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1. IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers relating to the first years of the East India Company Residency in Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled Bagdat in this volume]. The first section (folios 4-153) consists of letters from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Jul 1798-20 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (511 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/79
Title:
Account of the 1773 Plague in Bassora
Scope & Content:
An anonymous French account of the 1773 plague outbreak in Bassora [Basra]. The author describes: his confinement in the French Factory in Bassora; the illness and death of Claude Pyraut [Pirault], French Consul in Bassora, and other employees of the Factory; his own illness and recovery; the l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/121
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 10 June 1800. The letter forwards reports from Egypt and Syria as well as a letter from the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/123
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to the Government of Bombay. The letter concerns the complaints of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] against the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa’īd], forwarding an official note fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/135
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. The first letter, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 August 1800, concerns the transit of mail and the arrest and banishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1800-12 Sept 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/143
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 20 November-30 December 1800. The correspondence mainly concerns Jones's attempts to procure finance for Malcolm's missi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1800-30 Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/144
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters concerning travel restrictions in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A note by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, certifying that Charles Bruce and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah [Dukaylah] on 15 December 1800 and the fumigation ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/215
Title:
Extract of the Bagdad Residency Records
Scope & Content:
An extract from the records of the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, consisting of a minute written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 13 February 1802. The minute concerns plague in Bagdad, describing the public punishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], with Jon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/219
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and James Short
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 7-9 February 1802. The correspondence concerns two Jewish residents of Bagdad who were suspected to have contracted plague. The correspondence was enclosed in Jones’s let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1802-9 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/226
Title:
Reports from Persia
Scope & Content:
This item contains translated extracts of two letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 11 May 1802: 1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia]. The letter implores Jones to leave Bagdad for his ow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)