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1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/169
Title:
Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 1 August 1801. The letter concerns the transit of mail and issues involving ‘Tartars’ [couriers], and forward...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/173
Title:
Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 1 August 1801. The letter concerns the transit of mail and issues concerning ‘Tartars’ [couriers], forwarding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/179
Title:
Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 1 August 1801. The letter concerns the transit of mail and issues involving ‘Tartars’ [couriers], and forward...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/135
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. The first letter, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 August 1800, concerns the transit of mail and the arrest and banishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1800-12 Sept 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/136
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Barker
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, dated 24 August 1800. The letter complains of the conduct of couriers carrying dispatches from Aleppo to Bagdad, and asks Barker to take steps to address this.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. 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)

8. 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)

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/9/76/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/342
Title:
Letter from William Kirkpatrick to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Colonel William Kirkpatrick, Private Secretary to the Governor-General of Bengal, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Calcutta [Kolkata] and dated 27 October 1800. The letter communicates the Governor-General’s approval of Manesty’s arrangements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)