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1. IOR/R/15/1/106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/106
Title:
Book 149 - 1845
Scope & Content:
The file consist of original correspondence from 1845 sent to the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf at the time, and the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay. The file contains extracts of earlier letters, from 9 December...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1845-2 Jul 1846
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/199-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-234
Title:
File 5: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The majority of the Slave Trade subject files contain papers relating to the manumission of slaves or kidnapping incidents, heard by the Political Residency, and received from the Political Agencies in Bahrain (1924-43) and Muscat (1921-42), and the Native Agent at Sharjah (1921-40). The rest of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1892-1943
Extent:
36 files and volumes (9,000 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/177
Title:
Vol 278 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume's correspondence and other papers document British officials' attempts to suppress the slave trade in the Gulf, and their procedures for dealing with liberated slaves. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Felix Jones), Henry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
27 Apr 1858-16 Jan 1862
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/230
Title:
File 5/196 II Slave traffic in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave trading activity in the Persian Gulf, including intelligence reports on suspected slave traders, and the movement of suspected slaves across the Gulf by traders. The volume also includes a number of reports on the extent and nature of the slave...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1929-7 Dec 1938
Extent:

1 volume (216 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/173
Title:
‘Vol 262 Historical Sketches and Administrative Reports’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains three administrative reports submitted by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, to the Government of Bombay. The first report (folios 6-36) covers events occurring within the key towns and tribes of the Arab coast of the Gulf between the peri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1857-2 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/97
Title:
'Book 133' Secret letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains an exchange of letters between British Government officials in India and London, copied to Lieutenant H D Robertson (Officiating British Resident in the Persian Gulf) for his information and guidance. The letters often refer to the regular reports submitted by the British Resid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1841-15 Dec 1842
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/168
Title:
Vol 255 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume's correspondence and other papers document British officials' attempts to suppress the slave trade in the Gulf, and their procedures for dealing with liberated slaves. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Felix Jones), H. L. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1857-18 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 volume (184 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/56
Title:
‘Letters outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters, many with copies of their enclosures, sent by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel Hennell, to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay. The letters deal with a range of subjects, as follows: The extent of the slave trade betw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1831-24 Dec 1831
Extent:
1 volume (67 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/99
Title:
Letters outward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters sent by the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, mainly to J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, in 1843. Although Captain Samuel Hennell was Resident at this time, letters dated January to October 1843 were sent by Lieutenant Col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1842-30 Dec 1843
Extent:
1 volume (100 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/101
Title:
'Book 141 1844-1849' secret letters inward
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters received by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, from the Government of Bombay, between 1843 and 1848. Some correspondents address him as Major Hennell rather than Captain Hennell. A few of the letters received in 1843 are a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1843-14 Dec 1848
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)