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1. IOR/R/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15
Title:
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
These records are the archives of the British Residency at Bushire, 1763-1948; and of the Political Agencies at Bahrain, 1899-1951; Sharjah, 1930-51; Kuwait, 1904-49; and Muscat, 1828-1951; these dates being those for which archives survive, which are not necessarily those during which the posts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1763-1951
Extent:
c 15,350 volumes and files

2. IOR/R/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire
Scope & Content:
There are considerable gaps within the series owing to periodic weeding processes. The files and volumes may be divided as follows: (1) 1763-1849 (IOR/R/15/1/1-118) Separate series of letters received and letters sent contain correspondence mainly with Basra and later with Government of Bomb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1763-1948
Extent:
c 758 files

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/1/1-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence received ('letters inward') and sent ('letters outward') by the Political Residency, Bushire. Much of the early correspondence is with the East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]; later with the Government of Bombay in its various departments, other Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1763-1849
Extent:
118 files and volumes

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 1 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 1 1
Title:
Letter No. 1 to William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Councils at Bussora [Basra], from John Beaumont and George Green at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a short note in which Beaumont and Green state that they have sent their books for the previous year (up to April 1778) and their monthly accounts for April to Bushire. Shipped by Abdul Rezah. The date span of the entire file (1778 to 1787) is marked on the top right-hand side of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1778
Extent:
1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 1 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 1 2
Title:
Letter No. 2 to William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Councils at Bussora [Basra], from John Beaumont and George Green at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter records the death of Lieutenant William Burns of the Marines at Bushire on 13 June 1778 and states that the monthly accounts for May were enclosed with it. Shipped by Shaikh Ally Caracky. The date span of the entire file (1778 to 1787) is marked on the top right-hand side of the item...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1778
Extent:
1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 2
Title:
Letter No. 4 to William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Councils at Bussora [Basra], from John Beaumont and George Green at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter notes that Beaumont and Green had received a packet from Bussora [Basra] for onwards passage to Bombay and confirms they will send the packet by dow leaving 'today or tomorrow'. The letter encloses a copy of Bushire's latest message to Bombay and the monthly accounts for June. Shipped ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1778
Extent:
1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 3
Title:
Letter No. 6 to Lieutenant Brice Hardy, in Command of the Betsy Snow, from John Beaumont and George Green at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter requests that Lieutenant Hardy give Francis M. Henry and Daniel Fitzgerald Griffin suitable accomodation on the journey to Bombay. It also requests Hardy to deliver an accompanying packet (not included in the file) and 'book packets' (also not included in the file) to the President in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1778
Extent:
1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 4 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 4 1
Title:
Letter No. 7 to William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Councils at Bussora [Basra], from John Beaumont at Bushire
Scope & Content:
A short letter that explains the events noted in John Beaumont and George Green's letter of 12 July 1778 (item IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 1-2) to colleagues in Bussora [Basra] and states that Francis M. Henry and Daniel Fitzgerald Griffin travelled to Bombay onboard the Betsy Snow (under command of Lieuten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1778
Extent:
1 folio