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2541. IOR/L/PS/9/76/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/224
Title:
Letters to Harford Jones from Jean-François Rousseau and Peter Tooke
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter in French from Jean-François Rousseau, French Commissioner of Commercial Relations in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 25 February 1802. Rousseau thanks Jones for facilitating a meeting with the Pacha [Büyük Sula...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Dec 1801-25 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2542. IOR/L/PS/9/76/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/225
Title:
Report on the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]
Scope & Content:
A report written in French and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 23 April 1802, relaying information received from a messenger from Tahran [Tehran] concerning the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]. The report describes a siege of Herat led by Chah Zadé Kaisser [Shāhzādeh Qaiṣar] and rumours of attacks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2543. IOR/L/PS/9/76/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/226
Title:
Reports from Persia
Scope & Content:
This item contains translated extracts of two letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 11 May 1802: 1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia]. The letter implores Jones to leave Bagdad for his ow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2544. IOR/L/PS/9/76/227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/227
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 18 April 1802. The letter reports a successful experiment by Doctor James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad Residency, to reproduce a vaccine in Bagdad aga...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2545. IOR/L/PS/9/76/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/228
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, dated 13 May 1802. The letter concerns a suspected plague outbreak in Bagdad. Short describes several recent cases he has treated matching the symptoms of plague.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2546. IOR/L/PS/9/76/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 May 1802. The letter contains a report on affairs in Bagdad. It covers: Internal affairs of the Government of Bagdad, including: the health and fa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

2547. IOR/L/PS/9/76/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/230
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 6 April 1802. The letter concerns the transit of mail.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2548. IOR/L/PS/9/76/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/231
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to James Short
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad Residency, dated 31 March 1802. The letter forwards a sample of vaccine matter received from a Doctor de Carro in Vienna (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/224) for the purposes of experimentation, in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2549. IOR/L/PS/9/76/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/232
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones with Marquess Wellesley and Peter Tooke
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 19 April 1802. Jones reports news from Bagdad including: the departure of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Gover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1802-19 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2550. IOR/L/PS/9/76/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/233
Title:
Accounts for the Baghdad Mission
Scope & Content:
An abstract of disbursements made at Bagdad [Baghdad] on account of the East India Company for February and March 1802. The abstract details expenditure in rupees on: rent; provisions; salaries; transmitting mail and paying messengers; presents; and extraordinary expenses, including hosting the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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