Bushire Collection

Plan of the Operations against Bushire, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Operations against Bushire, 1857. Map showing Persian Gulf, tableland, sandy ravines, swampy marsh, Halilah Bay

The Persian Expedition - H.E.I.C. "Semiramis", Bushire, Resident's House, Sandbag Batteries, 1857
The Persian Expedition - H.E.I.C. [Honourable East India Company] "Semiramis", Bushire, Resident's House, Sandbag Batteries, 1857

The Persian Expedition - Transports, Bushire, from the "Semiramis", Fort for defence... 1857
The Persian Expedition - Transports, Bushire, from the "Semiramis", Fort for defence of Water Tanks, 1857. Sketch...by an officer, in the Bushire Roads

The Persian Expedition - the "Abdulla" Transport, the "Feroze", "Punjaub", and "Assaye" shelling the Old Portuguese Battery, Indus Flat, 1857

The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the "Bombay" Steamer... 1857
The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the "Bombay" Steamer aground, Gun-boats, the "Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy", Hallilah Hill, 1857

The Persian Expedition - Island of Kishni, Entrance to Clarence Strait (from the "Semiramis"), 1857. Sketch...by an officer, in the Bushire Roads

The Persian Expedition - Minora Point and Lighthouse, Kurrachee Harbour, Oyster Rock... 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Persian Expedition - Minora Point and Lighthouse, Kurrachee [Karachi] Harbour, Oyster Rock, Church and Town of Kurrachee, Oyster Rocks, 1857

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Persian and Arab inhabitants of Bushire - from a photograph, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Persian and Arab inhabitants of Bushire - from a photograph, 1857. Engraving after a photograph by Major H

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Persian Secretary and Retinue of the Resident, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Persian Secretary and Retinue of the Resident - from a photograph, 1857. Engraving after a photograph by Major H

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Persian Mission Officials - from a photograph, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Persian Mission Officials - from a photograph, 1857. Engraving after a photograph by Major H

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - the Hon. Mr. Murray and his suite - from a photograph, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - the Hon. Mr. Murray and his suite - from a photograph, 1857. Engraving after a photograph by Major H

View of the Fort of Bushire, c1891. Creator: James Grant
View of the Fort of Bushire, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Captain John Augustus Wood, Bushire, Persia, 1856. Artist: L Edwards
Captain John Augustus Wood, Bushire, Persia, 1856. John Wood was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, and captain in the 20th Bombay Native Infantry, Indian Army

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