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11. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 627-721

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 627-721
Title:
Aden 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 50 of 1840, dated 23 July 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-46 and are dated 16 October to 22 July 1840. The enclosures mostly consist of cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1840
Extent:
1 item (95 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 514-539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 514-539
Title:
The Case of Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee, the Persian Consul in Bombay
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 153 of 1846, dated 30 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 7-15 December 1846. The enclosures relate to events following the decision by HM Supreme Court of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1846
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/6/692, ff 518-531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/692, ff 518-531
Title:
Persian Gulf, Lingah, Pachoobhoy Tejsee: Relative to the claim of - against the Chief of -.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 15 of 8 February 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1858-8 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item (24 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/9/76/306

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/306
Title:
Petition to Ali Pasha from Inhabitants of Bussora
Scope & Content:
A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra]. The petition complains of the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, in particular regarding the affair of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor. An English versi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

16. IOR/L/PS/9/76/308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/308
Title:
Petition to Ali Pasha from Inhabitants of Bussora
Scope & Content:
A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra], concerning the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of the petition can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

17. IOR/R/15/2/1496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1496
Title:
‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’
Scope & Content:
Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of Ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1917-22 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/1858

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1858
Title:
'File No. B/1 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Shaikh and Notables of Qatar.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions and letters mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Ruler of Qatar. The two exchanged petitions on behalf of locals from Bahrain and Qatar respectively. The petitions were mainly regarding claims of debts, properties, stolen b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
4 Jan 1926-8 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (150 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/1859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1859
Title:
'File No. B/2 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Amirs and Notables of Najd, Hasa and Qatif. & Ibn Saud’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters that are related to the arrangement of visits between the Political Agent, Bahrain and some of the Emirs and notables from Saudi Arabia. Letters of thanks were exchanged after the visits took place. The Political Agent, Bahrain and the Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1927-1 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/1864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1864
Title:
FILE-B/8 CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING CLAIMS AGAINST MEMBERS OF AL KHALIFAH
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions and letters. The petitions were raised by locals of different ethnic and religious backgrounds in Bahrain to the Political Agency, Bahrain. The petitions were in the form of claims against members of Al-Khalifa family. In order to avoid d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
29 May 1932-21 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)