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121. 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)

122. IOR/L/PS/9/76/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/170
Title:
Reports on Indigo
Scope & Content:
Three papers in French concerning indigo, copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 15 April 1801. The first two papers describe the trade in indigo from India to Bagdad and other parts of the Ottoman Empire since the 1770s, detailing trade routes and the quality and prices o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1801
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

123. 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)

124. IOR/L/PS/9/76/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/177
Title:
Reports on Indigo
Scope & Content:
Two papers in French concerning indigo, copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 30 August 1801. The papers appraise specimens of indigo brought to Bagdad by Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], and suggest trade strategies. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
30 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

125. 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)

126. 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)

127. 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)

128. 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)

129. 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)

130. 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)

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