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1. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322
Title:
Sending Iron Steamers on Board the Urania for Service on the Euphrates and Tigris
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 123 of 1839, dated 20 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee on the subject of sending iron steamers from England on board the merchant ship Urania for service on the rivers Eup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 200-448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 200-448
Title:
The Indus steam flotilla, Scinde and Luss, Afghanistan and Bussora
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 38 of 1840, dated 22 June 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-90 and are dated 10 August 1839 to 22 June 1840. Enclosure numbers 4, 6-8, 10, 12-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 item (249 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 744-1021

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 744-1021
Title:
Affairs in Various Places in Asia
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 1840, dated 23 July 1840. The enclosures listed in the abstract of contents are numbered 3-107. There is a note on folio 745 stating that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1840
Extent:
1 item (278 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/6/695, ff 516-532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/695, ff 516-532
Title:
‘Persian Gulf: Relative to the establishment of a more frequent Steam Communication between Bushire and Bombay’
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 46 of 15 December 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1859-15 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/663/2, f 530A-530

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/663/2, f 530A-530
Title:
‘S S. “Patrick Stewart” Karachi. Jan 1931’
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows most of the steam ship Patrick Stewart (the stern is not in the frame) on the sea. Three small vessels are visible near the ship on the right-hand side of the image. Inscriptions: On the back of the image, in pen: ‘S S. “Patrick Ste...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1931
Extent:
1 photograph and 1 envelope

6. IOR/R/15/2/1593

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1593
Title:
‘16/85 Compensation Cases. Labour employed by local firms.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers (some in Arabic) relating to compensation payments for the death of, or injuries sustained by, crew members of vessels while at Ra’s al Mish‘āb (spelt at Ras El Mishaab and Ras-el-Mishab in the file) in Saudi Arabia. The papers document the following: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1950-8 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

7. Photo 496/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/10
Title:
Album of views in India, the Middle East and Europe. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains historical landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views at Udaipur, Mount Abu, Bombay, Aden, Suez Canal, Boulogne, various locations in England, Sialkot, Jammu and Marala [Murala]. Elements: 1 ‘Udaipur: Fateh Sagar.’ 2 ‘Mount Abu: Plains from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925-28
Extent:
48 b&w silver gelatin prints bound into a brown, cloth-covered photograph album

8. Photo 496/10/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/10/17
Title:
Aden: S.S. "Ranchi"
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the SS Ranchi from Aden. The steamship is anchored in the centre background. Behind it rocky hills rise from left to right. In the distant background on the right two large two-storeyed buildings sit along the shoreline. In the foreground two small boats carry two ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1926
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print