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037-000544535 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, 1583-1914

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/103
Title:
Letters from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Lord Elgin, newly appointed HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. The first letter, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 16 November 1799, announces Elgin’s arrival in Constantinople and assumption of his duties, offers as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1799-21 Dec 199
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/277
Title:
Letter from Alexander Stratton to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipoteniary to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bonyakdere [Büyükdere] and dated 7 August 1802. The letter concerns the transit of correspondence.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/35
Title:
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to John Abbott
Scope & Content:
An intelligence report sent by HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to John Abbott, Consul in Aleppo, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 8 March 1783. The report concerns the assembly of a large French force at Nice by Baron de Saint-Geniès, thought to be heading for India. Ainslie a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 March 1783
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/104
Title:
Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 21 December 1799. Elgin notifies Jones that he is dispensing with the use of cyphers in his communications with India. A dupli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/290
Title:
Letters from Samuel Briggs and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Samuel Briggs, Proconsul and Agent of the Levant Company in Alexandria, to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Alexandria and dated 19 October 1802. The letter reports: the departure of L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1802-10 Nov 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/147
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters between Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 8 November 1800. The letter reports that Elgin has dis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1800-19 Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/149
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 6 April 1801. Jones complains of the difficulties of hiring ‘Tartars’ [couriers] in Bagdad and again presses Elg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1801-6 Apr 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/178
Title:
Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 31 July 1801. Elgin undertakes to reply to correspondence concerning a dispute between Jones and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāsh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/36
Title:
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to William Digges Latouche
Scope & Content:
An extract of an intelligence report sent by Sir Robert Ainslie, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], received in Bussora on 23 May 1783. The report concerns the assembly of a large French force by Baron de Saint-Geniès, thought to be hea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1783
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/156
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones, Henry Dundas and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Wimbledon and dated 16 March 1801, forwarding a letter to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1801-19 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)