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2611. IOR/L/PS/9/76/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/294
Title:
Letter from Samuel Briggs to Peter Tooke. Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to William Drummond, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from the brig Belle on the Bussora River [Shatt al-Arab] and dated 18 July 1803. Manesty congratulates Drummond on his appointment as Ambassador, asks for Drummond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2612. IOR/L/PS/9/76/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/295
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to John Barker
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to John Barker, Consul in Aleppo, dated 18 July 1803. The letter concerns intelligence previously reported by Barker that Lord Whitworth, HM Ambassador to France, has left his post, suggesting an imminent resumption of hos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2613. IOR/L/PS/9/76/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/296
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from the ship Fury and dated 12 July 1803. The letter forwards various correspondence, in particular reports suggesting a resumption of hostilities between Britain and F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2614. IOR/L/PS/9/76/297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/297
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 10 September 1803. The letter concerns the threat from the Whahabees [Wahhābī movement] to Bussora and to line...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1803-10 Sep 1803
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

2615. IOR/L/PS/9/76/298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/298
Title:
Correspondence of Jonathan Lovett
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. A report of intelligence received from Yezd [Yazd], signed by Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], and dated 17 September 1803. The report describes affairs in Afghanistan and Khorasan, including the rule of Mahmoud [Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī], the movements of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1803-Sep 1803
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

2616. IOR/L/PS/9/76/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/299
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 28 July 1803. The letter describes a political crisis in Bussora resulting from the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor, C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

2617. IOR/L/PS/9/76/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/300
Title:
Letter to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] concerning Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora [Basra]. The letter was copied on behalf of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

2618. IOR/L/PS/9/76/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/301
Title:
Letter from Ali Pasha to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi from the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra] accompanying gifts from the Basha to Manesty, received on 12 June 1803 (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

2619. IOR/L/PS/9/76/302

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/302
Title:
Orders of Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
The orders of the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora [Basra], written in Arabic, received on 12 June 1803. The orders concern the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

2620. IOR/L/PS/9/76/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/303
Title:
Letter from Ali Pasha to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi from the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received on 17 June 1803.The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

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