This is an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue while we continue to recover from a cyber-attack.
This catalogue is currently browse-only. The collection item request form is not available at the moment but will be reopened from Monday 15 December. Find out more about our current collection access suspension.
‘Relative to the rates at which stores are to be supplied to the Persian Government by the Company.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. It concerns the rates at which goods are supplied to the Persian Government by the East India Company. The main subjects are: Details of the...
‘Proceedings connected with the concessions made by the Imaum of Muscat for the suppression of the Slave Trade with Europeans vol 1’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of political letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the first in a series of three items on Muscat and the slave trade (the others are IOR/F/4/913/25778 and IOR/F/4/914/25779). The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the East India Company Co...
Precis of information on the political condition of the States situated on or connected with the North West and Western Frontier of British India
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a summary document enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The document, written by William Henry Wathen, Secretary in the Persian Department, provides brief details on the political status of 'states' und...
‘Persian Gulf – Employment of a guard to protect the Residency Buildings at Bushire, and repairs sanctioned to the Buildings.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and financial statements enclosed within a political letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 November 1841. The item relates to requests made to the former by Captain Samuel He...
‘Persian Gulf – Leave of absence to Lieutenant Kemball Assistant in the – Vol: 17’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, reports, notifications, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; L...
‘Aden – Complaint against the Official conduct of the Political agent at – Vol: 3’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Captain Robert Coga...
‘Persian Gulf. Report of the Resident’s visit to Bunder Abass and his proceedings there.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 June 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further en...
‘Persian Gulf. Despatches to Her Majesty’s Minister at Tehran from the Resident in the.-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 June 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further en...
‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the intention of the Wahabee Ameer Fysul to rebuild Adeed – Vol: 11’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Poli...
‘Bagdad. Household property on the Island of Bombay belonging to a deceased Jew of Bagdad.~’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1851. The item relates to a request from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Ag...
