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IOR/R/15/1/10

Record Id:

040-000227441

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003de

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023899125.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/10

Title:

Vol 10 Letters Outward

Scope & Content:

A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resident's native agent at Shiraz, along with various other Persian officials. From July 1808, correspondence is sent out by William Bruce, who becomes Acting Resident following the departure of Nicholas Hankey Smith. The volume also contains some letters inwards, mainly as enclosures to letters outward.

The subject matter of the correspondence is the administration of the Bushire Residency, company trade and political matters in the Gulf. French diplomatic activity, and plans to advance on British India is also a frequent topic in the correspondence.

The following abbreviations have been used:

HCC - Honourable Company's Cruizer

HMS - His Majesty's Ship

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227440
040-000227441

Is part of:

IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/10-37 : Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency

IOR/R/15/1/10 : Vol 10 Letters Outward

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0001]/040-000227441

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

2 volumes, 314 items (212 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
English
French

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1806

End Date:

1808

Date Range:

3 Nov 1806-6 Dec 1808

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

2 volumes in one slipcase

Foliation: The foliation sequence runs through two volumes as a continuous sequence. It commences at the title page of volume one and terminates at the last folio of volume two; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

The file contains the following foliation corrections: 1 is followed by 1A; 11 is followed by 11A; 117 is followed by 117A; 193 is followed by 193A.

Pagination: An original pagination sequence also runs through both volumes between ff 1-194; these numbers are written in ink, and are located in the top outermost corner of each page. The pagination is intermittent in places as numbers have been lost as a result of damage to the folios.

Condition: The volumes have suffered from extensive pest damage resulting in the loss of a significant amount of text, and as a result the content can be difficult to read in places.

Arrangement:

This was once a single volume that has since been split into two parts.

Part 1: ff.1-96

Part 2: ff.97-194

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Bushire Residency Guard, 1763-1822
Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937
Governor of Bushire, Late 18th century-20th century
HM Ambassador to Iran, 1807-1980
Khān, Ja‘afar ‘Alī, fl 1807-1816
Prince-Governor of Fārs, Qajar dynasty, 1795-1921
Residency Surgeon, Persian Gulf, 19th century-Mid 20th century
Resident, Bussora, 1778-1810
Shirāzī, Muḥammad Nabī Khān, Vazīr of Shirāz, d 1814

Subjects:

Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)

Places:

Persia, Asia