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81. IOR/L/PS/9/76/374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/374
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 2 January 1805. The letter concerns the threat to communication between Bussora and India from the Gausemee Arabs [al-Qawāsim], forwarding Manesty’s letter to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

82. IOR/L/PS/9/76/379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/379
Title:
Letter from Jonathan Lovett to Hosyn Aly Mirza
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Hosyn Aly Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars], sent from Bushire and dated 30 June 1803. Lovett thanks Hosyn Aly Mirza for an earlier letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

83. IOR/L/PS/9/67/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/11
Title:
‘Memorandum Respecting the Trade with Persia. –’
Scope & Content:
A copy of a memorandum on trade between Great Britain and Persia [Iran], and competition from trade between Russia and Persia, by Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]. The memorandum was enclosed in a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1809-5 Dec 1809
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

84. IOR/L/PS/9/76/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/55
Title:
Military Forces of Soliman Pasha
Scope & Content:
Tables displaying the naval, cavalry, infantry, and artillery forces available to be mobilised by Soliman Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], with notes on provisions and harvests. This report was collated by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 18 February 1799.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

85. IOR/L/PS/9/76/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/68
Title:
Letter between two Persian Merchants
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from a Persian [Iranian] merchant in Yezd [Yazd] to Aga Baba [Ḥajī Muḥammad ‘Alī Iṣfahānī], a Persian merchant in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated c 10 March 1799. The letter states that, after gathering a large force in Persia, Shah Zadeh Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrānī] att...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 10 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

86. IOR/L/PS/9/76/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/97
Title:
Correspondence regarding Transactions of Cochineal
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Extracts and summaries of letters in French, Italian, and Arabic from Constantinople [Istanbul] dated 10 September-30 September 1799, concerning transactions of cochineal involving British-employed ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. 2. Letters from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sept 1799-2 Nov 1799
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

87. IOR/L/PS/9/76/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/38
Title:
Letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
An anonymous letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah [Basra] and dated 12 March 1791. The author reports that he has arrived in Bussorah and forwarded to India news of negotiations with Spain, and that he intends to depart for Surat the fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1791
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

88. IOR/L/PS/9/76/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/157
Title:
Extract of a Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, East India Company Agent in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 27 March 1801. The letter concerns a labour shortage of ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. Tooke stresses the need to employ four couriers exclusively for car...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

89. IOR/L/PS/9/76/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/213
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, and Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 13 January 1802. Jones forwards correspondence concerning Russian designs on the Caspian Sea and the frontie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

90. IOR/L/PS/9/76/309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/309
Title:
First Representation of the Cathee of Bussora to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
The first representation of the Cathee [Qāḍī, magistrate] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], concerning an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)