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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Couriers

1. IOR/L/PS/9/68/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/60
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire, to Brigadier General Sir John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire, to the British Government of India’s Envoy to Persia [Iran], Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, of 29 July 1810. The letter gives an account of the apprehension of Jean Robbio, a French courier who arrived at Bushir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1810
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/68/61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/61
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from the British Government of India’s Envoy to Persia [Iran], Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, of 22 August 1810. The letter encloses a copy of a letter and its enclosures (not included in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/68/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/62
Title:
Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire, of 9 September 1810. The letter concerns the apprehension of a French courier, Jean Robbio, at Bushire. Jones expresses his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1810
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/68/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/63
Title:
Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire, of 14 September 1810. The letter concerns the detention of a French courier, Jean Robbio, at Bushire. Jones communicates the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/88
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 8 October 1799. Jones complains of the difficulties of hiring ‘Tartars’ [couriers] from the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/135
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. The first letter, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 August 1800, concerns the transit of mail and the arrest and banishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1800-12 Sept 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/136
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Barker
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, dated 24 August 1800. The letter complains of the conduct of couriers carrying dispatches from Aleppo to Bagdad, and asks Barker to take steps to address this.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/141
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters sent by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 12 November 1800. The letter concerns ‘Tartars’ [couriers] employed by the East In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1800-10 Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)