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431. IOR/L/PS/9/72/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/144
Title:
Copy of a letter (no.5) from Capt John Campbell, Acting Envoy Extraordinary to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
With enclosure no.9 to Secretary George Swinton, with enclosures: Copy of a letter from Lieutenant Benjamin Shee, Acting Commandant of British Detachment in Persia, to Captain John Campbell. Translation of a General Order issued to the Regular Troops of Prince Abbas Meerza [Mirza]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1830
Extent:
3 folios

432. IOR/L/PS/9/72/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/146
Title:
Copy of a letter (no.7) from Captain John Campbell, Assistant in Charge of the British Mission in Persia, to the Secret Committee, with enclosure no.11 to Secretary George Swinton
Scope & Content:
With 3 enclosures: translations of letters from the Shah and Ministers of Persia to Captain John Campbell .
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1830
Extent:
5 folios

433. IOR/L/PS/9/72/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/126
Title:
Copy of a letter from Colonel John Macdonald to the Secret Committee with enclosures No.37 to Secretary George Swinton with 5 enclosures in No.37
Scope & Content:
1.translation of a letter from the Shah of Persia to the Emperor or Russia. 2.translation of a Firman from the Shah to Prince Abbas Meerza [Mirza]. 3.translation of a Firman from the Shah to Prince Dolgorouki. 4.translation of a Firman from the Shah to Colonel John Macdonald. 5.translation of a n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1829
Extent:
7 folios

434. IOR/L/PS/9/67/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/11
Title:
‘Memorandum Respecting the Trade with Persia. –’
Scope & Content:
A copy of a memorandum on trade between Great Britain and Persia [Iran], and competition from trade between Russia and Persia, by Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]. The memorandum was enclosed in a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1809-5 Dec 1809
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

435. IOR/L/PS/9/76/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/55
Title:
Military Forces of Soliman Pasha
Scope & Content:
Tables displaying the naval, cavalry, infantry, and artillery forces available to be mobilised by Soliman Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], with notes on provisions and harvests. This report was collated by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 18 February 1799.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

436. IOR/L/PS/9/76/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/68
Title:
Letter between two Persian Merchants
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from a Persian [Iranian] merchant in Yezd [Yazd] to Aga Baba [Ḥajī Muḥammad ‘Alī Iṣfahānī], a Persian merchant in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated c 10 March 1799. The letter states that, after gathering a large force in Persia, Shah Zadeh Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrānī] att...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 10 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

437. IOR/L/PS/9/76/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/97
Title:
Correspondence regarding Transactions of Cochineal
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Extracts and summaries of letters in French, Italian, and Arabic from Constantinople [Istanbul] dated 10 September-30 September 1799, concerning transactions of cochineal involving British-employed ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. 2. Letters from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sept 1799-2 Nov 1799
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

438. IOR/L/PS/9/76/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/38
Title:
Letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
An anonymous letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah [Basra] and dated 12 March 1791. The author reports that he has arrived in Bussorah and forwarded to India news of negotiations with Spain, and that he intends to depart for Surat the fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1791
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

439. IOR/L/PS/9/76/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/157
Title:
Extract of a Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, East India Company Agent in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 27 March 1801. The letter concerns a labour shortage of ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. Tooke stresses the need to employ four couriers exclusively for car...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

440. IOR/L/PS/9/76/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/213
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, and Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 13 January 1802. Jones forwards correspondence concerning Russian designs on the Caspian Sea and the frontie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)