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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Red Sea, World

31. IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 2-2a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 2-2a
Title:
Political No. 78 of 1874, Communicating Observations on the Matter of the ‘Supposed Designs’ of the French in the Red Sea, and Deprecating any Relinquishment of the Possessions Currently Held by HMG in that Quarter
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 1 May 1874. The despatch communicates observations on the matter of the ‘supposed designs’ of the French in the Red Sea, and deprecates any relinquishmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1874
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 48-55a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 48-55a
Title:
General No. 16 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Government of Bombay Reporting the Proceedings of the Commander of HMS Kwangtung in Connection with the Wreck of the Steam Ship Woosung in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 May 1874 and received via Brindisi on 8 June 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Government of Bombay reporting the proceedings of the Commande...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1874-8 Jun 1874
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/9/67/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/55
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Admiral John Blankett, at Jedda, to Lord Duncan, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Admiral John Blankett to Lord Duncan, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 30 June 1800. The letter reports: Blankett's meeting with the Sheriffe [Sharif] of Mecca and his attempts to secure the Sheriffe's co-operation against Fran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/9/76/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/39
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jacob Bosanquet, John Blankett and Robert Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Vienna and Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad in July-August 1798: 1. A letter to Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Vienna and dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 July 1798-18 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/9/76/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/50
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 7 November 1798. The letter concerns arrangements for communication between Bussora and Aden and the Red Sea. Manesty describes his conversations with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/9/76/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/82
Title:
Letters from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Three letters and one part of an additional letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 16 April-15 June 1799. Blankett forwards information collect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1799-15 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/9/76/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/87
Title:
Letters from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 16 April-20 June 1799. Blankett forwards information collected from around the Red Sea a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/9/76/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/90
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones with Jonathan Duncan and John Blankett
Scope & Content:
This item contains four documents: 1. A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 December 1799. In response to Duncan’s letter of 16 October (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/100), Jones discusses routes of communi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1799-26 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/10/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/32
Title:
File 869/1904 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa & Aden'
Scope & Content:
This volume is the first of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The several correspondents include officials at the Foreign Office, the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Jul 1902-22 Dec 1906
Extent:

1 volume (286 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/10/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/33
Title:
File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden'
Scope & Content:
This volume is the second of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The volume contains copies of ‘The Somaliland Registration of Vessels ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Oct 1902-23 Dec 1908
Extent:

1 volume (266 folios)