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1. IOR/L/PS/12/4088-4099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4088-4099
Title:
Political (External) Collection 34: Slavery and the Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 34: Slavery and the Slave Trade sub-series concerns British anti-slave trade policy across the Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula, and Persian Gulf regions. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, specifically between the Foreign Office and Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1919-1948
Extent:
12 files (2358 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/2
Title:
Memorandum by Captain Eastwick
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written by Captain William Joseph Eastwick, member of the Council of India, London, 13 July 1868. The document covers relations between Britain, Persia, Muscat, and Zanzibar. There is discussion of the administration of the region, and suggestions for change. The situation ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1868
Extent:

5 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 98-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 98-103
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures Nos. 3-5 to Despatch No. 12 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 3 March 1860. Received 30 April 1860. The Enclosures consist of reports by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Resident and Commandant, Aden, dated 3 March 186...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1860
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 172-175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 172-175
Title:
Abyssinia Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures nos. 3-4 to dispatch no. 16 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 April 1861. The enclosures are dated 2-25 March 1861. Received 24 May 1861. The first enclosure is a letter from the Solicitor to Government, Bombay, advising the Government of Bombay not to proceed with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1861
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B125
Title:
‘Prevention of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf: question of increased facilities for passing under the British flag.’
Scope & Content:
Printed correspondence relating to the prevention of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, with particular reference to the persistence of the slave trade at Muscat under the French flag, and proposals for increasing facilities for vessels to sail under the British flag. The correspondence compr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1899-10 Oct 1899
Extent:

2 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 520-547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 520-547
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee, Number 20 of 1850, dated 3 April 1850. The enclosed papers, dated between 25 June 1849 and 15 March 1850, concern the traffic and trade in enslaved p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1850
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/496, ff 55-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/496, ff 55-67
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 54 of 1858, dated 8 May 1858. The enclosures are numbered 3-8 and are dated 11 April-3 May 1858. The papers relate to affairs in Aden, includin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1858
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 29-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 29-34
Title:
Zanzibar Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures Nos. 3-4 of Despatch No. 5 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 February 1860. The Enclosures are dated 30 November 1859-20 February 1860. Received 21 March 1860. The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1860
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 232-252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 232-252
Title:
Zanzibar Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures Nos. 3-8 to Despatch No. 21 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 30 April 1860. The Enclosures are dated 11 February-30 April 1860. Received 20 June 1860. The Enclosures include reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1860
Extent:
1 item (21 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 335-336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 335-336
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 26 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 June 1860. The Enclosure is dated 17 May 1860. The Enclosure consists of a report on Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, in charge of Residency, Aden. The report covers: t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1860
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)