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1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/109
Title:
Letter from John Malcolm to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Abu Sheher [Bushehr] and dated 17 March 1800. The letter responds to the news reported by Jones in his letter of 3 March (IOR/L/PS/9/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/60
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bagdad and dated 25 March 1799. The letter concerns an embassy rumoured to be travelling across Persia [Iran] to the Court of Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/333
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 Bussora and dated 17 December 1803. Manesty reports that he intends to leave Bussora on a diplomatic mission to the Court of Persia [Iran] in Tehran, asking Jones to fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/334
Title:
Letters between Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Lovett
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 1 December 1803. Lovett reports that he has been summoned to the Court of Persia [Iran] in Tehran to add...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1803-17 Dec 1803
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/72
Title:
Letters to Harford Jones from Contacts in Persia
Scope & Content:
Translations of three Persian letters received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] concerning the mission of Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr, Resident in Bushehr] t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1799-11 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/151
Title:
Correspondence concerning the Napoleonic Wars
Scope & Content:
An abstract of the Treaty of Peace signed at Lunéville on 9 February 1801 between the French Republic and Austria [Holy Roman Empire], describing territorial changes and other peace conditions. The abstract was copied by Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul]. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1801-2 Mar 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/255
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 16 July 1802. The letter concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa-ha-b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/258
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 16 July 1802. The letter concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa-ha-b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/204
Title:
Proclamations by the Shah of Persia and Letter from Meerza Bozurg to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of three Farsi documents: 1. A firmaun [firman, edict] issued by Fath Ally Shah, King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] to all beglerbegs [high-ranking provincial governors] and other local governors and officials, issued in Tahran [Tehran] and date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep-Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)