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71. IOR/L/PS/9/76/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/71
Title:
Report on the Vhabi [Wahhabi]
Scope & Content:
A report in French on the Vhabis [Wahhabi movement] collected by John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul]. The report covers: the ideology and history of the movement since 1743; the geography of Nedged [Najd]; the territorial conquests of the movement and its ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/9/76/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/72
Title:
Letters to Harford Jones from Contacts in Persia
Scope & Content:
Translations of three Persian letters received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] concerning the mission of Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr, Resident in Bushehr] t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1799-11 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/9/76/73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/73
Title:
Letters from Nicholas Ducci and Giovanni Lazzari to Louisa Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters received by Louisa Abbott, widow of Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo, concerning the French invasion of Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. A letter from Nicholas Ducci, Agent, sent from Latachia [Latakia] and dated 21 April 1799. The letter r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
21 Apr 1799-6 May 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/9/76/74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/74
Title:
Letters from Louisa Abbott to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Louisa Abbott, widow of Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 19 April and 26 May 1799. The letters concern the transit of mail via Aleppo, including issues around the payment of messengers, and forward ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1799-26 May 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/9/76/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/75
Title:
Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
Scope & Content:
This item contains seven documents relating to the French Revolutionary Wars in the Levant and Italy: 1. A copy of a letter from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant, to Captain Wilson, Agent of the East India Company in Judda [Jeddah], sent from HMS T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
6 May 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/76
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 17 July 1799. Jones forwards a letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 13 July ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/9/76/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/77
Title:
Letters to Harford Jones from J A Grant and Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
Two letters received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from J A Grant, Sub-Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 24 May 1799. The letter reports the capture of Seringapatam by British forces on 4 May, the death of Tippoo Sult...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1799-31 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/9/76/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/78
Title:
Letters concerning Persia, Afghanistan and the arms trade
Scope & Content:
This item contains three documents: 1. A copy of a letter from Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 4 May 1799. In response to Jones’s letter of 25 March (IOR/L/PS/9/76/60) concerning an embassy rumoured...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1799-1 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/9/76/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/79
Title:
Account of the 1773 Plague in Bassora
Scope & Content:
An anonymous French account of the 1773 plague outbreak in Bassora [Basra]. The author describes: his confinement in the French Factory in Bassora; the illness and death of Claude Pyraut [Pirault], French Consul in Bassora, and other employees of the Factory; his own illness and recovery; the l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

80. IOR/L/PS/9/76/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/80
Title:
Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
Scope & Content:
Copies of seven letters mainly concerning the French Revolutionary Wars: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr], Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], sent from Bagdad and dated 13 September 1799. The letter reports that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1799-13 Sept 1799
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)