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1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/234
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 5 May 1802. The letter concerns the destruction of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa ha by [Wahhābī movement], for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/246
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a secret dispatch from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1802. Jones forwards correspondence (attached) concerning the Persian [Iranian] reaction to the sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1802-23 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/248
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/250
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a secret dispatch from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1802. Jones forwards correspondence (attached) concerning the Persian [Iranian] reaction to the sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1802-23 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/255
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 16 July 1802. The letter concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa-ha-b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/256
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/258
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 16 July 1802. The letter concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa-ha-b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/895
Title:
Ext 338/44 'Ill treatment of Persian pilgrims at Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the execution without trial of a Persian pilgrim, accused of defiling the Great Mosque of Mecca, and ensuing agitation amongst Persian and other Shiah Muslims. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; British Legation, Baghdad; British L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1944-6 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)