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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Governor of Baghdad, c 1638-c 1917

81. 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)

82. 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)

83. IOR/L/PS/9/76/88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/88
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 8 October 1799. Jones complains of the difficulties of hiring ‘Tartars’ [couriers] from the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

84. IOR/L/PS/9/76/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/102
Title:
Trade Reports on Bagdad and Bussora
Scope & Content:
This item contains two trade reports compiled by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. Tables displaying goods imported to Bagdad from Bussora [Basra], other parts of the Ottoman Empire, and Persia [Iran] and their approximate annual value in piastres. Attached are notes concerning ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1799
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

85. IOR/L/PS/9/76/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/112
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 20 April 1800. The letter reports a meeting between Jones and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], at which the Pashaw voiced hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

86. IOR/L/PS/9/76/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/114
Title:
Official Note from Soliman Pashaw to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A translation of an official note from Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], undated. The letter concerns Soliman Pashaw’s dispute with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa’īd], describing the detention of s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

87. 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)

88. IOR/L/PS/9/76/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/121
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 10 June 1800. The letter forwards reports from Egypt and Syria as well as a letter from the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

89. IOR/L/PS/9/76/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/123
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to the Government of Bombay. The letter concerns the complaints of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] against the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa’īd], forwarding an official note fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

90. IOR/L/PS/9/76/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/127
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Philip Morier
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Morier, Attaché with the army of the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] in Egypt, sent from Bagdad and dated 10 June 1800. The letter concerns potential assistance from the Pashaw of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)