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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Resident, Bussora, 1778-1810

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/304
Title:
Letter to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 19 June 1803. The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of this le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
19 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/10
Title:
Extract of a Letter from Bussorah
Scope & Content:
An extract from an anonymous letter from Bussorah [Basra], dated 31 May 1781. Subjects covered include: The presumed death of a French traveller heading inland from Scanderoon [Iskenderun] The supposed loyalty of local ‘Arabs’ [tribes] to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussorah, after he h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/67
Title:
Report on Manufactures and Resources of Bagdad
Scope & Content:
Tables displaying the manufactures of Bagdad [Baghdad], Merdin [Mardin], Courdistan [Kurdistan], and Bussora [Basra], and the natural resources of these places plus Kerkook [Kirkuk]. Includes details of export destinations and approximate annual value. This report was collated by Harford Jones,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/189
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 5 October 1801. The letter concerns the transit of mail and arrangements for a meeting between Jones and Manesty at Coote [Kut].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/293
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Mughil [Al-Ma‘qil] and dated 12 February 1803. The letter concerns the transit of mail.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/318
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 8 August 1803.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
8 Aug 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/320
Title:
Letters from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal: 1. The first letter, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 18 May 1803, forwards correspondence with the Chairman and Secret Committee of the Court of D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1803-3 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/323
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 9 May 1803. The letter forwards an extract of Manesty’s letter to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, of the same date (catalogued as I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/341
Title:
Letter from Lord Wellesley to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 20 September 1801. The letter reports the receipt of mail from the Governor-General.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/365
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Edward Stephenson
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Captain Edward Stephenson, former Acting Resident in Bussora, sent from Bussora and dated 6 November 1804. Manesty praises Stephenson’s conduct during his service in Bussora.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)