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491. IOR/L/PS/9/76/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/103
Title:
Letters from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Lord Elgin, newly appointed HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. The first letter, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 16 November 1799, announces Elgin’s arrival in Constantinople and assumption of his duties, offers as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1799-21 Dec 199
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

492. IOR/L/PS/9/76/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/164
Title:
Correspondence between Harford Jones and Soliman Pashaw
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] dated 29-30 June 1801. The correspondence discusses a dispute between Jones and the Pashaw mainly concerning allegations of a Turkish woman visiting Jones...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1801-30 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

493. IOR/L/PS/9/76/187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/187
Title:
Letter from N B Edmonstone to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 11 May 1801. The letter commends Jones for his services, in particular transmitting correspondence to and from India, and as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

494. IOR/L/PS/9/76/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/228
Title:
Letter from James Short to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

495. IOR/L/PS/9/76/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/234
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

496. IOR/L/PS/9/76/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/277
Title:
Letter from Alexander Stratton to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

497. IOR/L/PS/9/76/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/295
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to John Barker
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

498. IOR/L/PS/9/76/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/296
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

499. IOR/L/PS/9/76/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/303
Title:
Letter from Ali Pasha to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

500. IOR/L/PS/9/76/346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/346
Title:
Letter from Ali Pasha to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)