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1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/284
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 7 October 1802. Jones reports a meeting with Aga Baba Khan Afshar [Āghā Bābā Khān Afshār], Persian [Iranian] Envoy to Baghdad, who claims that the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/256
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/275
Title:
Letters from Meerza Bozurg to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Translations of two letters from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. The first letter states that Meerza Bozurg will monitor French overtures to Persia [Iran] and discusses a proposed Persian campaign aga...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/248
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/132
Title:
Abstract of rukums from the Shah of Persia to the Prince of Shiraz
Scope & Content:
An abstract of two rukums [raqms, chancery letters] from Futteh Aly Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] to the Prince Regent of Shiraz [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars], sent from Subzewar [Sabzevar] and dated 9 and 12 Moharram/1 and 4 June 1800. The abstract re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/260
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton with enclosures
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 30 August 1802. The letter forwards reports from Persia [Iran] of military preparations believed to be related to a campaign a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 May 1802-30 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/246
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a secret dispatch from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1802. Jones forwards correspondence (attached) concerning the Persian [Iranian] reaction to the sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1802-23 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/250
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a secret dispatch from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1802. Jones forwards correspondence (attached) concerning the Persian [Iranian] reaction to the sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1802-23 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/283
Title:
Letters from the Court of Persia to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of four letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 2 October 1802: 1. A letter from Meerza Reza Kooli [Mīrzā Rezā Qulī Navā’ī Munshī al-Mamālik, Principal Secretary to the Shah of Persia], to Harford Jones. The letter c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/288
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bonyakdere [Büyükdere] and dated 21 October 1802. Elgin reports discussions with Ottoman Ministers concerning: the nomination of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1802-29 Nov 1802
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)