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461. IOR/R/15/1/150, ff 16-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/150, ff 16-17
Title:
Letter General No. 184 of 1856 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Richard W Stevens, HM Consul at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is enquiring whether the prohibition on the export of grain from Persia has been amended or rescinded; the Resident believes that 'natives' may have exported grain while British merchants have been restricted by the limitation. It requests that a circular is issued if a favourable rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1856
Extent:

2 folios

462. IOR/R/15/1/160, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, f 33
Title:
Letter no.222 of 1860 (General Department) from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to salary payments in arrears to the heirs of the late Agent at Bymee [Al Buraymī].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1860
Extent:
1 folio

463. IOR/R/15/1/160, f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, f 35
Title:
Letter no.327 of 1860 from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the appointment of the British Agents at Muscat and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and the payment of their respective salaries, for the attention of the civil auditor.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 folio

464. IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 6-7
Title:
Letter no.40 of 1859 (Political Department) from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the maintenance of the Residency buildings in Bushire. Enclosed with the letter is a statement of the estimated costs for the three-yearly repairs to the Residency buildings.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1859
Extent:
2 folios

465. IOR/R/15/1/173, ff 3-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/173, ff 3-36
Title:
Letter no.378 of 1857 from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter (folio 3), enclosing an administrative report (prepared by the Assistant to the Resident, Herbert Disbrowe) containing a narrative of events occurring at Muscat, Bahrain, and the Maritime Arab States, for the administrative year ending 30 April 1856. Jones writes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 jun 1857
Extent:
33 folios

466. IOR/R/15/1/173, ff 40-95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/173, ff 40-95
Title:
Letter no.344 of 1858 from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an administrative report containing narratives of events for Muscat and the Wahabee [Wahhābī] and Maritime Arab tribes, covering the period 1 May 1856 to 30 April 1858. Jones writes that the report has been prepared by his assistant, Lieutenant Disbrowe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1858
Extent:
56 folios

467. IOR/R/15/1/173, ff 97-99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/173, ff 97-99
Title:
Letter no.449 of 1858 from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a report containing a narrative of events in Persia and on the Persian coast for the administrative periods covering the years 1856/57 and 1857/58. Jones writes that it includes operations associated with the Anglo-Persian war, where they have occurred ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1858
Extent:
3 folios

468. IOR/R/15/1/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/164
Title:
‘Vol 249 Persian correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file is chiefly comprised of translated extracts of letters written by the British Agent at Shiraz, E N Castelli (an original letter in French, signed Castilly, is also in the file at folio 3), sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Felix Jones. These extracts were sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1858-24 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

469. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 26-28v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 26-28v
Title:
Letter No. 97: Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter has no date, but a note on the verso states that it was received on 26 August 1850. In the letter, John Patterson Porter forwards an extract, dated 24 August 1850, from Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners's report of his trip to Katiff [Al-Qaṭīf] and his efforts to recover stolen ite...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1850
Extent:
3 folios

470. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 33
Title:
Letter no.35 of 1850 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Response to Hennell's letter of 22 February (ff 31-32), suggesting that 20 March would be the best date to send all sailing vessels in the squadron to the coast of Qatar. Requests the assistance of a Bahrain pilot in conducting the vessels along the Qatar coast, agreeing with Hennell that the 'pl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 folio