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441. IOR/L/PS/9/76/309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/309
Title:
First Representation of the Cathee of Bussora to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
The first representation of the Cathee [Qāḍī, magistrate] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], concerning an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

442. IOR/L/PS/9/76/310

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/310
Title:
Second Representation of the Cathee of Bussora to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
The second representation of the Cathee [Qāḍī, magistrate] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], concerning an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

443. IOR/L/PS/9/67/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/5
Title:
Notes for a Memorandum on the Revenues of Persia
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1811
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

444. IOR/L/PS/9/68/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/160
Title:
'Answer to the English Plenipotentiaries from the Persian Government'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1814
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

445. IOR/L/PS/9/71/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/202
Title:
Enclosure no 1 to letter of 16 Mar 1828
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c Mar 1828
Extent:

1 item (4 folios)

446. IOR/L/PS/9/76/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/7
Title:
Letters from John Abbott to Peter Michell
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1781-27 Apr 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

447. IOR/L/PS/9/76/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/59
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

448. IOR/L/PS/9/76/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/84
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Spencer Smith
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

449. IOR/L/PS/9/76/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/98
Title:
Report on Copper in the Taurus Mountains
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

450. IOR/L/PS/9/76/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/110
Title:
Letter from Robert Rickards to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)