A letter in Farsi from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 19 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 this le...
A note from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], delivered on 29 June 1803. The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora [Basra] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). Jones reports that Samuel ...
A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra]. The petition complains of the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, in particular regarding the affair of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor. An English versi...
A letter in Farsi from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], received 9 July 1803. The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora [Basra] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299) and complains of the c...
A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra], concerning the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of the petition can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.
First Representation of the Cathee of Bussora to Ali Pasha
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The first representation of the Cathee [Qāḍī, magistrate] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], concerning an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/...
Second Representation of the Cathee of Bussora to Ali Pasha
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The second representation of the Cathee [Qāḍī, magistrate] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], concerning an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76...
A letter in Farsi from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 14 May 1803. An English version of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/316.
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Maruqess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 3 September 1803. The letter concerns a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] airising from the detenti...
A letter in Farsi from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad. The letter was enclosed in a letter from Jones to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 17 August 1803 (found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/312).