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1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/5
Title:
Vol 5 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters in this file are written by Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], who was the Native Agent at Bushire from October 1798 to January 1803, although there are also a significant number of letters received by him. Other correspondents include: Samuel Manesty, Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1801-14 Feb 1803
Extent:
1 volume, 79 items (56 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/4
Title:
Vol 4 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
This volume is a letter book which is comprised of contemporaneous copies of letters received at the Residency at Bushire between 1779 and 1787. Most of the letters are from East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Many of the letters from Bombay also include enclosed letters ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1778-28 Jan 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 133 items (61 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1
Title:
Vol 1 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1763-6 Dec 1788
Extent:
2 volumes in one slipcase (453 items (249 folios))

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 117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 117
Title:
Indent of Woollens for the Bushire Market
Scope & Content:
List of different woolens for the Bushire market. The list is broken down by the type of cloth and its colour and also includes the number of bales of each variation. This item is not numbered (unlike the other items contained in the file).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1784
Extent:
1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/4, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/4, f 13
Title:
East India Company's Additional Letter
Scope & Content:
This letter, received 28 October 1786, appears to be a circular letter, reporting on a dispute between civil and military servants.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1786
Extent:
1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 59 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 59 2
Title:
Letter No. 71 to William Hornby, President and Governor, Council at Bombay, from John Beaumont and Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Short administrative letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1781
Extent:
1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/5, f 27 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/5, f 27 1
Title:
Letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Edward Stephenson, Commander of the Panther
Scope & Content:
Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident at Bushire, directs Captain Edward Stephenson, Commander of the Panther, to proceed to Bussora [Basra] and deliver two accompanying packets (one for Bussora and one for Bagdad) to the Resident there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1803
Extent:
1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/5, f 5 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/5, f 5 2
Title:
Declaration Regarding Bales Stored in the Factory at Bushire
Scope & Content:
This item declares that the following signatories, in response to a request from Nawab Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], Resident of Bushier [sic], have inspected the factory and have found that the bales have been stored correctly: William Bruce, Assistant; C Milland, Pur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 folio