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281. IOR/L/PS/9/76/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/331
Title:
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803. The letter concerns the transit of mail between Bussora and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

282. IOR/L/PS/9/72/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/131
Title:
Copy of a letter (no.32) from Colonel John Macdonald to the Secret Committee with enclosure no.50 to Secretary George Swinton with 2 enclosures
Scope & Content:
1. translation of a note from the Prince of Persia to the British Envoy Colonel John Macdonald, with original letter in Persian attached. 2. Copy of a note from Colonel John Macdonald to Prince Abbas Meerza [Mirza]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1829
Extent:
5 folios

283. IOR/L/PS/9/72/150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/150
Title:
Copy of a letter from Captain John Campbell to the Secret Committee with enclosures nos.15 and 16 to Secretary George Swinton, with enclosures
Scope & Content:
1. Copy of a letter from Alexander Hisbet, Deputy Commissary of Ordnance Stores. 2. translation of a letter from the Kaim Mukam [Qā'im'maqām] to Captain John Campbell.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1830
Extent:
5 folios

284. IOR/L/PS/9/72/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/154
Title:
Copy of a letter from Sir Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee on the subject of his appointment as successor to Colonel John Macdonald as Envoy to Persia, with 3 enclosures
Scope & Content:
1. Copy of a private letter from Edward Charles Disbrowe at Stutgard to Henry Willock. 2. Copy of a letter from Henry Willock to Secretary George Swinton. 3. copies of letters from Prince Abbas Meerza [Mirza] and Kaim Mukam [Qā'im'maqām] to Henry Willock.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1830
Extent:
5 folios

285. IOR/L/PS/9/67/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/95
Title:
Copy of the Secret Minutes
Scope & Content:
An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company on 3 July 1807, signed by Charles Grant and Edward Parry, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors. The Committee orders that Sir Harford Jones be reimbursed £2000 fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1807
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

286. IOR/L/PS/9/71/241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/241
Title:
Correspondence from Manoocher Khan
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from Manoocher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], containing a letter, and a note enclosed with that letter, both of which are to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, and also a note to Macdonald Kinneir’s assistan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1828-Feb 1828
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

287. IOR/L/PS/9/76/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/226
Title:
Reports from Persia
Scope & Content:
This item contains translated extracts of two letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 11 May 1802: 1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia]. The letter implores Jones to leave Bagdad for his ow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

288. IOR/L/PS/9/76/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/256
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

289. IOR/L/PS/9/76/369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/369
Title:
Intelligence report from Persia
Scope & Content:
An intelligence report received from messengers sent by Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Royal Camp in Persia [Iran]. The report covers developments in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813], describing the positions, strength, and actions of Russian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

290. IOR/L/PS/9/76/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/48
Title:
Letters from Baghdad, Constantinople, and Smyrna
Scope & Content:
This item contains two documents: 1. A prospectus for a French commercial enterprise trading in Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Persia [Iran], and India, found in the papers of the French Consul in Baghdad Jean-François Rousseau after his arrest in October 1798 and copied by Harford Jones. This docum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1798-15 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)