Extract of a letter from Mr Hine to Sir Harford Jones dated Bagdad Dec 20th 1806
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Extract of a letter from John Hine, Acting Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Sir Harford Jones, late Resident in Bagdad. The letter concerns Jones's suggestion that the British broker a reconciliation between Russia and Persia [Iran].
Letters from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee
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Copies of dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Persian Court, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, in London. Dispatches are sent from Bombay [Mumbai], Schyras [Shiraz], Teehran [Tehran, also written Tahran in the present volume...
Papers Relating to Disputes and Relations between the Bussora [Basra] Residency and the Pasha of Bagdad [Baghdad]
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Papers relating to disputes between the Bacha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad] and the Residency at Bussora [Basra] which resulted in the removal of the East India Company Factory from Bussora to Grain [Kuwait] and the establishment of a Residency at Baghad in 1798, with Harford Jones as Resident. ...
Correspondence Regarding Lord Castlereagh's Letter to the Pasha of Bagdad [Baghdad]
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Correspondence between John Meheux, Board of Control for India, and Sir Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], regarding the sufficient type of box and bag to be used for a letter from Lord Castlereagh [Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh], President of the Board of Control, to the Pasha (...
Correspondence Relating to Sir Harford Jones's Position as Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]
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Correspondence between Charles Arbuthnot, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; Lord Castlereagh [Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh], President of the Board of Control for India; Jacob Bosanquet (and his successor, Charles Grant), Chairman of the Court of Directors; and Sir Harford Jones, Resident...
Extract of a letter from John Hine Esq dated at Bagdad 20th April 1807, to Sir Harford Jones
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Extract of a letter from John Hine, Acting Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], to Sir Harford Jones, late Resident at Bagdad. The extract mentions: rumours that Jones has been captured by the French on his way back to England; an incident in Constantinople [Istanbul] involving someone called 'Secunder'...
Memorandum by Sir Harford Jones Relating to British Policy in Persia [Iran]
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Memorandum by Sir Harford Jones, dated 7 January 1807, Vere Street, London. The paper provides background information on British and French relations with Persia [Iran] and sets out Jones's recommendations for countering French interests in Persia, furthering those of Britain, and bringing about ...
Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Sir Harford Jones's Residency in Bagdad [Baghdad] and Diplomatic Mission to Persia [Iran]
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Copies, extracts, and translations of correspondence between Sir Harford Jones and various British and Persian [Iranian] officials. The letters relate to Jones's diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], 1807-1811, and his position as Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. Specific matters dealt with by the pa...