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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language French Name Governor of Baghdad, c 1638-c 1917

1. IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 9-136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 9-136
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 116 of 1846, dated 12 October 1846. The enclosures, numbered 3-6 and dated 12 May to 15 July 1846, relate to Persian [Iranian] affairs. Enclosu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Oct 1846
Extent:
1 item (128 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 61-132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 61-132
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 6 of 1853, dated 19 January 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 6 November 1852. It consists of a letter from HM Envoy and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 item (72 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 218-223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 218-223
Title:
General No. 3 of 1874, Forwarding Copies of a Letter from the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia, and the Reply, Regarding Rewards to Certain Turkish Officials for Assistance in the Capture of the 'Pirates' who Plundered the Cashmere
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 6 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 2 March 1874, forwarding: copies of a letter from the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia [Ot...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Feb 1874-2 Mar 1874
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/68/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/64
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Jean Raymond to Govenor-General of Isle de France, Capitaine Général De Caen
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter in French from Jean Raymond to the Governor-General of the Isle de France [Mauritius] Capitaine Général De Caen [Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen], of 31 January 1809. This letter was part of the papers seized from French courier Jean Robbio at Bushire by Stephen Babington, in cha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
31 Jan 1809
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/146
Title:
Letter from John Barker to Harford Jones. Letters between Jones and Soliman Pacha
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. An extract of a letter from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 24 November 1800. The letter describes a rebellion in Tripoly [Tripoli, Lebanon] against the Ottoman governor Yousef Pashaw [Yūsuf P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Nov 1800-2 Jan 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/161
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones and Morad Coin to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1801. The letter reports that the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] has forbidden the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/171
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 1 August 1801. The letter concerns a dispute between Jones and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad]. Jones contests allegations m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 May 1802. The letter contains a report on affairs in Bagdad. It covers: Internal affairs of the Government of Bagdad, including: the health and fa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)