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1. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635
Title:
Proceedings and Despatches, Karrack, 1839
Scope & Content:
The item consists primarily of correspondence with enclosures, notes, reports and memoranda dated between 1 August 1839 and 10 September 1839. It covers the first month after the British occupation of Karrack [Khārk/Kharg]. Most significant are those regarding: mercantile affairs; the movement ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1839-10 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (186 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/1
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, dated 23 January 1781, forwards intelligence received from India, Muscat,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1781-19 Feb 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/2
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, dated 19 February 1781, covers subjects including: The movements of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/4
Title:
Letters from William Hornby to William Digges Latouche
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Hornby, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra]. The first letter, dated 2 March 1781, reports the presence of French ships near Madras [Chennai], the safe arrival in port of China country ships [local vessels trading with C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1781-3 Mar 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/5
Title:
Letters from William Hornby to William Digges Latouche
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Hornby, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra]. The first letter, dated 2 March 1781, reports the presence of French ships near Madras [Chennai], the safe arrival in port of China country ships [local vessels] and East Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1781-3 Mar 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/9
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, dated 1 May 1781, forwards intelligence received at Bussora. Subjects cov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1781-14 May 1781
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/13
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, sent from Bussora and dated 1 May 1781, covers subjects including: Repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1781-15 Jun 1781
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/50/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/2
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the proposal that vessels from Koweit [Kuwait] should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would bring from the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-22 Mar 1907
Extent:

76 folios

9. IOR/L/PS/10/366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/366
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 1-2 ‘Persian Gulf: German Competition’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with growing German competition to British trade in the Persian Gulf, and discussions around possible responses from the British authorities to protect Britain's trade and geopolitical interests. In particular, it is concerned with the joint workings of the Hamburg-America ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 May 1912-1 Jun 1916
Extent:
1 volume (334 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3435
Title:
Coll 28/38(1) ‘Statistique commerciale de la Perse; Tableau General du Commerce avec les Pays Etrangers pendant l’année 1308 (22 Mars 1929 – 21 Mars 1930) publié par l’Administration des Douanes’
Scope & Content:
Printed volume (in French) of statistics and texts illustrating trade between Persia [Iran] and foreign countries, for the Iran calendar year 1308 (equivalent to 1929/30 in the Gregorian calendar). The volume was published by the Persian Customs Administration in Tehran, 1930. Key chapters in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 volume (148 folios)