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2381. IOR/L/PS/9/76/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/64
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 26 April 1799. Jones reports that he has sent a messenger to Syria to obtain information on the French campaign led by General Napoleon Bonaparte. The letter a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2382. IOR/L/PS/9/76/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/65
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Sir Stephen Lushington
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Sir Stephen Lushington, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 April 1799. Jones states that he is able if necessary to open a channel of communication with Rehmat Ullah ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2383. IOR/L/PS/9/76/66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/66
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Spencer Smith
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 17 April 1799. Jones forwards a letter from Luigi Malagamba to Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo (IO...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2384. IOR/L/PS/9/76/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/67
Title:
Report on Manufactures and Resources of Bagdad
Scope & Content:
Tables displaying the manufactures of Bagdad [Baghdad], Merdin [Mardin], Courdistan [Kurdistan], and Bussora [Basra], and the natural resources of these places plus Kerkook [Kirkuk]. Includes details of export destinations and approximate annual value. This report was collated by Harford Jones,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2385. IOR/L/PS/9/76/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/68
Title:
Letter between two Persian Merchants
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from a Persian [Iranian] merchant in Yezd [Yazd] to Aga Baba [Ḥajī Muḥammad ‘Alī Iṣfahānī], a Persian merchant in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated c 10 March 1799. The letter states that, after gathering a large force in Persia, Shah Zadeh Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrānī] att...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 10 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2386. IOR/L/PS/9/76/69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/69
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan, [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr], Resident in Bushire [Bushehr]. Jones congratulates Meerza Mehdi Ally Khan on the success of his mission to the Court of Tehiran [Tehran]. The letter also reports a d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2387. IOR/L/PS/9/76/70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/70
Title:
Letters from Constantinople
Scope & Content:
This item contains two documents: 1. A letter from John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 10 April 1799. Spencer Smith forwards a packet of letters to Jones, including an Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Apr 1799-14 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2388. IOR/L/PS/9/76/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/71
Title:
Report on the Vhabi [Wahhabi]
Scope & Content:
A report in French on the Vhabis [Wahhabi movement] collected by John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul]. The report covers: the ideology and history of the movement since 1743; the geography of Nedged [Najd]; the territorial conquests of the movement and its ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2389. 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)

2390. IOR/L/PS/9/76/73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/73
Title:
Letters from Nicholas Ducci and Giovanni Lazzari to Louisa Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters received by Louisa Abbott, widow of Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo, concerning the French invasion of Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. A letter from Nicholas Ducci, Agent, sent from Latachia [Latakia] and dated 21 April 1799. The letter r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
21 Apr 1799-6 May 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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