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1501. IOR/R/15/1/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/691
Title:
'B. 53. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - iv BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle); Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the India Office (John Percival Gibson, John Charles Walton); the Shaikh of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah); the Adviser to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1938-14 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

1502. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

1503. IOR/R/15/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10
Title:
Vol 10 Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808
Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

1504. IOR/R/15/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14
Title:
Vol 14: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters are written by Lieutenant William Bruce, who was the Resident at this time. A handful of letters are written by James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. Subjects relating directly to the Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1813-28 Dec 1814
Extent:
1 volume, 254 items (142 folios)

1505. IOR/R/15/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20
Title:
Vol 20: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of outgoing letters sent by the Resident at Bushire, William Bruce. The correspondence covers administrative matters related to the operation of the Residency, the East India Company's ships in the Gulf, the organisation of convoys, and the transmission of communications to In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1817-31 Dec 1818
Extent:
1 volume, 343 items (134 folios)

1506. IOR/R/15/1/119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119
Title:
Vol 166 1850 Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major, then Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel Hennell), his native Agents at Muscat and Sharjah, and the Government of Bombay. The correspondence in the file reports on the hostilities taking place between the Governor of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1850-2 Nov 1850
Extent:
1 file, 15 items (41 folios)

1507. IOR/R/15/1/646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/646
Title:
86/1 X Kuwait Oil (D 131)
Scope & Content:
The file primarily contains correspondence between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), the Political Agent at Kuwait (Harold Dickson and Gerald Simpson DeGaury), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle and Percy Gordon Loch), the India Office (John C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
24 Apr 1935-13 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

1508. IOR/R/15/1/1-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-5
Title:
Letters Sent and Received by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain copies of correspondence sent to and from the Residency at Bushire, which was established on 12 April 1763 following the conclusion of a trade agreement with the Shaikh of Bushire. The Residency went into temporary abeyance from 1769 to 1775, owing to a deterioration in both ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1803
Extent:
5 volumes (516 folios)

1509. IOR/R/15/1/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/668
Title:
'Vol D.144. Confidential 86/5-ii HASA OIL'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident (Trenchard Craven Fowle; Percy Gordon Loch); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch; Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the British Minister and Legation at Jedda (Sir Reader Bullard; Andrew Spencer Calvert); the Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1934-9 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

1510. IOR/R/15/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3
Title:
Vol 3 Letters Outward (from Bushire)
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent outwards from the Residency in Bushire between 1778 and 1787. The majority of the letters are sent to East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Letters are also sent to numerous ship captains and a limited number are sent to local rulers. The letters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1778-22 Sep 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 252 items (180 pages)