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161. IOR/L/PS/9/76/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/226
Title:
Reports from Persia
Scope & Content:
This item contains translated extracts of two letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 11 May 1802: 1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia]. The letter implores Jones to leave Bagdad for his ow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

162. 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)

163. 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)

164. IOR/L/PS/9/76/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/48
Title:
Letters from Baghdad, Constantinople, and Smyrna
Scope & Content:
This item contains two documents: 1. A prospectus for a French commercial enterprise trading in Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Persia [Iran], and India, found in the papers of the French Consul in Baghdad Jean-François Rousseau after his arrest in October 1798 and copied by Harford Jones. This docum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1798-15 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

165. IOR/L/PS/9/76/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/215
Title:
Extract of the Bagdad Residency Records
Scope & Content:
An extract from the records of the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, consisting of a minute written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 13 February 1802. The minute concerns plague in Bagdad, describing the public punishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], with Jon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

166. IOR/L/PS/9/68/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/67
Title:
Map Indicating Routes of Navigation Around the Harbour of Zanzibar and the Surrounding Islands
Scope & Content:
Manuscript map used to illustrate routes of navigation around the harbour of Zanzibar [Zanzibar City] and the surrounding islands. The map indicates the coastline and coastal waters to a distance of two miles offshore, and portrays coastal and inland hydrography, vegetation, hachuring on coastal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
between 1795-1810
Extent:

1 map sheet

167. IOR/L/PS/9/68/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/156
Title:
Copy of a List Indicating the Number of Mules Allowed for the Carriage of Baggage
Scope & Content:
Copy of a list indicating the number of mules allowed for the carriage of the baggage of officers and soldiers of different ranks. The list was probably enclosed in a letter from HM Ministers to Persia [Iran], James Morier and Henry Ellis, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Castle...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814?
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

168. IOR/L/PS/9/67/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/107
Title:
Letter from Sir Patrick Murray to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Sir Patrick Murray, Secretary of the Board of Control, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 13 March 1810. The letter grants permission to the Secret Committee to share dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraord...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

169. IOR/L/PS/9/71/44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/44
Title:
‘Hussein Khan Sirdar to Seif ul Moolook Meerza’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Hussein Khan Sirdar [Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār, Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan] to Seif ul Moolook Meerza [Sayf al-Mulūk Mīrzā Qājār], dated 8 Ṣafar [AH 1243] [31 August 1827]. Hussein Khan Sirdar reports the recent victory of Persian troops led by the Prince Royal [Crown ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1827
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

170. IOR/L/PS/9/76/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/25
Title:
Letter from Peter Michell to William Digges Latouche
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from East India House and dated 28 February 1783. The letter reports that preliminary articles of peace have been signed between Gr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1783-11 Mar 1783
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)