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1. IOR/L/PS/9/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/8
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 31. JAN. 1793 TO 21. JUNE 1803 VOL 8'
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Resident and Factor at Bussora [Basra], Samuel Manesty. The letters are dated 31 January 1793-21 June 1803 and the date each letter was received is recorded on the back of it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1793-21 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 volume (609 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/67/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/55
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Admiral John Blankett, at Jedda, to Lord Duncan, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Admiral John Blankett to Lord Duncan, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 30 June 1800. The letter reports: Blankett's meeting with the Sheriffe [Sharif] of Mecca and his attempts to secure the Sheriffe's co-operation against Fran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/67/57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/57
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], sent from Fort William and dated 31 October 1808. The letter: reprimands Jones for leaving for Persia without communicating with Minto; outlines the political situat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1808
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/67/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/63
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 8 January 1809, concerning policy towards Persia [Iran] in the context of French setbacks during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and continued Russian attacks on Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1809
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/67/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/65
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 24 December 1809. The letter concerns relations with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1809
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/67/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/77
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], sent from a camp near Shirauz [Shirāz] and dated 10 May 1810. The letter forwards communications with Persian officials, and also covers: Malcolm's distrust in the Persian Court; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1810
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/67/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/93
Title:
Report of Sir Harford Jones to Lord Howick on Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
A copy of a paper on Persian [Iranian] affairs by Sir Harford Jones, former Resident in Baghdad, sent to Lord Howick, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and dated 7 January 1807. The paper covers British relations with Persia since the defeat of Tippoo Saheb [Tipu Sultan of Mysore] in 1799 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1807
Extent:
1 item (21 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/67/94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/94
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 30 June 1807. The letter advises suspending the departure of Sir Harford Jones’s diplomatic missi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1807
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/67/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/100
Title:
Papers relative to Persian Affairs received by the Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Translated abstracts of Persian letters received at the London headquarters of the East India Company, dated 1807, containing: A letter from the King [Shah] of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the King of England and India [King George III] expressing hope for stronger relations between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/67/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/104
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Robert Adair, British Ambassador to Turkey, to Earl Bathurst, President of the Board of Trade
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Sir Robert Adair, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Earl Bathurst, President of the Board of Trade, sent from Pera [Beyoğlu] and dated 10 January 1810. The letter commends Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], for his efforts in preven...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)