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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Resident, Bussora, 1778-1810

41. IOR/L/PS/9/76/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/214
Title:
Reports from the Caucasus. Letters to Harford Jones from Samuel Manesty and Robert Rickards
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of four letters: 1. Translations of two anonymous letters to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], with dates in cypher. The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus, including an attack on Erivan [Yerevan] by Prince Daoud [David] of Georgia with Russian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1801-8 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/9/76/280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/280
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 15 October 1802. The letter concerns the appointment of Aly Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] as Governor of Bagdad, reporting that calm has pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/9/76/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/293
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Mughil [Al-Ma‘qil] and dated 12 February 1803. The letter concerns the transit of mail.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/9/76/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/294
Title:
Letter from Samuel Briggs to Peter Tooke. Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to William Drummond, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from the brig Belle on the Bussora River [Shatt al-Arab] and dated 18 July 1803. Manesty congratulates Drummond on his appointment as Ambassador, asks for Drummond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/9/76/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/295
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to John Barker
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to John Barker, Consul in Aleppo, dated 18 July 1803. The letter concerns intelligence previously reported by Barker that Lord Whitworth, HM Ambassador to France, has left his post, suggesting an imminent resumption of hos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/9/76/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/296
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from the ship Fury and dated 12 July 1803. The letter forwards various correspondence, in particular reports suggesting a resumption of hostilities between Britain and F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/9/76/297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/297
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 10 September 1803. The letter concerns the threat from the Whahabees [Wahhābī movement] to Bussora and to line...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1803-10 Sep 1803
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/9/76/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/299
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 28 July 1803. The letter describes a political crisis in Bussora resulting from the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor, C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/9/76/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/304
Title:
Letter to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
19 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

50. IOR/L/PS/9/76/305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/305
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
A note from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], delivered on 29 June 1803. The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora [Basra] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). Jones reports that Samuel ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
Jun 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)