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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947 Place Persian Gulf, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 34-59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 34-59
Title:
Anglo-Persian War: British Operations in the Persian Gulf and the Appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram as Commander of the Expeditionary Force
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 5 of 1857, dated 9 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-14 and are dated 7 December 1856-7 January 1857. The initial enclosure co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 67-85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 67-85
Title:
Anglo-Persian War: British Operations in the Persian Gulf and the Appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram as Commander of the Expeditionary Force
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 7 of 1857, dated 22 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 22 December 1856-19 January 1857. The enclosures consist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (19 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 210-248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 210-248
Title:
Anglo-Persian War: Military Operations of the Persian Expeditionary Force
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 15 of 1857, dated 24 March 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 14 February-23 March 1857. The initial enclosure comprise...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 28-137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 28-137
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 90 of 1840, dated 30 October 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-30 and are dated 21 July to 16 October 1840. The enclosures relate to Persian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item (110 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 39-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 39-49
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 50 of 1841, dated 17 June 1841. The enclosures are dated 3 May to 15 June 1841. The enclosures consist of: Copies of correspondence between the Secretary...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1841
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/113
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence regarding the decision by British authorities to establish a naval blockade along the Mekran coast in 1909, with the aim of suppressing arms trafficking in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the cost of a naval blockade, the availability of naval ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1909-1 Dec 1911
Extent:
1 volume (378 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/114
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic:- Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1912-1920).'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the ongoing naval blockade in the Persian Gulf to suppress arms trafficking. The blockade continued through 1912 and 1913 before being ended in 1914. The volume also includes correspondence between representatives of the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Government of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1912-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (301 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115
Title:
File 619/1907 Pts 6-9 'Arms traffic:- Trucial Chief's. Debai Incident. French Dhows. Military Operations.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises parts 6, 7, 8 and 9 of subject 619 Arms Traffic. The parts discuss actions taken in the Persian Gulf to suppress the illegal movement of arms and ammunition: Part 6: Searching of vessels in territorial waters of Trucial Chiefs; Position of Katr [Qatar]; Part 7: Debai [Dubai]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Sep 1910-15 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/116
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the award of prize money to the officers and crews of British Naval vessels that had seized dhows containing arms and ammunition in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the values to be assigned to different types of arms and ammunition, and the decision b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1908-24 Sep 1915
Extent:
1 volume (210 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/456
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to explo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)