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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

1. IOR/L/PS/9/67/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/129
Title:
Translation of a Letter from Askar Khan, Persian Ambassador to France, to Meerza Sheffea, Prime Minister of Persia
Scope & Content:
A translated copy of a letter from Askar Khan [‘Askar Khān Afshār], Persian Ambassador to France, to Meerza Sheffea [Mirzā Muhammad Shafī Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], undated. The letter concerns: Askar Khan’s arrival and reception in Paris; the French reaction to the arrival o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1809
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/68/29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/29
Title:
Translation of a letter from Askar Khan the Persian Ambassador at Paris to H E Meerza Bozurg, received at Tauris on the 17 April 1810 and copied by Sir Harford Jones with the permission of H E Meerza Hassan on the 18 following
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Askar Khan, Persian Ambassador to France, to the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], received at Tauris [Tabriz] on 17 April 1810. The letter contains representations concerning Franco-Persian relations, including: The French ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1810
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/68/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/33
Title:
'Translation of a letter from His Excellency Meerza Bozurg to Sir Harford Jones Baronet, received the 14th May 1810'
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Sir Harford Jones, received on 14 May 1810. The letter concerns the breaking off of armistice negotiations between Russia and Persia ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1810
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/68/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/78
Title:
Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 14 September 1810
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, to the Emperor [Shah] of Persia [Fath ‘Ali Shāh Qājār], undated. The letter announces the departure of the Persian Ambassador to France [‘Askar Khān Afshār] for Persia, and promises the friendship and support of France if the Sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
14 Sep 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/68/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/79
Title:
Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 14 September 1810
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, to the Emperor [Shah] of Persia [Fath ‘Ali Shāh Qājār], undated. The letter announces the departure of the Persian Ambassador to France [‘Askar Khān Afshār] for Persia [Iran], and promises the friendship and support of France if ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
14 Sep 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/42
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
Scope & Content:
A copy of the proclamation written by General Napoleon Bonaparte after capturing Alexandria, dated 13 Messidor of Year VI of the French Revolution/Muharram 1213 (1 July 1798). The proclamation declares the end of the rule of the Mamelukes in Egypt and criticises the Mameluke rulers. It denies t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1 Jul 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/46
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Baghdad, to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bagdad [Baghdad] and dated 29 November 1798 and 2 December 1798. Jones forwards two letters with information from French-occupied Egypt: 1. A translation of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1798-2 Dec 1798
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/47
Title:
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople to Baghdad
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from Coja Reuben ibn Saleh [Khāwja Rūbīn bin Ṣāliḥ] to Coja Abdullah ibn Eussof [Khāwja ‘Abdullāh bin Yūsuf] in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 20 November 1798. The letter forwards news from Cairo received in Constantinople. It r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)