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2401. IOR/L/PS/9/76/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/84
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 23 September 1799. The letter forwards four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2402. IOR/L/PS/9/76/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/85
Title:
Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
Scope & Content:
Copies of six letters mainly concerning the French Revolutionary Wars: 1. Four letters from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant, to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, and Nicholas Ducci, Agent, sent from HMS Tigre and dated 28 August-10 September 1799....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1799-26 Sept 1799
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2403. IOR/L/PS/9/76/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/86
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 20 June 1799. The letter concerns the Government of Mecca, in particular the attitude of the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2404. IOR/L/PS/9/76/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/87
Title:
Letters from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 16 April-20 June 1799. Blankett forwards information collected from around the Red Sea a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2405. 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)

2406. IOR/L/PS/9/76/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/89
Title:
Report from Herat
Scope & Content:
A report from Herat by an anonymous French author in the service of Shah Zeman [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan], dated 3 September 1799. The report describes the campaign of Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] in eastern Persia [Iran], including the capture of Nichabour ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2407. IOR/L/PS/9/76/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/90
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones with Jonathan Duncan and John Blankett
Scope & Content:
This item contains four documents: 1. A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 December 1799. In response to Duncan’s letter of 16 October (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/100), Jones discusses routes of communi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1799-26 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

2408. IOR/L/PS/9/76/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/91
Title:
Letter from John Spencer Smith to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 17 August 1799. The letter forwards a report on the movements of French and Spanish warships for the attention of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1799-17 Aug 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2409. IOR/L/PS/9/76/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/92
Title:
Report on Syria
Scope & Content:
A report compiled by John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, concerning the feasibility of a French army reaching the Euphrates and the entrance to the Persian Gulf from Syria. It covers issues including: The grain surplus in Aleppo Roads from Latichia [Latakia] and Alexandretta [Iskenderun] to the Eu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1799
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2410. IOR/L/PS/9/76/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/93
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Blankett
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, sent from Bagdad and dated 25 October 1799. Jones forwards a letter and enclosures from John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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