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71. IOR/L/PS/9/76/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/59
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 12 March 1799. The letter reports the arrival in Bagdad of ‘Arab’ [tribal] messengers who were plundered by Whabee [Wahhabi] raiders while carrying dispat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/9/76/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/84
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 23 September 1799. The letter forwards four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/9/76/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/98
Title:
Report on Copper in the Taurus Mountains
Scope & Content:
A report on copper extraction and export from the Taurus Mountains, with recommended arrangements for the East India Company’s purchases of copper. Attached are appendices detailing Ottoman measures of weight, exchange rates of Ottoman piastres, and prospective woollen imports to Bagdad [Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/9/76/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/110
Title:
Letter from Robert Rickards to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 15 February 1800. The letter concerns new arrangements for the monthly transit of mail from India to London via Bagdad and A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/9/76/111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/111
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 19 April 1800. Jones reports that he has forwarded Elgin’s letters to the President (Governor) of Bombay and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Gove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

76. IOR/L/PS/9/76/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/120
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 16 July 1800. The letter concerns routes of communication between Bussora [Basra] and Constantinople [Istanbul], recommending the route via Bagdad ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/9/76/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/143
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 20 November-30 December 1800. The correspondence mainly concerns Jones's attempts to procure finance for Malcolm's missi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1800-30 Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/9/76/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/144
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters concerning travel restrictions in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A note by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, certifying that Charles Bruce and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah [Dukaylah] on 15 December 1800 and the fumigation ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/9/76/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/154
Title:
Abstract of Intelligence from an Armenian Merchant
Scope & Content:
An abstract of information received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from an Armenian merchant on 16 May 1801, describing a journey from Herat to Astrachan [Astrakhan] via Bokara [Bukhara]. Attached are notes by Harford Jones speculating on possible routes for a Russian attack o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

80. IOR/L/PS/9/76/175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/175
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to David Scott
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to David Scott, Chairman of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], sent from Bagdad and dated 3 September 1801. The letter concerns the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sept 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)