A fragment of an intercepted letter from Caboul [Kabul] dated 8 March 1802. The remainder of the letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/236. This letter was enclosed in the letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 20 June 1...
A table displaying the troops, artillery, and military supplies available for service in Bagdad [Baghdad], signed John Raymond, Conductor of Stores in Bagdad, and dated 14 June 1800.
An abstract of disbursements made at Bagdad [Baghdad] on account of the East India Company for February and March 1802. The abstract details expenditure in rupees on: rent; provisions; salaries; transmitting mail and paying messengers; presents; and extraordinary expenses, including hosting the...
The first part of a bulletin written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 20 September 1802. The bulletin describes a struggle for power in Bagdad between Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] and the Janissary Aga [Commander of the local Janissary corps], in particular a batt...
The second part of a bulletin written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 20 September 1802. The bulletin describes a struggle for power in Bagdad between Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] and the Janissary Aga [Commander of the local Janissary corps], culminating in the ...
A letter in Farsi from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 19 June 1803. The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of this le...
A copy of a letter from Gilbert Seton, Bengal Writer, to Samuel Wilks, Clerk to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Aleppo and dated 30 April 1781. Seton describes the progress of his journey to Aleppo towards India and reports on other traveller...
Two copies of a letter from Gilbert Seton, Bengal Writer, to Samuel Wilks, Clerk to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussora [Basra] and dated 4 June 1781. The letter describes the progress of Seton’s journey from Aleppo to Bussora towards Indi...
A copy of a letter from Lieutenant Richard Tanvarine to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bagdad and dated 12 September 1800. The letter asks Jones to arrange payment for conveying dispatches to England.