Cover for letter from John Malcolm to Harford Jones
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The cover of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 18 April 1800. The contents of the letter are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/113.
Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 28 and 29 April 1800. The letters concern reports received by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from Damascus that the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓī...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 16 July 1800. The letter concerns routes of communication between Bussora [Basra] and Constantinople [Istanbul], recommending the route via Bagdad ...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 10 June 1800. The letter forwards reports from Egypt and Syria as well as a letter from the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān P...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 22 June 1800. The letter reports news from Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan regarding the expedition of Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Pers...
Letter from Harford Jones to the Government of Bombay
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An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to the Government of Bombay. The letter concerns the complaints of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] against the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa’īd], forwarding an official note fro...
A copy of a letter from J A Grant, Sub-Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 11 April 1800. The letter informs Jones that a Hungarian doctor expelled from India is being sent to Bussora [Basra]. Grant a...
A copy of a letter from Henry Fawcett, Accountant-General and Civil Auditor of the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 16 April 1800. The letter reports the audit of Jones’s accounts for the period July-October 1799, ...
A table displaying the troops, artillery, and military supplies available for service in Bagdad [Baghdad], signed John Raymond, Conductor of Stores in Bagdad, and dated 14 June 1800.
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Morier, Attaché with the army of the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] in Egypt, sent from Bagdad and dated 10 June 1800. The letter concerns potential assistance from the Pashaw of...