IOR/Z/R/15/1/1

The volume is an index of the records created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency between around 1850 and 1945. The old records (folios 1-6) are a list of files referred to by Tuson (1979) as ‘old records’ or the ‘old system.’ The title and date of each file is listed, alongside its file number, volume number, and number in the bound volume series. Surviving records in the IOR/R/15/1 series retain the original file number as part of the file title. The core period that these files cover is the 1860s to the 1900s, although the index indicates that some files remained ‘open’ until as late as 1929.

The A series is a typewritten list of files created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency between the 1880s and 1945. The title and date of each file is shown alongside its file number and volume number, with a column for remarks, which has been left empty on almost all pages. The few handwritten remarks that can be found in the volume are undated and have no clear meaning. Surviving records in the IOR/R/15/1 series (Political Residency Bushire) retain the original file and volume number in their title.