A letter in Farsi from the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra] accompanying gifts from the Basha to Manesty, received on 12 June 1803 (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).
A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra]. The petition complains of the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, in particular regarding the affair of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor. An English versi...
A letter in Farsi from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad. The letter was enclosed in a letter from Jones to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 17 August 1803 (found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/312).
A letter in Farsi from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. The letter was enclosed in a letter from Jones to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 17 August 1803 (found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/312).
A letter in Farsi from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], received 13 May 1803. The letter concerns an incident in Bussora [Basra] involving the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299)....
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 27 October 1803. The letter concerns the threat to Bussora and Bagdat [Baghdad] from the Whahabees [Wahhābī movement] and tribes led by Ghausem [Q...
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from Captain Thomas Megson, Commander of the ship Rahim Shah, to the Commander of any ship under English colours, sent from Muscat, and dated 7 October 1803.The letter describes an encounter with a French frigate at Muscat. 2. A letter fr...
Letter from Samuel Manesty to the Secret Committee
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A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussora and dated 19 November 1803. The letter concerns the transit of mail.
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 28 November 1803. The letter concerns messengers carrying mail between Aleppo and Bussora. Manesty alleges fraudulent practice on the part of some mes...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 18 September 1803. Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East Indi...