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032-000173250 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name HM Ambassador to Iran, 1807-1980

1. IOR/G/29/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/32
Title:
Papers Relating to Sir Harford Jones's Residency at Bagdad [Baghdad] and his Diplomatic Mission to Persia [Iran]
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, abridgements, and other papers relating to Sir Harford Jones’s Residency in Bagdad [Baghdad], 1798-1806, and his diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], 1807-1811. The papers cover a wide range of matters, mostly connected to the following: Jones’s mission to Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1794-1811
Extent:
1 volume (715 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/38, ff 520-700

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 520-700
Title:
Letters from Sir Gore Ouseley to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence relating to the embassy of Sir Gore Ouseley to the Court of Persia [Iran]. The letters are principally from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors. Matters covered by the papers include: The progress of Ouseley’s mission, including his journ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1811-31 Oct 1813
Extent:
1 item (181 folios)

3. IOR/G/29/37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/37
Title:
Enclosures on Persia from the Secret Department, Fort St George, to the Secret Committee, 1809-1810
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the contents of three packets sent by the Secret Department, Fort St George, Madras [Chennai], to the Secret Committee, London, dated 21 December 1809, 10, and 26 January 1810. The contents consist of correspondence relating to Persia [Iran], particularly in connection to Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 May 1809-27 Jan 1810
Extent:
1 volume (277 folios)

4. IOR/G/29/38, ff 259-360

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 259-360
Title:
'Rough Draft of Report on the Missions of Sir H. Jones B'. on the part of His Majesty, & of Brigadier General Malcolm, on the part of the Governor General, to the Court of Persia'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a rough draft of a report, compiled by the Examiner’s Office, on the separate diplomatic missions of Sir Harford Jones and Brigadier-General John Malcolm to the Court of Persia [Iran]. Jones’s mission, conducted from 1807 to 1811, was on behalf of King George III of the Unit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809
Extent:
1 item (102 folios)

5. IOR/G/29/38, ff 361-425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/38, ff 361-425
Title:
Extract of Bombay Political Consultations, 25 February to 15 March 1809, relative to Persia
Scope & Content:
The item consists of extracts of Political Consultations, Council Resolutions and Orders, minutes, and correspondence of the Government of Bombay. The papers relate to Persia [Iran], covering the following specific matters: The diplomatic mission of Sir Harford Jones to the Persian Court at Tehr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1809-15 Mar 1809
Extent:
1 item (64 folios)

6. IOR/G/29/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/30
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (His Majesty's Envoy to Persia) to The Right Honble Robt Dundas (President of the Right Honble The Commissioners for the Affairs of India.), from 12th June 1807 to 8th Sep 1808, Vol: 1.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Sir Harford Jones’s diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran] in 1808. The papers reflect the purposes and practicalities of the mission and cover the following matters: Jones’s progress from England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1807-13 Dec 1808
Extent:
1 volume (462 folios)

7. IOR/G/29/31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/31
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (Envoy to Persia) to Mr Dundas (President of the India Board), Dated 11th January 1809 to 28th July 1810, Vol: 3.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence, firmans, and other documents relating to Sir Harford Jones's diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], 1807-1811. Much of the volume consists of updates from Jones sent from Schyras [Shiraz, also written Sheerauz in this volume], Tahran [Tehran], and Tau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
11 Jan 1809-28 Jul 1810
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

8. IOR/G/29/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/36
Title:
Letters and Enclosures on Persia to the Secret Department, 1809-1810
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises a single packet addressed to the Secret Department, containing transcripts and supplementary duplicate copies of secret letters, excerpts of intelligence reports, itineraries, travel accounts, translated diplomatic letters, treaties, royal edicts or firmaun [farmān], and tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Feb 1809-12 Mar 1810
Extent:
1 volume (362 folios)

9. IOR/G/29/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/34
Title:
Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter, dated 17th September 1808
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Brigadier-General John Malcolm’s 1808 mission to Persia [Iran] as East India Company Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The papers are enclosures to a packet sent to the Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 May 1808-17 Sep 1808
Extent:
1 volume (416 folios)

10. IOR/G/29/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/24
Title:
Letters and Enclosures on Persia received from Bassora, 1799-1811
Scope & Content:
Originals and duplicates of correspondence, comprising secret letters, excerpts of reports, schedules, translated letters and transcripts in original languages (Ottoman Turkish and French), in 331 enclosures received from Bassora [Basra, Iraq] and addressed to the Secret Department. Papers relate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
13 Jan 1799-18 Dec 1811
Extent:
1 volume (767 folios)