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1. IOR/R/15/1/98, ff 1A-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/98, ff 1A-3
Title:
Letter from Alexander Hector & Co, Bagdad to Colonel Robertson, Political Resident, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Alexander Hector of Messrs Hector and Company informs the Resident that following the discontinuance of the Government Post between Bagdad [Baghdad] and Damascus, his company has established its own monthly post along this overland route and beyond to Beyrout [Beirut]. Enclosed with the letter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1843
Extent:
3 folios

2. IOR/R/15/1/98, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/98, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from Commander Porter, commanding the Honourable Company (HC) Brig of War Euphrates, Bushire Roads, to Colonel H D Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Commander Porter’s letter contains his report of a cruise to the Arabian Coast in the Euphrates, under sailing orders received from Commodore Lowe on 28 December 1842. Commander Porter reports that he put to sea on the 29 December 1842, with bad weather soon affecting his route. His first main...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1843
Extent:
2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/98, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/98, f 6
Title:
Letter no 27 of 1843 from Justin Sheil, HM Chargé D’Affaires, Tehran to Colonel Robertson, Persian Gulf Resident
Scope & Content:
Justin Sheil, the British Envoy to the Court of the Shah of Persia, acknowledges receipt of a letter from the Resident about the looted and neglected state of the public buildings on the Island of Karrack [Kharg] in the Persian Gulf. Justin Sheil informs the Resident that the Persian Government h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1843
Extent:
1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/98
Title:
Vol 134 Secret letters inward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains three letters and a company circular received by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, from: a British company in Baghdad advertising its new overland postal service in Arabia (folios 1A-3), Commander Porter reporting on his sea patrol of the Persian Gulf in Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1842-14 Jun 1843
Extent:
1 volume, 3 items (6 folios)