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981. IOR/L/PS/9/76/47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/47
Title:
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople to Baghdad
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from Coja Reuben ibn Saleh [Khāwja Rūbīn bin Ṣāliḥ] to Coja Abdullah ibn Eussof [Khāwja ‘Abdullāh bin Yūsuf] in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 20 November 1798. The letter forwards news from Cairo received in Constantinople. It r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

982. IOR/L/PS/9/76/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/64
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 26 April 1799. Jones reports that he has sent a messenger to Syria to obtain information on the French campaign led by General Napoleon Bonaparte. The letter a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

983. IOR/L/PS/9/76/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/86
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 20 June 1799. The letter concerns the Government of Mecca, in particular the attitude of the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

984. IOR/L/PS/9/76/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/113
Title:
Letter from John Malcolm to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from a camp five miles from Aboosheher [Bushehr] and dated 18 April 1800. The letter forwards three extracts of the latest intelligence Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1800-18 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

985. IOR/L/PS/9/76/119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/119
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 28 and 29 April 1800. The letters concern reports received by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from Damascus that the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1800-29 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

986. IOR/L/PS/9/76/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/196
Title:
Letter from Mohammed Sadoo to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter from Mohammed Sadoo [Muḥammad Ṣadr?], an informant of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jones, sent from Isfahaun [Isfahan] and dated 5 Jemaud-ul-sauny [Jumāda al-Thānī] (13 October 1801). The letter forwards reports from Afghanistan, including the capt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

987. IOR/L/PS/9/67/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/23
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Brigadier-General John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Brigadier General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia. The letter covers: Jones’s arrival at Bombay [Mumbai] on 24 April 1808; his decision to postpone his departure from Bomb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1808-Dec 1808
Extent:

1 item (4 folios)

988. IOR/L/PS/9/67/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/26
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Brigadier-General John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
A copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia. Jones forwards copies of dispatches (not included in this item) and requests that Malcolm send him details of intelligen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1808-Dec 1808
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

989. IOR/L/PS/9/67/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/100
Title:
Papers relative to Persian Affairs received by the Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Translated abstracts of Persian letters received at the London headquarters of the East India Company, dated 1807, containing: A letter from the King [Shah] of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the King of England and India [King George III] expressing hope for stronger relations between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

990. IOR/L/PS/9/67/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/113
Title:
Copy of a Letter from the Secret Committee to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter sent on behalf of the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], dated 10 July 1810. The letter acknowledges the receipt of Jones’s letters from February and March 1810, and informs Jo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)