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2451. IOR/R/15/1/15, f 22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/15, f 22
Title:
Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire. In enclosure, extract from a letter from the Honourable Court of Directors dated 7 May 1813, informing that the Import Warehouse Keeper has been instructed to send cloths for the Persian Mar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1813
Extent:

1 folio

2452. IOR/R/15/1/15, f 60v 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/15, f 60v 1
Title:
Letter from Thomas Johnson, Commander, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter from Thomas Johnson, Commander of the Honorable Company's Cruizer Vestal , to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, requesting that the Vestal formed a convoy with the Helen during their trip to Muscat, for fear of pirates.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1814
Extent:

1 folio

2453. IOR/R/15/1/15, f 79v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/15, f 79v
Title:
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, informing that the Commanders of the Honorable Company's Cruizers on service in the Gulf were only allowed to transmit letters and dispatches received from the Postmaster general, the Secre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1814
Extent:

1 folio

2454. IOR/R/15/1/20, f 17 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, f 17 1
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter reports intelligence received from ships that have arrived at Bushire. It concerns ships captured by Joasemie [Qawāsim] pirates and further reports that property taken by pirates is landed in Bahrain. Enclosed is an itemised statement listing vessels recently captured by Joasemie pirates.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1817
Extent:
1 folio

2455. IOR/R/15/1/20, f 36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, f 36
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant T Tanner, Commander of the HC Cruizer Psyche
Scope & Content:
The letter instructs Lieutenant Tanner to undertake an inspection of the HC Cruizer Vestal as requested by the Commander of that vessel.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1817
Extent:
1 folio

2456. IOR/R/15/1/20, f 115 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, f 115 1
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant James Arthur, Commander of the HC Cruizer Antelope
Scope & Content:
The letter contains instructions directing the Lieutenant to forward two packets on to the Government of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1818
Extent:
1 folio

2457. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 10-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 10-12
Title:
Letter no.190 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses a translation of correspondence sent by the Native Agent at Sharjah Moollah Hussein [Mullā Husayn], reporting on the unsuccessful siege of Suhar by the Sultan of Muscat, during which thirty men were wounded or killed. The Sharjah agent's letter contains further reports of skir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1850
Extent:
3 folios

2458. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 25-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 25-28
Title:
Letter no.288 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on the hostilities occurring between Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ras El-Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah], and the Sultan of Muscat Syed Soweynee [Thuwaini bin Said]. Hennell discusses the maritime manoeuvres of the Sheikh's and Sultan's fleets, the latter not being boun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1850
Extent:
4 folios

2459. IOR/R/15/1/201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/201
Title:
‘File 5/74 Practice attributed to British authorities of surrendering fugitive slaves’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Resident in Bushire (Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm J. Meade) and his assistant (John Gaskin), the Political Agent Muscat (Major Christopher Fagan, and from October 1899 Major Percy Cox), and staff of the Government of India. Corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1897-14 May 1900
Extent:

1 volume (65 folios)

2460. IOR/R/15/1/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/212
Title:
File 5/168 VIII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to in excess of 100 manumission requests heard by the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The manumission statements were sent to the Political Resident for reference purposes only, all decisions on manumission cases in Sharjah now bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1939-13 Dec 1940
Extent:

1 volume (203 folios)

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