Search

Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 1784-1858 Level [40] File

1. IOR/G/29/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/27
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones Esquire British Resident at Bagdat to The Right Honourable Henry Dundas, One of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, from July 1798 to May 1801, with an Appendix
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers relative to the early years of the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency. The majority of the volume consists of letters from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control, with enclosures. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Jul 1798-8 Nov 1802
Extent:
1 volume (611 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/30
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (His Majesty's Envoy to Persia) to The Right Honble Robt Dundas (President of the Right Honble The Commissioners for the Affairs of India.), from 12th June 1807 to 8th Sep 1808, Vol: 1.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Sir Harford Jones’s diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran] in 1808. The papers reflect the purposes and practicalities of the mission and cover the following matters: Jones’s progress from England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1807-13 Dec 1808
Extent:
1 volume (462 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/31
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (Envoy to Persia) to Mr Dundas (President of the India Board), Dated 11th January 1809 to 28th July 1810, Vol: 3.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence, firmans, and other documents relating to Sir Harford Jones's diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], 1807-1811. Much of the volume consists of updates from Jones sent from Schyras [Shiraz, also written Sheerauz in this volume], Tahran [Tehran], and Tau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
11 Jan 1809-28 Jul 1810
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

4. IOR/L/MAR/C/573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/573
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers preparations for the expedition, the sea journey fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1834-18 Jan 1836
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

5. IOR/L/MAR/C/574

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/574
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers: the overland journey from Sovedia [Samandağ] to Bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1834-23 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 volume (570 folios)