‘Bushire Residency Records: An Alphabetical Index of the subject matter of (i) Old Records, and (ii) “A” Series Bound Volumes compiled in 1945’

Content

The volume is an index of the records created by staff at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. 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 An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Bushire) retain the original file and volume number in their title.

Extent and format

1 volume (125 folios)

Arrangement

The volume is arranged in two main sections: Old Records (also referred to in the volume as the old records, folios 1-6); and Bound Volumes of the A Series (folios 7-124). The entries in both sections are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover. Most of the foliation sequence, which is original to the volume, uses blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. Some folios at the front and end of the volume are foliated with circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a-1f. Most of the pages in the volume have their own, internal foliation systems, which restart at 1 for each new section.

Condition: There is a small amount of insect damage, in the form of small holes in the pages, at the front and end of the volume. The damage is not sufficient to impair legibility.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/Z/R/15/1/1

History of this record

Date(s)

5 Oct 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

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‘Bushire Residency Records: An Alphabetical Index of the subject matter of (i) Old Records, and (ii) “A” Series Bound Volumes compiled in 1945’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/Z/R/15/1/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100022598419.0x000001> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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