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621. IOR/L/PS/9/76/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/23
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah and dated 25 September 1781. The letter mainly concerns the transit of mail from London to Bussorah and onwards t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sept 1781
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

622. IOR/L/PS/9/70/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/107
Title:
‘Prince Menchikoff to Ausef ud Dowleh’
Scope & Content:
The translation of a letter from the Russian envoy to Persia [Iran], Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], at Sooltaneeah [Solţānīyeh], to the Prime Minister of Persia, the Ausef ud Dowleh [Allah Yar Khan Qajar Davallu, Asif al-Dawlah], of 21 July 1826. In the letter, Prince...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1826
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

623. IOR/L/PS/9/71/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/71
Title:
Correspondence between Abbas Meerza and General Paskevitch
Scope & Content:
Translation of correspondence between Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] and General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. Abbas Meerza discusses his previous proposal to travel to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], which G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1827
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

624. IOR/L/PS/9/76/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/206
Title:
Reports from Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
A copy of an anonymous letter in French forwarding reports from Afghanistan, copied by Harford Jones and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 18 December 1801. The letter reports widespread alienation from Chah Mahmood [Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī], divisions amongst Chah Mahmood’s troops in Kaboul [Kabul], and lar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

625. IOR/L/PS/9/68/182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/182
Title:
Copy of a Letter from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Resident at Bushire, William Bruce
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], William Bruce, of 24 March 1814. The letter is in reply to Bruce’s letter to Ouseley, of 20 March 1814, concerning the affair of the debts and imprisonment of Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1814
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

626. IOR/L/PS/9/67/56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/56
Title:
Abstract of a Dispatch from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
Scope & Content:
An abstract of a dispatch from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], sent from Bushire [Bushehr] and dated 22 November 1808. Jones asserts his belief that he will be permitted to travel to Court unhindered, and reports his correspondence with Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja’far ‘A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1808
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

627. IOR/L/PS/9/68/69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/69
Title:
Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones’s letter of 14 September 1810
Scope & Content:
Extracts from an anonymous letter in French dated 26 May 1810, containing reports from the Court of Russia. The letter reports Russia’s hopes for a swift end to the wars on its southern flank with Turkey [Ottoman Empire] and Persia [Iran]; the expectation of an armistice with Persia and the dema...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
26 May 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

628. IOR/L/PS/9/76/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/28
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, dated 23 April 1783, covers subjects including:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1783-13 May 1783
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

629. IOR/L/PS/9/76/52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/52
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Meerza Mehdy Ally Khan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Meerza Mehdy Ally Khan, [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr, also written as Mehdi Ally Khan], Resident in Buchire [Bushehr], sent from Bagdad and dated 12 January 1799. Jones congratulates Mehdy Ally Khan on his appointment as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

630. IOR/L/PS/9/76/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/62
Title:
Letters to Robert Abbott from Luigi Malagamba and Nicholas Ducci
Scope & Content:
Copies of two letters addressed to Robert Abbott, East India Company Agent in Aleppo, containing news of the French campaign in Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. An Italian letter from Luigi Malagamba, sent from Acri [Acre] and dated 12 March 1799. The letter describes difficultie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)