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541. IOR/L/PS/9/76/372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/372
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 2 January 1805. The letter reports the capture of the ships Shannon and Trimmer in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the Gausemee Arabs [al-Qawāsim] of R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/4
Title:
‘Abstract of Captain Grants Journal of a Route through the Western parts of Mekran’
Scope & Content:
A copy of an abstract of the journal of Captain Charles Grant, recording his journey through the western parts of Mekran [Makran], on the orders of Brigadier-General John Malcolm, for the main purpose of ascertaining how a European army could travel through this region to Scind [Sindh]. The copy...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1809-1811
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

543. IOR/L/PS/9/69/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/161
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A statement showing the estimated charges and expenses for transporting merchandise between Russia and India, accompanying a proposal for a Russian East India Company sent by an unknown English adventurer to the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (IOR/L/PS/9/69/162). The statement was enclose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1824
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

544. IOR/L/PS/9/69/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/206
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 1824
Scope & Content:
A list of documents sent by Ephraim Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], relating to trade in the Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/192-205). The list was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

545. IOR/L/PS/9/76/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/15
Title:
Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 27 June 1781. It covers: The arrival of a Dutch ship in Muscat The return to Buss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

546. IOR/L/PS/9/76/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/19
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 20 July 1781. Subjects covered include: The movements of ships and British travellers tow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1781-12 Oct 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

547. IOR/L/PS/9/76/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/207
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to the Shah of Persia
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, to the Shah of Persia [Iran] [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār], dated 21 Rejeb [Rajab] (27 November 1801). The letter informs the Shah that a preliminary peace treaty between Britain and France was signed in London [Treaty of London, 1801].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

548. IOR/L/PS/9/76/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/224
Title:
Letters to Harford Jones from Jean-François Rousseau and Peter Tooke
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter in French from Jean-François Rousseau, French Commissioner of Commercial Relations in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 25 February 1802. Rousseau thanks Jones for facilitating a meeting with the Pacha [Büyük Sula...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Dec 1801-25 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

549. IOR/L/PS/9/76/254

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/254
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan and Lieutenant-Colonel Harcourt
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 31 May 1802. The letter concerns payment for a shipment of gunpowder for the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1802-30 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

550. IOR/L/PS/9/76/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/271
Title:
Remarks by Harford Jones on a Letter from Peter Tooke
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 20 August 1802, with remarks by Harford Jones dated 22 September 1802. Jones discusses arrangements for the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1802-22 Sep 1802
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)