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31. IOR/L/PS/9/76/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/92
Title:
Report on Syria
Scope & Content:
A report compiled by John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, concerning the feasibility of a French army reaching the Euphrates and the entrance to the Persian Gulf from Syria. It covers issues including: The grain surplus in Aleppo Roads from Latichia [Latakia] and Alexandretta [Iskenderun] to the Eu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1799
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/9/76/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/93
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Blankett
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, sent from Bagdad and dated 25 October 1799. Jones forwards a letter and enclosures from John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/9/76/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/95
Title:
Letters to John Barker from Peter Tooke and an Unnamed Source
Scope & Content:
Extracts of two letters addressed to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo. The first letter (author unknown) was sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 13 October 1799. It reports developments in the French Revolutionary Wars in Europe, including civil unrest in France, a British expedition ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/9/76/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/100
Title:
Letter from Sir William Sidney Smith to John Barker. Letters from Jonathan Duncan to Harford Jones and Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
This item contains two letters with enclosures: 1. A copy of a letter from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant, to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, sent from HMS Tigre off Limasol [Limassol] and dated 12 October 1799. The letter concerns difficulties...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Oct 1799-16 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/1/758

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/758
Title:
Photocopy of Letters Outward and Inward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent outwards (between 1 February 1789 and 18 July 1796), and inwards (between 20 October 1792 and 13 April 1798) from or to the Bushire Residency; the position of Resident at Bushire being initially held by Charles Watkins, but he was relieved in December 1792 by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1789-13 Apr 1798
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)