A copy of a letter from James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 13 May 1802. The letter concerns a suspected plague outbreak in Bagdad. Short describes several recent cases he has treated matching the symptoms of plague.
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 5 May 1802. The letter concerns the destruction of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa ha by [Wahhābī movement], for...
A copy of a letter from Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipoteniary to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bonyakdere [Büyükdere] and dated 7 August 1802. The letter concerns the transit of correspondence.
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to John Barker, Consul in Aleppo, dated 18 July 1803. The letter concerns intelligence previously reported by Barker that Lord Whitworth, HM Ambassador to France, has left his post, suggesting an imminent resumption of hos...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from the ship Fury and dated 12 July 1803. The letter forwards various correspondence, in particular reports suggesting a resumption of hostilities between Britain and F...
A letter in Farsi from the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received on 17 June 1803.The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of thi...
A note in Farsi from the Bacha of Bagdat [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received 10 October 1804. An English version of this document is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/360.
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. Part of a letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr] to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the French privatee...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 11 January 1805. The letter reports the departure from Bussora of ships carrying mail to India, including news of the outbreak of war between Brita...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 13 January 1805. The letter concerns the transit of mail between Britain and India, including mail salvaged from the captured ship Shannon and news of...