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2521. IOR/L/PS/9/76/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/204
Title:
Proclamations by the Shah of Persia and Letter from Meerza Bozurg to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of three Farsi documents: 1. A firmaun [firman, edict] issued by Fath Ally Shah, King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] to all beglerbegs [high-ranking provincial governors] and other local governors and officials, issued in Tahran [Tehran] and date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep-Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2522. IOR/L/PS/9/76/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/205
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan and Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, and Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 8 December 1801. The letters forward correspondence received from the Secret Committee of the Court of Direc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2523. IOR/L/PS/9/76/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/206
Title:
Reports from Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
A copy of an anonymous letter in French forwarding reports from Afghanistan, copied by Harford Jones and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 18 December 1801. The letter reports widespread alienation from Chah Mahmood [Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī], divisions amongst Chah Mahmood’s troops in Kaboul [Kabul], and lar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2524. IOR/L/PS/9/76/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/207
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to the Shah of Persia
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, to the Shah of Persia [Iran] [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār], dated 21 Rejeb [Rajab] (27 November 1801). The letter informs the Shah that a preliminary peace treaty between Britain and France was signed in London [Treaty of London, 1801].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2525. IOR/L/PS/9/76/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/208
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones with J A Grant, Jonathan Duncan and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from J A Grant, Sub-Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 17 October 1801. Grant reports that Jones’s letters to the Governor of Bombay concerning ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1801-9 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2526. IOR/L/PS/9/76/209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/209
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to James Short
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, to James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad Residency, sent from Bagdad and dated 25 December 1801. The letter forwards a copy of Jones’s orders from the Government of Bombay and, in light of Jones’s dispute with the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2527. IOR/L/PS/9/76/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/210
Title:
Letter from James Short to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, sent from Bagdad and dated 29 December 1801. In response to Jones’s letter of 25 December (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/209), Short agrees to inform any member of the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2528. IOR/L/PS/9/76/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/211
Title:
Reports from Georgia
Scope & Content:
A record of the interrogation of an Armenian named Stephan who had recently been in Tiflis [Tblisi] by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 8 January 1802. The interrogation relates to the state of affairs in Georgia under Russian occupation, the activities of members of Georgia’s ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2529. IOR/L/PS/9/76/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/212
Title:
Letter in Cypher
Scope & Content:
A translation, mostly in cypher, of a letter from an informant of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2530. IOR/L/PS/9/76/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/213
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley and Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, and Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 13 January 1802. Jones forwards correspondence concerning Russian designs on the Caspian Sea and the frontie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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