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2. IOR/L/PS/9/8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/8
- Title:
- 'LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 31. JAN. 1793 TO 21. JUNE 1803 VOL 8'
- Scope & Content:
- The volume chiefly comprises letters to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Resident and Factor at Bussora [Basra], Samuel Manesty. The letters are dated 31 January 1793-21 June 1803 and the date each letter was received is recorded on the back of it...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 31 Jan 1793-21 Jun 1803
- Extent:
- 1 volume (609 folios)
3. IOR/L/PS/9/68/64
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/68/64
- Title:
- Copy of a Letter from Jean Raymond to Govenor-General of Isle de France, Capitaine Général De Caen
- Scope & Content:
- Copy of a letter in French from Jean Raymond to the Governor-General of the Isle de France [Mauritius] Capitaine Général De Caen [Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen], of 31 January 1809. This letter was part of the papers seized from French courier Jean Robbio at Bushire by Stephen Babington, in cha...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 31 Jan 1809
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/102
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/102
- Title:
- Trade Reports on Bagdad and Bussora
- Scope & Content:
- This item contains two trade reports compiled by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. Tables displaying goods imported to Bagdad from Bussora [Basra], other parts of the Ottoman Empire, and Persia [Iran] and their approximate annual value in piastres. Attached are notes concerning ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c. 1799
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/297
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/297
- Title:
- Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
- Scope & Content:
- This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 10 September 1803. The letter concerns the threat from the Whahabees [Wahhābī movement] to Bussora and to line...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 27 Jun 1803-10 Sep 1803
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
6. IOR/L/PS/10/162
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/162
- Title:
- File 757/1909 'Persian Gulf:- Turkey and Turkish aggression (Occupation of Zakhnuniyeh Island. Attitude in piracy cases. Mudirs at Zubara, Odaid and Wakra) British Relations with Turkey in Persian Gulf'
- Scope & Content:
- The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Turkish occupation of Zakhnuniyah Island, the Ottoman attitude towards piracy cases, and the appointment of officials in Zubara, Odeid and Wakra. The discussion in the volume relates to the Turkish...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1909-1911
- Extent:
- 1 volume (245 folios)
7. IOR/L/PS/18/B165
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B165
- Title:
- Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905
- Scope & Content:
- The report, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled by Captain Edward Willoughby Sandys Mahon, Royal Engineer on 24 July 1905 to identify places suitable as termini of the Baghdad Railway. He advises Bussorah [Basra] as the best place, for strategic and commercial reasons. The r...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Sep 1905
- Extent:
-
1 file (5 folios)
