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1. IOR/L/PS/9/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/8
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 31. JAN. 1793 TO 21. JUNE 1803 VOL 8'
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Resident and Factor at Bussora [Basra], Samuel Manesty. The letters are dated 31 January 1793-21 June 1803 and the date each letter was received is recorded on the back of it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1793-21 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 volume (609 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/67/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/83
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 17 December 1799. The letter reports Malcolm’s plans...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/67/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/84
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 17 December 1799. The letter reports Malcolm’s intention to tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/39
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jacob Bosanquet, John Blankett and Robert Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Vienna and Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad in July-August 1798: 1. A letter to Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Vienna and dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 July 1798-18 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/40
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad and dated 24 August 1798. The letter reports Jones’s arrival in Constantinople and dispatch of correspondence....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (6 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/9/76/43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/43
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 31 October 1798. Subjects covered include: Jones’s meeting with the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] Jones’s attempts to obtain intellige...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/44
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 31 October 1798. Subjects covered include: A dispute between the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and Muscat Rumoured communication betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. 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)

10. 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)