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1. IOR/F/4/1767/72470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1767/72470
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Vol: 10’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Mirza Mahomed Ally [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1838-22 Dec 1838
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2586/154792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2586/154792
Title:
‘Persian Gulf Relative to the complaint of the seizure and detention at Kishm of merchandize [etc] belonging to Hindoo British subjects.-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside det...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1854-31 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2586/154794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2586/154794
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Cursondass Nency – Complaining of the seizure of the cargo of his Bugla “Salamuttee” by the Agent of His Highness the Imam of Muscat- at Kishm’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1854
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 137-195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 137-195
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 11 of 1847, dated 30 January 1847. The enclosures are dated 11 November 1846-26 January 1847. The item comprises copies of despatches of Major Samuel Hennell, R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1847
Extent:
1 item (59 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3429

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3429
Title:
Coll 28/32 ‘Persia; Foreigners in; Expropriation by Persian municipalities of property of foreigners.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the expropriation of property belonging to foreigners in Persia [Iran] by the Persian Government. The papers chiefly concern a set of silk cocoon drying sheds and storage facilities belonging to a Greek subject in Resht [Rasht], which were demolished by the town’s munic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1931-17 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1373
Title:
‘File 12/5 II Accidents involving country craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to incidents involving local cargo vessels, frequently referred to as country craft, travelling through the Persian Gulf, usually between ports in Iraq, Iran and India. The incidents referred to include the sinking and running aground o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1945-4 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1381
Title:
‘File 12/11 Piracy. (1) Alleged piracy in Muscat territory of boom belonging to Ibrahim bin Juma Doi, merchant of Muharraq Bahrain (2) Jolliboat No. 1495 BN belonging to Mohamed bin Amin of Muharraq reported missing since 2 June 1935’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to at least two alleged or suspected cases of piracy. The first case in the file (case number 2 in the file title) comprises a letter from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1935-24 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1382
Title:
‘File 12/12 Shipping. Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence concerning shipping in the Persian Gulf, including: in March 1936, an enquiry from the Director of the Bahrain Customs House concerning the visit of the SS Arabistan to Muscat in February 1936 (ff 3-6); in June 1936, a notice issued at Bahrain by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1936-29 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)