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11. IOR/L/PS/9/76/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/343
Title:
Letter from William Kirkpatrick to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Colonel William Kirkpatrick, Private Secretary to the Governor-General of Bengal, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Calcutta [Kolkata] and dated 27 December 1800. The letter communicates the Governor-General’s approval of Manesty’s arrangement...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. 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)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/7
Title:
Letters from John Abbott to Peter Michell
Scope & Content:
Two letters from John Abbott, Consul in Aleppo, to Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Aleppo and dated 21 April and 27 April 1781. The letters concern communication between Aleppo and Bussora [Basra] and forward packets of letters to the Cou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1781-27 Apr 1781
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/9/76/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/59
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 March 1799. The letter reports the arrival in Bagdad of ‘Arab’ [tribal] messengers who were plundered by Whabee [Wahhabi] raiders while carrying dispat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/9/76/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/110
Title:
Letter from Robert Rickards to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 15 February 1800. The letter concerns new arrangements for the monthly transit of mail from India to London via Bagdad and A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/9/76/111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/111
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 19 April 1800. Jones reports that he has forwarded Elgin’s letters to the President (Governor) of Bombay and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Gove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/9/76/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/120
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 16 July 1800. The letter concerns routes of communication between Bussora [Basra] and Constantinople [Istanbul], recommending the route via Bagdad ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/9/76/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/143
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 20 November-30 December 1800. The correspondence mainly concerns Jones's attempts to procure finance for Malcolm's missi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1800-30 Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)