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1. IOR/R/15/1/1-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-5
Title:
Letters Sent and Received by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain copies of correspondence sent to and from the Residency at Bushire, which was established on 12 April 1763 following the conclusion of a trade agreement with the Shaikh of Bushire. The Residency went into temporary abeyance from 1769 to 1775, owing to a deterioration in both ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1803
Extent:
5 volumes (516 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/10-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10-37
Title:
Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain transcribed copies of letters received and sent by the Residency at Bushire, arranged separately in roughly annual volumes. There is almost complete coverage of both inward and outward correspondence for the years 1806-1826, but a number of volumes are incomplete. The corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1806-1826
Extent:
28 volumes (2757 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/46
Title:
Vol 54 Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters sent to the Residency in Bushire (spelt Abusheer in earlier correspondence in the file) from officials at Bombay Castle, primarily from the Political Department. The correspondence discusses the costs and location of the Residency, an attack on the town of Bushire in 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
1 Feb 1828-7 Apr 1838
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/48
Title:
Vol 58 Native Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file contains translations of letters sent to David Wilson, the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The letters contained in the file are from Britain's native agents (based at Bahrain, Muscat, Sharqah [Sharjah] and Lingah) and from several local rulers including the Chief of Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1828-17 Jul 1829
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/54
Title:
‘Vol 69 Letters Outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence sent by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain David Wilson. Most of the recipients of the letters are officials of the Government of Bombay, including Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Major Ge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1830-12 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 volume (437 pages)

6. IOR/R/15/1/56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/56
Title:
‘Letters outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters, many with copies of their enclosures, sent by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel Hennell, to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay. The letters deal with a range of subjects, as follows: The extent of the slave trade betw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1831-24 Dec 1831
Extent:
1 volume (67 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/75
Title:
'Book No. 102' [native letters inward]
Scope & Content:
The volume contains full translations of some letters, and the translated substance of other letters addressed to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, the originals of which were in Arabic or Persian ['native letters inward'], for the year 1837. The correspondence falls mainly into two categories...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1837-29 Dec 1837
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/105
Title:
'Old Index - Book N. 147 from January 1845 to December 1845'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Correspondents include Lieutenant Colonel Sheil, Envoy Plenipotentiary at the British Mission to the Court of Persia, in Tehran, the Native Agent at Bussorah [Basra], Parseigh Iohannes, the Political Agent for Tur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1845-31 Dec 1845
Extent:
1 volume (442 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/108
Title:
'Old Index - Book No. 157 From January 1846 to December 1846'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters sent by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Correspondents include Lieutenant Colonel Sheil, Envoy Plenipotentiary at the British Mission to the Court of Persia, in Tehran, the British 'Native' Agent at Bussorah [Basra], Parseigh Iohannes, the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1846-31 Dec 1846
Extent:
1 volume (343 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/109
Title:
Book 152 - 1846
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence sent to and from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf at the time, and John Croft Hawkins, Commodore commanding the Squadron in the Gulf of Persia, on board the East India Company Sloop ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1846-10 Dec 1846
Extent:
1 volume (52 folios, 15 items)