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1. 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

2. IOR/R/15/1/6-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/6-9
Title:
Bushire Diaries
Scope & Content:
The first two volumes bear the original title 'Diary of the Proceedings of the Resident at the Honourable Company's Factory at Bushire'. The volumes consist of chronological diary entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received, and notes on the arrival and departure of vesse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1807
Extent:
4 volumes (612 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/38-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of separate volumes of letters inward and outward; secret letters inward and outward; and 'native letters' inward and outward (also referred to as 'translation books': letters from Native Agents at Bahrain, Shiraz, Sharjah, Muscat, and elsewhere, and local rulers and official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1826-1849
Extent:
81 files and volumes (7642 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/10-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10-37
Title:
Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain transcribed copies of letters received and sent by the Residency at Bushire, arranged separately in roughly annual volumes. There is almost complete coverage of both inward and outward correspondence for the years 1806-1826, but a number of volumes are incomplete. The corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1806-1826
Extent:
28 volumes (2757 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/24
Title:
Vol 24 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
This volume mainly contains letters on the implementation of the General Treaty of 1820 including a system of watch and cruise and what actions to take in case of suspected piracy. It also includes a letter from H R Durham, Assistant Political Agent, Qishm Island, to James Dow, Assistant Resident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1821-1 Aug 1821
Extent:
1 volume, 5 items (22 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/57
Title:
Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters received by the Residency, relating to a number of issues affecting or occurring in the Persian Gulf during the period covered: regulations for British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf and Bushire; hostilities on the Arab coast between the rulers of Abu Dhabi, Ra's al...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1831-11 Jul 1831
Extent:
1 volume, 5 items (12 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/11, f 26 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/11, f 26 1
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter written at [Chemen Oujoon] enclosing a packet by Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [Sir Harford Jones] for James Morier Esq. Secretary of Embassy to be safely sent to the Governor in Council at Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
05 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/14, f 15 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14, f 15 2
Title:
Receipt of Payment
Scope & Content:
Receipt of payment regarding a claim made by William Smith of Calcutta [Kolkata] against Ahmed iben Seyf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1813
Extent:
1 folio

10. 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)

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