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82. 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)
83. 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)
84. 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)
85. 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)
86. 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)
87. 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)
88. 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)
89. 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)
90. IOR/L/PS/9/76/310
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/310
- Title:
- Second Representation of the Cathee of Bussora to Ali Pasha
- Scope & Content:
- The second 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)









