A copy of a letter in cypher from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 December 1798. A decoded copy of the letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/51.
Tables displaying the manufactures of Bagdad [Baghdad], Merdin [Mardin], Courdistan [Kurdistan], and Bussora [Basra], and the natural resources of these places plus Kerkook [Kirkuk]. Includes details of export destinations and approximate annual value. This report was collated by Harford Jones,...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 17 July 1799. Jones forwards a letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 13 July ...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, sent from Bagdad and dated 13 November 1799. The letter forwards dispatches and an intelligence report from Aleppo (not enclosed). Another ...
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 ...
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, dated 24 August 1800. The letter complains of the conduct of couriers carrying dispatches from Aleppo to Bagdad, and asks Barker to take steps to address this.
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Raymond, Conductor of Stores in Bagdad, dated 5 November 1800. The letter instructs Raymond to join the expedition [against the Khazā’il tribe] of 'the Minister' [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Chief Minister of Baghdad].
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 5 October 1801. The letter concerns the transit of mail and arrangements for a meeting between Jones and Manesty at Coote [Kut].
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], dated 23 November 1801. The letter concerns attempts to transport cowpox samples to India for purposes of inoculation against smallpox. Jones as...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, to Charles Mills, Chairman of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], sent from Bagdad [Baghdad] and dated 19 February 1802. The letter forwards v...