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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/9/76 Subject Political intelligence

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/6
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. Two copies of a letter dated 11 April 1781. The letter forwards intelligence received in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1781-11 Apr 1781
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/9
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to 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 1 May 1781, forwards intelligence received at Bussora. Subjects cov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1781-14 May 1781
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/13
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to 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, sent from Bussora and dated 1 May 1781, covers subjects including: Repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1781-15 Jun 1781
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/172
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 3 September 1801. Jones states that he is planning to leave Bagdad for a location south of the city along with the Residency staff, despite the obj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/180

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/180
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 3 September 1801. Jones states that he is planning to leave Bagdad for a location south of the city along with the Residency staff, despite the obj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/214
Title:
Reports from the Caucasus. Letters to Harford Jones from Samuel Manesty and Robert Rickards
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of four letters: 1. Translations of two anonymous letters to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], with dates in cypher. The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus, including an attack on Erivan [Yerevan] by Prince Daoud [David] of Georgia with Russian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1801-8 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/221
Title:
Bulletin of Intelligence from Candahar and Cabul
Scope & Content:
A bulletin of intelligence from Afghanistan, written in French and dated 9 March 1802. The bulletin relays information from a messenger and merchants in Cabul [Kabul], including: reports that Shugia al Mulk [Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrānī] has taken refuge near Pishaver [Peshawar]; the consolidation of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/223
Title:
Bulletin of Intelligence from Kaboul and Kandahar
Scope & Content:
A bulletin of intelligence from Afghanistan, written in French and dated 9 March 1802. The bulletin relays information from a messenger and merchants in Kaboul [Kabul], including: reports that Shugia al Mulk [Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrānī] has taken refuge near Pishaver [Peshawar]; the consolidation o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/225
Title:
Report on the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]
Scope & Content:
A report written in French and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 23 April 1802, relaying information received from a messenger from Tahran [Tehran] concerning the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]. The report describes a siege of Herat led by Chah Zadé Kaisser [Shāhzādeh Qaiṣar] and rumours of attacks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)