Copy of letter from the Earl of Elgin to Harford Jones. Porte is well aware of inconvenience in leaving the governorship of Baghdad vacant and have nominated Ali Pasha. Ottoman and Persian Empires to meet to resolve sources of misunderstanding. Marked "12." Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from the Earl of Elgin to Harford Jones. Reports an attempt to give the governorship of Baghdad to Soliman Pasha instead of Ali Pasha. Marked "13." Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from the Earl of Elgin to Lord Castlereagh. Reports that he has obtained the Porte's recognition of British agents at Baghdad and Bucharest. Marked "14."
Copy of letter from the Earl of Elgin to Harford Jones. Forwards a Barat conveying the privilege and protection of British Resident at Baghdad to Jones. Marked "15." Dated Constantinople
General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors
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General letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 19 August 1721, and signed by William Phipps, Henry Albert, Thomas Rammell and Francis Dickinson. It was received via the ship Aislabie on 22 April 1722, and read in the Court of Directors on 25 April 1722. The...
Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Mocha
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Copy of a general letter from Bombay Castle addressed to Henry Albert, John Geekie, Thomas Rammell, and Francis Dickinson at Mocha, dated 3 November 1721. The letter praises their good work in purchasing large quantities of coffee but stresses the continual need for accurate weights. It also conf...
Letter from the Barrington to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Barrington to the Court of Directors, complaining that they were required to pay higher customs to export coffee from Mocha than that agreed by treaty, and reporting that the recent sacking of Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih] and other troubles in the hinterlan...
Letter from the Barrington to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Barrington to the Court of Directors, signed by John Starke and dated 18 August 1730, discussing his health and his hopes for a continuing career with the Company. Received by the EIC ship Craggs.
Letter from the Houghton to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Houghton to the Court of Directors, reporting on trade and other affairs at Mocha. Dated 22 August 1732 and signed by Isaac Houssaye, Charles English and Richard Martyn, officers on the EIC ships Houghton and Monmouth.