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9421. IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 44-46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 44-46
Title:
Letter No 145 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that as a result of an agreement reached between Shaikh Saeed ben Guzeeb, Chief of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], and Mirza Naeem, Commander of the Persian forces, the Joasmee [Quwāsim] allies of the former have left Lingah. Background details on how this agreement was reached...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1851
Extent:

3 folios

9422. IOR/R/15/1/69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/69
Title:
Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists almost entirely of letters received at the Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Most of the letters are addressed to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf; very few of these letters state the name of the Acting Resident; those that do include a name are addressed to Samue...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1836-31 Dec 1836
Extent:
1 volume (54 folios)

9423. IOR/R/15/1/74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/74
Title:
Native letters outward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of letters drafted from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf: Draft letter to Abdullah bin Ahmed, acknowledging that properties of Adeed's merchants were plundered by the Bani Yas, not considering this as a good enough reason for British intervention, but promising to writ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1837-19 Jul 1837
Extent:
1 volume, 5 items (6 folios)

9424. IOR/R/15/1/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/93
Title:
‘Secret Letters Outward’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of letters sent under the heading ‘Secret Department’ from the Residency in the Persian Gulf (either from the Resident, Captain Samuel Hennell, or the Assistant Resident, T Mackenzie), to the Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, throughout 1840 and 1841. The princi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1840-30 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

9425. IOR/R/15/1/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/98
Title:
Vol 134 Secret letters inward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains three letters and a company circular received by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, from: a British company in Baghdad advertising its new overland postal service in Arabia (folios 1A-3), Commander Porter reporting on his sea patrol of the Persian Gulf in Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1842-14 Jun 1843
Extent:
1 volume, 3 items (6 folios)

9426. IOR/R/15/1/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/171
Title:
Vol 259 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume's correspondence and other papers document British officials' attempts to suppress the slave trade in the Gulf, and their procedures for dealing with liberated slaves. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain (James) Felix Jones)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
18 Nov 1857-30 Nov 1861
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

9427. IOR/R/15/1/195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/195
Title:
'No 413 Vol 19. Revised Commercial Treaty with Muscat'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Sultan of Muscat, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd on 19 March 1891. The new treaty was modelled on a recently concluded treaty with Zanzibar. It superseded the Treaty of Commerce of May 1839 and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1887-26 Jun 1905
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

9428. IOR/R/15/1/333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/333
Title:
File 19/139 I (C 60) Steamer for Bahrain and neighbouring ports
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence that discusses the details of a proposal by the British India Steam Navigation Company to run a steamer service between the ports of Bahrain, Qatif, Oqair and Qatar. The file also includes correspondence regarding Ibn Saud’s desire to establish a port on the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1914-22 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

9429. IOR/R/15/1/407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/407
Title:
File 35/85 IV A 11 Muscat Dhows Arbitration
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the arbitration concerning the flying of French flags on dhows in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. Letters discuss how the British and French agreed on a list of persons entitled to fly French flags and implications for relationship with the Sultan of Muscat. The file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1906-21 Mar 1909
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

9430. IOR/R/15/1/444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/444
Title:
File 35/134 IV (A 56) Sur. Ja'alan - Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to actions against the Bani Bu Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] in Sur in 1932 who were claiming independence from the Muscat State. Correspondence discusses how the Bani Bu Ali led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al-Hammuda [Muḥammed bin Nāṣir al-Ḥamūdah] were rebelling against the Su...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1931-18 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

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