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11. 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)

12. 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)

13. IOR/L/PS/9/76/57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/57
Title:
Letter from Jean-Baptiste Aubert du Bayet to Jean-François Rousseau
Scope & Content:
A copy of a French letter from Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Sublime Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire], to Citizen Jean-François Rousseau, Consul of the French Republic in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 10 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
31 Oct 1797
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/9/76/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/89
Title:
Report from Herat
Scope & Content:
A report from Herat by an anonymous French author in the service of Shah Zeman [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan], dated 3 September 1799. The report describes the campaign of Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] in eastern Persia [Iran], including the capture of Nichabour ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

15. 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)

16. 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)

17. 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)

18. IOR/L/PS/9/76/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/41
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
Scope & Content:
A copy of a report in French from Caboul [Kabul] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from merchants of Constantinople [Istanbul] in Bagdad trading with Caboul and Candahar [Kandahar] on 20 October 1798. The report states that Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghani...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
20 Oct 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

19. 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)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/75
Title:
Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
Scope & Content:
This item contains seven documents relating to the French Revolutionary Wars in the Levant and Italy: 1. A copy of a letter from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant, to Captain Wilson, Agent of the East India Company in Judda [Jeddah], sent from HMS T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
6 May 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)