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036-000544463 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Piracy

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/352
Title:
Letter from John Cumming to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Cumming, Commander of the brig Trimmer, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bussora and dated 29 December 1804. The letter reports attacks on the Trimmer and other ships in the Persian Gulf by ‘pirates’, which Cumming attributes to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/364
Title:
Letters from William Bruce to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. Part of a letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr] to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the French privatee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1804-21 Oct 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/372
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 2 January 1805. The letter reports the capture of the ships Shannon and Trimmer in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the Gausemee Arabs [al-Qawāsim] of R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/355

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/355
Title:
Letters from William Bruce to Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of five letters: 1. A letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports the presence of the French privateer La Fortune off Bushire and its attacks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1804-21 Oct 1804
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/363
Title:
Letters from William Bruce to Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports the presence of the French privateer La Fortune off Bushire and attacks on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1804-23 Oct 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/68/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/247
Title:
‘Translation of a Paper from Shaik Abdulla bin Ahmed dated Bahrein 26th January 1820’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a paper by Shaik Abdulla bin Ahmed al Khalifa [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] of Bahrein [Bahrain], dated 26 January 1820. In the paper, Shaik Abdulla acquiesces to British demands for the deliverance of the vessels of the al-Qawasim and their allies residing in Bahrein’s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/69/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/118
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 27 Aug 1822
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 7 March 1822. The letter concerns compensation for residents Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] whose shi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1822
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/69/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/59
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to Joseph Dart of 8 Feb 1921
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from James Dow, Acting Resident in Bushire [Būshehr] to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], dated 9 December 1820. The letter reports the loss of British troops under the command of Captain Thomas Thompson during an expedition against ‘piracy’ inland fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)