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1. IOR/R/15/1/145-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/145-179
Title:
Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence sent and received by the Residency at Bushire. The holders of the office of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (permanent or acting) during the period were Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Captain (James) Felix Jones, Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Malayalam, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1854-1863
Extent:
35 volumes (5657 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/151
Title:
Vol 211 Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57, following Persia's attempts on Herat. The letters cover a period when the British had an expeditionary force camped outside Bushire while Persian troops were amassed at Borazjoon [Borazjan] and Mohammerah [Korramsha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Jan 1857-2 May 1857
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/150
Title:
Vol 210: 1856/57 Persia; General and Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters inwards and letters outwards from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at Bushire; the incumbent Resident is James Felix Jones. The subject matter of the correspondence concerns affairs in Persia; a proposed telegraph extension from India to Constantinople via the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1856-15 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 volume, 11 items (19 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/177
Title:
Vol 278 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 Felix Jones), Henry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
27 Apr 1858-16 Jan 1862
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160
Title:
‘Vol 239 Miscellaneous general and secret correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains miscellaneous correspondence sent to and from the Residency. The principal correspondents are Captain (James) Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Topics covered include: news of the death of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Hindustani, and Malayalam
Date Range:
19 Feb 1857-3 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 volume (13 items, 36 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/166
Title:
‘Vol 251 Unsettled affairs for Resident’s attention during Tour of Arab Ports, 1859/60; Turkish Arabia, Mohumrah [Khorramshahr], General’
Scope & Content:
The file contains miscellaneous correspondence and reports produced at or for the attention of the Persian Gulf Residency. The chief correspondents in the file are Captain Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay: Outstanding affairs fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1857-22 Sep 1860
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/169
Title:
Vol 256 Persia
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to/from Captain James Felix Jones, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file is divided into two thematic sections: 1) folios 2-61 contain correspondence regarding British attempts to locate and arrest four Indians accused of involvement in the Indian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Apr 1857-9 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/172
Title:
Vol 261 Squadron and Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters written and received by James Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Aside from Jones, the two most prominent correspondents are Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and Commodore Griffith Jenkins, Commander of the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
25 Feb 1858-24 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 volume (94 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/145
Title:
'Book No 197. Turkish Arabia, Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] & Miscellaneous'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent and received by the Resident at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones and by Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Commanding Resident's Escort. Correspondents include the India Office in London, the Government of Bombay, H M Minister at the Court of Persia. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1857-15 Jun 1861
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/173
Title:
‘Vol 262 Historical Sketches and Administrative Reports’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains three administrative reports submitted by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, to the Government of Bombay. The first report (folios 6-36) covers events occurring within the key towns and tribes of the Arab coast of the Gulf between the peri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1857-2 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)