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1781. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 25v-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 25v-26
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns William Bruce's apparent dismissal of Vissendoss [Vishandas Bashidu], the East India Company Broker at Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1813
Extent:
2 folios

1782. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 36v-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 36v-37
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns the whereabouts of various East India Company ships and the timing of dispatches to Bussora [Basra]. William Bruce states that he hopes that the Board will approve of his sending dispatches as early as possible rather than waiting to hear from the Assistant in Charge at Bussora.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1813
Extent:
2 folios

1783. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 43v-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 43v-44
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns the transmission of Ahmed Iben Seyf's note to William Smith of Calcutta [Kolkata], which William Bruce is under orders to return to Ahmed Iben Seyf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1813
Extent:
2 folios

1784. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 61v-62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 61v-62
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Major William Smith, Commissary of Stores, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter confirms the receipt of ordnance and stores, which were sent from Bombay on the Lovely Tish. The letter is preceded by a list of items forwarded (on the same ship) to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1814
Extent:
2 folios

1785. IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 106v-107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, ff 106v-107
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government
Scope & Content:
Letter reports the return of Stephen Watson Henshaw from Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], and lists all of the items that Henshaw was able to recover from Abdella ben Ahmed [Abdullah bin Ahmad]. William Bruce recounts further details of Henshaw's mission, including the views of various chiefs along th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1814
Extent:
2 folios

1786. IOR/R/15/1/20, f 84 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, f 84 1
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing disbursements (not present) on the account of HM Persian Mission for disbursements at the Bushire station for the year 1817/18.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1818
Extent:
1 folio

1787. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 38-41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 38-41
Title:
Covering letter labelled 'Secret Department' from the Secretary of the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The covering letter encloses a copy of a despatch sent from the Edward Clive Bayley, Under Secretary to the Government of India to the Governor General, dated 22 October 1850. The despatch concerns the recent hostiles of the Governor of Muscat Thuwaini bin Said, against the Chief of Suhar. The Un...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1850
Extent:
4 folios

1788. IOR/R/15/1/200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/200
Title:
‘File 5/65 I Question of disposal of emancipated slaves and proposal to check traffic between Muscat, Oman ports and Zanzibar’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between Government of India officials and the Political Resident of the Persian Gulf, on the question of the disposal or repatriation of slaves manumitted in the Gulf region, in response to concerns from the Government of Bombay over the potential social conseq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1889-14 Jul 1905
Extent:

1 volume (95 folios)

1789. IOR/R/15/1/382, f 55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/382, f 55
Title:
A map showing the Turco-Persian frontier
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: A photographic copy of ‘APPENDIX IV. MAP ENCLOSURE TO H.E. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER’S DESPATCH NO. C.O/120 DATED 9TH DECEMBER 1921’. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Existing and proposed boundaries, and Turco-Persian Frontier as delimited in 1914 shown in colour...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map

1790. IOR/R/15/1/531, f 121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/531, f 121
Title:
‘Rough sketch to illustrate [the October 1933] incident’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map of Kuwait-Iraq maritime frontier attached to a report to illustrate incident between Iraqi Customs Authorities and a Kuwaiti vessel near Bubiyan Island on 15th October 1933 (folios 116-120). Kuwait-Iraq frontier indicated by red dash-dot line with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 map

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