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211. IOR/L/PS/9/76/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/68
Title:
Letter between two Persian Merchants
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from a Persian [Iranian] merchant in Yezd [Yazd] to Aga Baba [Ḥajī Muḥammad ‘Alī Iṣfahānī], a Persian merchant in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated c 10 March 1799. The letter states that, after gathering a large force in Persia, Shah Zadeh Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrānī] att...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 10 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

212. IOR/L/PS/9/76/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/97
Title:
Correspondence regarding Transactions of Cochineal
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Extracts and summaries of letters in French, Italian, and Arabic from Constantinople [Istanbul] dated 10 September-30 September 1799, concerning transactions of cochineal involving British-employed ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. 2. Letters from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sept 1799-2 Nov 1799
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

213. IOR/L/PS/9/76/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/38
Title:
Letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
An anonymous letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah [Basra] and dated 12 March 1791. The author reports that he has arrived in Bussorah and forwarded to India news of negotiations with Spain, and that he intends to depart for Surat the fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1791
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

214. IOR/L/PS/9/76/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/157
Title:
Extract of a Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, East India Company Agent in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 27 March 1801. The letter concerns a labour shortage of ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. Tooke stresses the need to employ four couriers exclusively for car...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

215. IOR/L/PS/9/76/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/213
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, and Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 13 January 1802. Jones forwards correspondence concerning Russian designs on the Caspian Sea and the frontie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/5
Title:
Notes for a Memorandum on the Revenues of Persia
Scope & Content:
A copy of notes for a memorandum on the revenues of Persia [Iran]. The verso of the last folio (folio 8) states that it was received via the ship Exeter on 8 August 1811.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1811
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

217. IOR/L/PS/9/68/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/160
Title:
'Answer to the English Plenipotentiaries from the Persian Government'
Scope & Content:
Translation of an official statement made by Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shefi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia [Iran], Mirza Buzurk [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia, and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Ab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1814
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

218. IOR/L/PS/9/76/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/7
Title:
Letters from John Abbott to Peter Michell
Scope & Content:
Two letters from John Abbott, Consul in Aleppo, to Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Aleppo and dated 21 April and 27 April 1781. The letters concern communication between Aleppo and Bussora [Basra] and forward packets of letters to the Cou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1781-27 Apr 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

219. IOR/L/PS/9/76/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/59
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 March 1799. The letter reports the arrival in Bagdad of ‘Arab’ [tribal] messengers who were plundered by Whabee [Wahhabi] raiders while carrying dispat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

220. IOR/L/PS/9/76/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/84
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Spencer Smith
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 23 September 1799. The letter forwards four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)