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Subject Indigo

1. IOR/F/4/2238/112359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2238/112359
Title:
‘Muscat. Indigo belonging to Syed Mahomed bin Salem which had been appropriated by Hajee Meer Baker.-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside detai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1847-10 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2504/142187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2504/142187
Title:
‘Muscat. Proceedings connected with the recovery of the Cargo of the Ship “Centaur” of Calcutta, lost near-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 2 October 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the third in a series of sixteen items about t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1852-15 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2504/142188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2504/142188
Title:
‘Muscat. Loss of the ship Centaur of Calcutta.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items about...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1852-Nov 1852
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/2505/142203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2505/142203
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the discovery of small quantities of Indigo supposed to be part of the Cargo of the Ship “Centaur.” –’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Atkins Hamert...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1852-15 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

5. IOR/F/4/2550/149200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2550/149200
Title:
‘Muscat. Further proceedings on the subject of the plunder of the cargo of the late merchant ship “Centaur” belonging to Calcutta.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen item...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1852-24 Aug 1853
Extent:
1 item (27 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/170
Title:
Reports on Indigo
Scope & Content:
Three papers in French concerning indigo, copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 15 April 1801. The first two papers describe the trade in indigo from India to Bagdad and other parts of the Ottoman Empire since the 1770s, detailing trade routes and the quality and prices o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1801
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/176
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 30 August 1801. The letter concerns the indigo trade. Jones forwards information on the subject (see IOR/L/PS/9/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/177
Title:
Reports on Indigo
Scope & Content:
Two papers in French concerning indigo, copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 30 August 1801. The papers appraise specimens of indigo brought to Bagdad by Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], and suggest trade strategies. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
30 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134
Title:
‘Vol 182 1852/53 Persia; Slave Trade; Muscat; Commerce; miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf Residency. At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded by Captain Arnold Kemball. Correspondence in the volume falls under the following headings: Persia, Basra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1852-23 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 volume, 38 items (57 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143
Title:
Vol 195 1854/55 Bahrain; Arab Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence covers three subjects, as follows: Affairs at Bahrain (folios 2-165): the hostilities between Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain, and Shaikh Muḥammad’s estranged relatives based at Dammām, in cohort with Fayṣal ibn Turki’s forces at Al-Qaṭīf; naval ope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1854-12 May 1855
Extent:
1 volume (389 folios, 109 items)