A copy of a letter from Captain John Cumming, Commander of the brig Trimmer, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bussora and dated 29 December 1804. The letter reports attacks on the Trimmer and other ships in the Persian Gulf by ‘pirates’, which Cumming attributes to the ...
This item contains three letters between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], and Samuel Manesty, Acting Envoy to Persia [Iran]: 1. Part of a letter from Jones to Manesty dated 6 September 1804. Jones states that the Pacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] has granted permissi...
This item contains copies of five letters between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], and Samuel Manesty, Acting Envoy to Persia [Iran]: 1. The second part of a letter from Manesty to Jones dated 16 August 1804. Manesty asks Jones to solicit the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of...
Letters from William Bruce to Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Duncan
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This item contains copies of five letters: 1. A letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports the presence of the French privateer La Fortune off Bushire and its attacks...
A translation of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 12 October 1804. The letter concerns a dispute between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], and Coja Johannes Rafail Babick [Khawājah Hovhannes Raf...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from a camp near Bagdat and dated 14 October 1804. The letter concerns a dispute between Jones and Coja Johannes Rafail Babick [Khawājah Hovhannes Rafael Babik, Armenian mer...
Cover for Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
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The cover for a letter from Samuel Manesty, Acting Envoy to Persia [Iran], dated 14 October 1804. The contents of the letter are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/357.
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from a camp near Bagdat and dated 11 October 1804. The letter concerns a dispute between Jones and Coja Johannes Rafail Babick [Khawājah Hovhannes Rafael Babik, Armenian me...
A translation of a note from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 10 October 1804. The Bacha complains of the conduct of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], in particular concerning the commission charged by Jones t...