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1. IOR/F/4/2142/102304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2142/102304
Title:
‘Overland Communication. Letters etc for the Governor General by the Bi Monthly Mail to be sent from Aden via Bombay to His Excellency’s Camp’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 September 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of furt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1845-1 Oct 1845
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2302/118767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2302/118767
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Intelligence of the state of affairs at Tehran – Vol: 41’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1848-31 Dec 1848
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2710/194530

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2710/194530
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the future postal arrangements at Bushire.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2710/194511. The enclosures are dated 20 April-12 Dec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1857-12 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/2728/198379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2728/198379
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to a complaint made against the Master of the transport “Duke of Wellington” and to certain postal matters connected with the Squadron in the - .’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 8 March 1858. The Political Letter appears in IOR/F/4/2728/198372. The enclosures are da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1857-23 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 37. PART II. (From 16th to 31st August 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 August 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1917-31 Aug 1917
Extent:
1 volume (260 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1839-12 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (42 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 437-487

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 437-487
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1844, dated 25 March 1844. The enclosures are dated 23 January-11 February 1844. The enclosures comprise despatches of Major Henry Creswicke Raw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item (51 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 164-171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 164-171
Title:
Supply of Iron Lids for Mail Boxes
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 33 of 1847, dated 1 April 1847. The enclosures are dated 17 to 19 March 1847 and contain correspondence relating to the limited supply of iron lids from England for mailboxes (boxes used to tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1847
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 341-347

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 341-347
Title:
Proceedings of the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 41 of 1847, dated 15 April 1847. The enclosures are dated 2 April to 6 April 1847 and contain correspondence relating mainly to issues around the procurement of iron lids for mailboxes (boxes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1847
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/47/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/47/2
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 2 'Koweit:- Postal arrangements. Establishment of a regular Post Office.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals for the opening of a Post Office at Koweit [Kuwait]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent at Kuwait (from 1904 Major Stuart George Knox; from 1909, Captain William Henry Irvine Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jan 1899-23 Apr 1915
Extent:

120 folios