Search

Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Trade (practice)

241. IOR/L/PS/9/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/8
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 31. JAN. 1793 TO 21. JUNE 1803 VOL 8'
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Resident and Factor at Bussora [Basra], Samuel Manesty. The letters are dated 31 January 1793-21 June 1803 and the date each letter was received is recorded on the back of it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1793-21 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 volume (609 folios)

242. IOR/L/PS/9/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/17
Title:
LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF. VOL 17. JAN-JUN 1871.
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to secret letters comprising copies of correspondence dated 7 January to 8 June 1871, addressed to and from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HM Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr, Iran], addressed to the Duke of Argyll, HM Principal Secretary of State for India in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1871-8 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 volume (649 folios)

243. IOR/L/PS/9/67/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/11
Title:
‘Memorandum Respecting the Trade with Persia. –’
Scope & Content:
A copy of a memorandum on trade between Great Britain and Persia [Iran], and competition from trade between Russia and Persia, by Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]. The memorandum was enclosed in a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1809-5 Dec 1809
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

244. IOR/L/PS/9/67/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/32
Title:
Copy of a Translation of Firman from the King of Persia, and of an Annexed Commercial Treaty, Concluded by the Prime Minister of Persia and Captain John Malcolm, Representative of the Government of India
Scope & Content:
A copy of a translation of a firman [edict] from Fatteh Ali Shauh [Fath-'Ali Shāh Qājār] of Persia [Iran] proclaiming a treaty with Britain; and an annexed copy of the treaty. The treaty was signed by Ibraheem Khaun [Hājī Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalāntar Shīrāzī], Prime Minister (Sadr-e 'Azam) of Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1801
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

245. IOR/L/PS/9/68/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/164
Title:
Copy of Official Statement by HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, to Persian Plenipotentiaries
Scope & Content:
Copy of an official statement by HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to the Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shafi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], Mirza Buzurg [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg] and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Abdul Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī] writte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1814
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

246. IOR/L/PS/9/69/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/160
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 7 February 1824. The letter concerns proposals made by an English adventurer to the Court of Russia for establishing a Russian comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1824
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

247. IOR/L/PS/9/69/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/161
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A statement showing the estimated charges and expenses for transporting merchandise between Russia and India, accompanying a proposal for a Russian East India Company sent by an unknown English adventurer to the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (IOR/L/PS/9/69/162). The statement was enclose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1824
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

248. IOR/L/PS/9/69/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/162
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter containing two prospectuses for a Russian East India Company, sent by an un-named English adventurer to the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire from Tabriz and dated July 1822. The letter describes the potential economic benefits to Russia of a company for trade with India a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1822
Extent:
1 item (21 folios)

249. IOR/L/PS/9/69/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/188
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 1824
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter from General Yermoloff [Alexey Petrovich Yermolov], Governor-General of Georgia, to the Shah of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], undated. The letter complains of the treatment of Russian subjects at the hands of Mahomed Reza Meerza [Muhammad Rezā Mīrzā], Governor ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1824
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

250. IOR/L/PS/9/69/190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/190
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 7 July 1824. The letter concerns trade between the port of Bushire [Büshehr] and India, forwarding a trade report f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1824
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)