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131. IOR/L/PS/9/76/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/206
Title:
Reports from Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
A copy of an anonymous letter in French forwarding reports from Afghanistan, copied by Harford Jones and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 18 December 1801. The letter reports widespread alienation from Chah Mahmood [Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī], divisions amongst Chah Mahmood’s troops in Kaboul [Kabul], and lar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

132. IOR/L/PS/9/76/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/216
Title:
Extract of the Bagdad Residency Records
Scope & Content:
An extract from the records of the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, consisting of correspondence of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, with Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and Jean-François Rousseau, French Consul in Bagdad, dated 5-10 February 1802. The correspondence con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5-10 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

133. IOR/L/PS/9/76/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/221
Title:
Bulletin of Intelligence from Candahar and Cabul
Scope & Content:
A bulletin of intelligence from Afghanistan, written in French and dated 9 March 1802. The bulletin relays information from a messenger and merchants in Cabul [Kabul], including: reports that Shugia al Mulk [Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrānī] has taken refuge near Pishaver [Peshawar]; the consolidation of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

134. IOR/L/PS/9/76/222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/222
Title:
Letter from Jean-Francois Rousseau to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of 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 Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
25 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

135. 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)

136. IOR/L/PS/9/76/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/225
Title:
Report on the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]
Scope & Content:
A report written in French and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 23 April 1802, relaying information received from a messenger from Tahran [Tehran] concerning the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]. The report describes a siege of Herat led by Chah Zadé Kaisser [Shāhzādeh Qaiṣar] and rumours of attacks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

137. 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)

138. IOR/L/PS/9/76/238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/238
Title:
Intercepted Letter from Caboul
Scope & Content:
A copy of an intercepted letter from Caboul [Kabul] from a French author to a correspondent in Paris, dated 8 March 1802. The author recounts his journey across India via Cachemire [Kashmir] to Caboul in a period of civil war, and his hopes to travel to Candahar [Kandahar] and Persia [Iran] and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

139. IOR/L/PS/9/76/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/247
Title:
Intercepted letter from Caboul
Scope & Content:
An intercepted letter from a French author in Caboul [Kabul] to a correspondent in Spanish Biscay, dated 8 March 1802. The author recounts his journey across India via Cachemire [Kashmir] to Caboul in a period of civil war, and his hopes to travel to Candahar [Kandahar] and Persia [Iran] and re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

140. IOR/L/PS/9/76/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/260
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton with enclosures
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 30 August 1802. The letter forwards reports from Persia [Iran] of military preparations believed to be related to a campaign a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 May 1802-30 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)