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1. IOR/G/29/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25
Title:
Various Papers Relating to the Work and Activities of the East India Company in the Gulf of Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, reports, notes, and other papers relating to the work and activities of the East India Company (EIC) in the Gulf of Persia [also spelled as the Gulph]. The volume consists of thirteen items covering various subjects, including: The dispute between the EIC and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1600-14 Apr 1810
Extent:
1 volume (479 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/25, ff 446-451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 446-451
Title:
Proposed Treaty with Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter from Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control, to Sir Stephen Lushington, Chairman of the East India Company, respecting General Morrison’s proposed Treaty with Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1796
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/25, ff 438-445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 438-445
Title:
A Memoir on the Whahaubee
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at Baghdad, to Sir Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors. The letter includes a memoir titled ‘The Whahaubee [Wahhābīs]’ covering the history of the Whahaubee movement, and giving details of some of their ideas. It also includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1798-14 Apr 1810
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/25, ff 143-152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 143-152
Title:
French Naval Activities in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Extracts of letters from William Digges Latouche, the East India Company’s (EIC) Resident at Bussorah [Basra], to the Company’s Court of Directors reporting on French activities in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. In particular, their capture of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat’s ship bound at Catiffe [Qatif...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1781-31 Jul 1784
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/25, ff 7-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 7-21
Title:
Correspondence of the East India Company with the Levant Company
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with the Levant Company related to the right to trade at Bussorah [Basra, also spelled as Bussora]. The correspondence includes a copy of a letter to Mr Henry Grenville, His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]; copies of extracts from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1600-7 Mar 1765
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/25, ff 111-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 111-142
Title:
Correspondence Related to the Company’s Affairs in India and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence related to the Company’s affairs in India and the Persian Gulf covering the following: The appointment of Sir John Lindsay as Commander-in-Chief of all the East India Company’s (EIC) ships, frigates and armed vessels in India The Treaty of Perpetual Friendship and Peace made ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1769-19 Apr 1770
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/25, ff 1-6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 1-6
Title:
Correspondence of the East India Company with Lord Halifax
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with Lord Halifax [George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax], Secretary of State for the Northern Department, with an enclosed letter to Mr Henry Grenville, His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]. The correspondence is concerned ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1764
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/25, ff 452-478

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 452-478
Title:
Home Correspondence of the East India Company in Relation to its Naval Force in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) in relation to its naval force in the Gulph [Gulf]. The correspondence includes duplicate copies of the ‘Charges and Losses sustained in the Gulph of Persia [Iran]’; duplicate copies of ‘An Account of Woollens exported for Persia’; and letters ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1769-17 Mar 1769
Extent:
1 item (27 folios)

9. IOR/G/29/25, ff 22-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 22-30
Title:
Correspondence Related to the Trade in Mecca, Judda, Bussorah and Mocha
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) with Lord Shelburne [William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne], Secretary of State for the Southern Department, related to the complaints of the Sheriff of Mecca [Sharīf of Mecca] with respect to the inhabitants of Mecca and Medina s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1763-10 Jan 1767
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

10. IOR/G/29/25, ff 31-110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/25, ff 31-110
Title:
Correspondence Regarding the Naval Powers in the East Indies and the Gulph of Persia
Scope & Content:
Home correspondence of the East India Company (EIC) related to the request of naval assistance for the Company in order to use against its maritime enemies in the Gulph [Gulf]. The correspondence includes: A ‘Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Troubles in the Gulph of Persia [Iran].’ The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1767-30 Aug 1769
Extent:
1 item (80 folios)