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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 149-182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 149-182
Title:
British Military Expedition to Persia
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 56 of 1856, dated 8 November 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-19 and are dated 7 October to 5 November 1856. They mostly consist of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item (34 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 260-270

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 260-270
Title:
Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871. The papers consist of telegrams from the Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, enclosing correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1871-17 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 274-277

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 274-277
Title:
Persian Government Restriction on the Storing of Grain and Provisions Imported by Foreign Merchants
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 24 October 1871. The papers cover: British concerns that the restriction amounted to a ban on imports at a time when Persia was being depopulated by famine; report by William John Dickson, Oriental Secretary at the British Legation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1871-24 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 454-500

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 454-500
Title:
Turkish Expedition to Nejd
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871. The papers cover: the aims of the Ottoman military expedition against Nejd [Najd]; correspondence with Midhut Pasha, Governor General of Baghdad; British support for Bahrein [Bahrain]; the movements of British wars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1871-6 Dec 1871
Extent:
1 item (47 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 531-534

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 531-534
Title:
Joint Tribute Payable by Qatar and Bahrain to the Amir of Najd
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The letter encloses one from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 12 September 1871. The Enclosure concerns a report fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1871-8 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 552-568

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 552-568
Title:
Operations of Ottoman Military and Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of collected intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. These include: reports by the Residency munshi, and the Commander of HM Gun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1871-16 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 569-581

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 569-581
Title:
Response of the Ottoman Authorities following the Murder of a Messenger at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The papers concern the response to the seizure and execution at Bahrein [Bahrain] of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarek, who wished to communicate with Guttur [Qatar], and the seizure of letters the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1871-16 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 602-607

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 602-607
Title:
Proposed Appointment of a British Agent in Yazd
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871, concerning the proposed appointment of a British Agent in Yezd [Yazd]. The proposal came in response to a memorial from British traders at Bushire and Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas], and was designed to protect the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 613-617

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 613-617
Title:
Taxation of British Subjects in Muscat, and their Employees, by the Muscat Government
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The issue of the taxation by the Muscat Government of British subjects and their employees at Muscat arose following complaints by certain British subjects. Although not specifically provided for by treaty, exempt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630
Title:
Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; and the Agent at Shiraz, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)