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521. IOR/L/PS/9/72/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/154
Title:
Copy of a letter from Sir Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee on the subject of his appointment as successor to Colonel John Macdonald as Envoy to Persia, with 3 enclosures
Scope & Content:
1. Copy of a private letter from Edward Charles Disbrowe at Stutgard to Henry Willock. 2. Copy of a letter from Henry Willock to Secretary George Swinton. 3. copies of letters from Prince Abbas Meerza [Mirza] and Kaim Mukam [Qā'im'maqām] to Henry Willock.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1830
Extent:
5 folios

522. IOR/L/PS/9/67/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/95
Title:
Copy of the Secret Minutes
Scope & Content:
An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company on 3 July 1807, signed by Charles Grant and Edward Parry, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors. The Committee orders that Sir Harford Jones be reimbursed £2000 fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1807
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

523. IOR/L/PS/9/71/241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/241
Title:
Correspondence from Manoocher Khan
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from Manoocher Khan [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], containing a letter, and a note enclosed with that letter, both of which are to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, and also a note to Macdonald Kinneir’s assistan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1828-Feb 1828
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

524. IOR/L/PS/9/76/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/226
Title:
Reports from Persia
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

525. IOR/L/PS/9/76/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/256
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

526. IOR/L/PS/9/76/369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/369
Title:
Intelligence report from Persia
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

527. IOR/L/PS/9/76/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/48
Title:
Letters from Baghdad, Constantinople, and Smyrna
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1798-15 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

528. IOR/L/PS/9/76/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/215
Title:
Extract of the Bagdad Residency Records
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

529. IOR/L/PS/9/68/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/156
Title:
Copy of a List Indicating the Number of Mules Allowed for the Carriage of Baggage
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814?
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

530. IOR/L/PS/9/67/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/107
Title:
Letter from Sir Patrick Murray to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)