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281. IOR/L/PS/9/76/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/71
Title:
Report on the Vhabi [Wahhabi]
Scope & Content:
A report in French on the Vhabis [Wahhabi movement] collected by John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul]. The report covers: the ideology and history of the movement since 1743; the geography of Nedged [Najd]; the territorial conquests of the movement and its ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

282. IOR/L/PS/9/76/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/75
Title:
Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
Scope & Content:
This item contains seven documents relating to the French Revolutionary Wars in the Levant and Italy: 1. A copy of a letter from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant, to Captain Wilson, Agent of the East India Company in Judda [Jeddah], sent from HMS T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
6 May 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

283. IOR/L/PS/9/76/285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/285
Title:
Letters from J A Grant to William Bruce and Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from J A Grant, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to William Bruce, Assistant to the Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 11 August 1802. The letter reports the death of Hajee Kheleel [Ḥājī Muḥamma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1802-12 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

284. IOR/L/PS/9/76/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/204
Title:
Proclamations by the Shah of Persia and Letter from Meerza Bozurg to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of three Farsi documents: 1. A firmaun [firman, edict] issued by Fath Ally Shah, King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] to all beglerbegs [high-ranking provincial governors] and other local governors and officials, issued in Tahran [Tehran] and date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep-Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

285. IOR/L/PS/9/76/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/40
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad and dated 24 August 1798. The letter reports Jones’s arrival in Constantinople and dispatch of correspondence....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

286. IOR/L/PS/9/76/43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/43
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 31 October 1798. Subjects covered include: Jones’s meeting with the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] Jones’s attempts to obtain intellige...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

287. IOR/L/PS/9/76/66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/66
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 17 April 1799. Jones forwards a letter from Luigi Malagamba to Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo (IO...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

288. IOR/L/PS/9/76/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/115
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 15 June 1800. Blankett reports a visit to Suez where he found that the Convention for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

289. IOR/L/PS/9/76/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/122
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

290. IOR/L/PS/9/76/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/130
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 30 June 1800. The letter introduces Lieutenant Richard Tanvarine, whom Blankett has sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)