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2471. IOR/L/PS/9/76/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/154
Title:
Abstract of Intelligence from an Armenian Merchant
Scope & Content:
An abstract of information received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from an Armenian merchant on 16 May 1801, describing a journey from Herat to Astrachan [Astrakhan] via Bokara [Bukhara]. Attached are notes by Harford Jones speculating on possible routes for a Russian attack o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2472. IOR/L/PS/9/76/155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/155
Title:
Report on a Plot against the Shah of Persia
Scope & Content:
A bulletin written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], undated. The bulletin concerns reports that the King of Persia [Iran] [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] has executed his Minister Haujee Ibrahim Khan [Ḥājī Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalāntar Shīrāzī, Prime Minister of Persia] and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2473. IOR/L/PS/9/76/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/156
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones, Henry Dundas and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Wimbledon and dated 16 March 1801, forwarding a letter to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1801-19 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2474. 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)

2475. IOR/L/PS/9/76/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/158
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and William Campbell
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of four letters: 1. A translation of an anonymous letter sent to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from Isfahun [Esfahan], dated 9 Zelhejeh [Dhū al-Ḥijjah]/23 April 1801. The letter reports news from Afghanistan, where Zeman Shaw [Zamān Shāh Durrānī] control...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1801-13 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2476. IOR/L/PS/9/76/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/159
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to James Willis
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to James Willis, sent from Bagdad and dated 26 June 1801. The letter concerns a dispute between Jones and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] mainly concerning public distinctions accorded to Jones and to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2477. IOR/L/PS/9/76/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/160
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 23 June 1801. The letter complains that, following a dispute with Jones (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/163), the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Bagh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2478. IOR/L/PS/9/76/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/161
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones and Morad Coin to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1801. The letter reports that the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] has forbidden the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2479. IOR/L/PS/9/76/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/162
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 20 June 1801. The letter complains of the conduct of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā] towards Jones and asks Elgin to intercede with the Porte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2480. IOR/L/PS/9/76/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/163
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 4 August 1801. The letter describes a dispute between Jones and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] concerning allegations of a Turkish woma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

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