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1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/211
Title:
Reports from Georgia
Scope & Content:
A record of the interrogation of an Armenian named Stephan who had recently been in Tiflis [Tblisi] by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 8 January 1802. The interrogation relates to the state of affairs in Georgia under Russian occupation, the activities of members of Georgia’s ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/183
Title:
Report on Georgia
Scope & Content:
Information on Georgia received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 6 September 1801 from a merchant who arrived in Bagdad from Tiflis [Tblisi]. The merchant reports: an attempt by Alexander, the brother of the Ruler of Georgia Goorgeen Khan [King Giorgi XII of Kartli-Kakheti], t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/243
Title:
Reports from the Caucasus
Scope & Content:
Translations of two letters from an informant of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 3 and 8 May 1802. The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus and Caspian Sea, reporting: movements of Russian troops and ships; embassies from Shaku [Shaki] and Shirvan [Sirvan] to Tehr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1802-8 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/274
Title:
Letters from Informants to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of two letters: 1. A letter from Mohammed Reza Khan [Muḥammad Rezā Khān], Persian representative in Kerbela [Karbala], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 14 August 1802. Mohammed Reza Khan reports that he is returning to Kerbela and forwards n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1802-14 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/154
Title:
Abstract of Intelligence from an Armenian Merchant
Scope & Content:
An abstract of information received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from an Armenian merchant on 16 May 1801, describing a journey from Herat to Astrachan [Astrakhan] via Bokara [Bukhara]. Attached are notes by Harford Jones speculating on possible routes for a Russian attack o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/69/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/161
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A statement showing the estimated charges and expenses for transporting merchandise between Russia and India, accompanying a proposal for a Russian East India Company sent by an unknown English adventurer to the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (IOR/L/PS/9/69/162). The statement was enclose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1824
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/249
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 20 June 1802. The letter forwards intercepted letters from a French traveller in Caboul [Kabul], attached. Jones pledges to continue to monitor this correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1802-20 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/151
Title:
Correspondence concerning the Napoleonic Wars
Scope & Content:
An abstract of the Treaty of Peace signed at Lunéville on 9 February 1801 between the French Republic and Austria [Holy Roman Empire], describing territorial changes and other peace conditions. The abstract was copied by Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul]. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1801-2 Mar 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/53
Title:
Letter from the Armenian Archbishop of Saint Petersburg to Simon Madator
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from the Armenian Archbishop at Saint Petersburg [Iosif Argutinsky-Dolgoruky, Archbishop of All Armenians in Russia] to his nephew Simon Madator in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated October 1798. The letter reports on the policy of the Emperor [Tsar Paul I] in the Caucasus, includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1798
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/69/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/165
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A translation of a rukum [raqm, chancery letter] from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran] to Mirza Sauleh [Mīrzā Sāleh Shīrāzī], Envoy of the Prince Royal, dated 4 February 1824. The letter responds to complaints made to Mirza Sauleh in St Petersburgh [Saint Petersbur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1824
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)