A copy of notes for a memorandum on the revenues of Persia [Iran]. The verso of the last folio (folio 8) states that it was received via the ship Exeter on 8 August 1811.
'Answer to the English Plenipotentiaries from the Persian Government'
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Translation of an official statement made by Persian plenipotentiaries Mirza Shefi [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī], the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia [Iran], Mirza Buzurk [Mirza ‘Isá Khan Farāhānī, Mirza Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia, and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mirza ‘Ab...
A summary of the terms of the peace treaty [Treaty of Turkamanchay] between Russia and Persia [Iran]. The terms cover: Arrangements for the evacuation of the Khanate of Talyche [Talysh] by Persia Arrangements for the payment of an indemnity by Persia to Russia, with the province of Adzerbaidjan...
Two letters from John Abbott, Consul in Aleppo, to Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Aleppo and dated 21 April and 27 April 1781. The letters concern communication between Aleppo and Bussora [Basra] and forward packets of letters to the Cou...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 March 1799. The letter reports the arrival in Bagdad of ‘Arab’ [tribal] messengers who were plundered by Whabee [Wahhabi] raiders while carrying dispat...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 23 September 1799. The letter forwards four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squa...
A report on copper extraction and export from the Taurus Mountains, with recommended arrangements for the East India Company’s purchases of copper. Attached are appendices detailing Ottoman measures of weight, exchange rates of Ottoman piastres, and prospective woollen imports to Bagdad [Baghd...
A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 15 February 1800. The letter concerns new arrangements for the monthly transit of mail from India to London via Bagdad and A...
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 19 April 1800. Jones reports that he has forwarded Elgin’s letters to the President (Governor) of Bombay and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Gove...
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 16 July 1800. The letter concerns routes of communication between Bussora [Basra] and Constantinople [Istanbul], recommending the route via Bagdad ...