Cover for Report of a Meeting between Harford Jones and the Pasha of Baghdad
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The cover to the notes of a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The contents of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/256.
'Muster Roll of Officers, Artificers, and Men Order'd to Remain in Persia'
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This document contains a muster roll of the officers, artificers, and men ordered to remain in Persia [Iran] to provide military assistance to the Persian Government, dated 25 July 1810. The document was enclosed in a secret letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Pers...
Two letters from Lord Elgin, newly appointed HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. The first letter, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 16 November 1799, announces Elgin’s arrival in Constantinople and assumption of his duties, offers as...
Correspondence between Harford Jones and Soliman Pashaw
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Copies of correspondence between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] dated 29-30 June 1801. The correspondence discusses a dispute between Jones and the Pashaw mainly concerning allegations of a Turkish woman visiting Jones...
A copy of a letter from Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 11 May 1801. The letter commends Jones for his services, in particular transmitting correspondence to and from India, and as...
A copy of a letter from James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 13 May 1802. The letter concerns a suspected plague outbreak in Bagdad. Short describes several recent cases he has treated matching the symptoms of plague.
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 5 May 1802. The letter concerns the destruction of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa ha by [Wahhābī movement], for...
A copy of a letter from Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipoteniary to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bonyakdere [Büyükdere] and dated 7 August 1802. The letter concerns the transit of correspondence.
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to John Barker, Consul in Aleppo, dated 18 July 1803. The letter concerns intelligence previously reported by Barker that Lord Whitworth, HM Ambassador to France, has left his post, suggesting an imminent resumption of hos...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from the ship Fury and dated 12 July 1803. The letter forwards various correspondence, in particular reports suggesting a resumption of hostilities between Britain and F...