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036-000544463 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Military intelligence

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/369
Title:
Intelligence report from Persia
Scope & Content:
An intelligence report received from messengers sent by Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Royal Camp in Persia [Iran]. The report covers developments in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813], describing the positions, strength, and actions of Russian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/71/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/46
Title:
‘Substance of a communication by an officer who deserted from the Russian camp’
Scope & Content:
The substance of a communication from a Russian officer who has deserted, along with a private, from Sheesha [Shusha] during the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The officer reported that Sheesha and the surrounding area are occupied by only a small number of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1827-Sep 1827
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/70/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/7
Title:
Copy of Dispatch No. 27 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Amherst
Scope & Content:
Copy of dispatch No. 27 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Amherst, of 23 December 1824. In the letter Willock indicates that he believes that Russia seeks to expand its influence and relations wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1824
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)