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...
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
An intelligence report received from messengers sent by Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Royal Camp in Persia [Iran]. The report covers developments in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813], describing the positions, strength, and actions of Russian...
This item contains two documents: 1. A prospectus for a French commercial enterprise trading in Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Persia [Iran], and India, found in the papers of the French Consul in Baghdad Jean-François Rousseau after his arrest in October 1798 and copied by Harford Jones. This docum...
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...
Map Indicating Routes of Navigation Around the Harbour of Zanzibar and the Surrounding Islands
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Manuscript map used to illustrate routes of navigation around the harbour of Zanzibar [Zanzibar City] and the surrounding islands. The map indicates the coastline and coastal waters to a distance of two miles offshore, and portrays coastal and inland hydrography, vegetation, hachuring on coastal...
Copy of a List Indicating the Number of Mules Allowed for the Carriage of Baggage
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Copy of a list indicating the number of mules allowed for the carriage of the baggage of officers and soldiers of different ranks. The list was probably enclosed in a letter from HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Castle...
Letter from Sir Patrick Murray to the Secret Committee
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A copy of a letter from Sir Patrick Murray, Secretary of the Board of Control, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 13 March 1810. The letter grants permission to the Secret Committee to share dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraord...
Translation of a letter from Hussein Khan Sirdar [Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār, Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan] to Seif ul Moolook Meerza [Sayf al-Mulūk Mīrzā Qājār], dated 8 Ṣafar [AH 1243] [31 August 1827]. Hussein Khan Sirdar reports the recent victory of Persian troops led by the Prince Royal [Crown ...
Letter from Peter Michell to William Digges Latouche
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A copy of a letter from Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from East India House and dated 28 February 1783. The letter reports that preliminary articles of peace have been signed between Gr...