: MIRZA BIN BARKAT'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the slave trade at Fujairah and the piratical activities of Mirza ibn Barkat. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Kuwait; and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1941-23 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 volume (131 folios)

155. Mss Eur F126/36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/36
Title:
Drafts of letters and memoranda on Gulf affairs
Scope & Content:
The letters and memos give details of Pelly's duties and responsibilities as the Resident in the Persian Gulf. Information given includes indications of the time spent both at and away from the residency itself at Bushire; the role of the residency in suppressing piracy and promoting trade; and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:

1 file, 12 items, (29 folios)

156. Mss Eur F126/38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38
Title:
Letter book of official letters, mainly between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The correspondence contained in the letter book relates primarily to affairs in Muscat from 1866 to 1868 during which time the Sultan of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said died, allegedly killed by his son Salim II bin Thuwaini who subsequently seized power in Muscat before being overthrown in 1868 by hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1865-24 Apr 1869
Extent:

1 volume, 83 items (186 folios)

157. Mss Eur F126/40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40
Title:
Manuscript copies of correspondence between Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay.
Scope & Content:
Copies of official correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent at Muscat (Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Captain George Andrew Atkinson) and the Secretaries to the Government of India (Charle...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1864-8 Jul 1872
Extent:

1 file, 21 items (73 folios)

158. Mss Eur F126/41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/41
Title:
Supplement to the Gazette of India containing copies of correspondence relating to operations at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The printed supplement, dated 22 January 1870, contains copies of despatches between Lewis Pelly and the Government of Bombay as well as copies of Pelly's correspondence with the Chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar] and correspondence between the Government of India and the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1870-20 Mar 1870
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

159. Mss Eur F126/43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43
Title:
Letter book of copy letters from Pelly to colleagues in Bombay and the Gulf.
Scope & Content:
The letterbook contains copies of letters from Lewis Pelly to colleagues in the Persian Gulf, India and England, on a number of subjects relating to the role and responsibilities of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf including the Residency's relations with Persia, its role in keeping th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1869
Extent:

1 volume, 193 items (198 folios)