Letter from Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control, to Sir Stephen Lushington, Chairman of the East India Company, respecting General Morrison’s proposed Treaty with Persia.
The item consists of a memorandum, dated 14 March 1822, relating to the 1820 and 1821 expeditions against the Beni Boo Ali [Banū Bū ‘Alī], inhabitants of Jalan province and nominally under the authority of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The justifications for th...
An extract of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at Baghdad, to Sir Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors. The letter includes a memoir titled ‘The Whahaubee [Wahhābīs]’ covering the history of the Whahaubee movement, and giving details of some of their ideas. It also includ...
Persia Factory Records: Letters from Basra (1732-1752), Vol II
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This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussorah [Basra] between 29 October 1745 and 6 November 1752. It includes material relating to: The revolts at Tabreiz [Tabriz], Errivan [Yerevan] and Carrmancha [Kermanshah] The revolt at Sistoon [Sistan] and the app...
PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773, PT 3
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This item contains correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] from 2 September 1765 to 17 August 1773. It contains correspondence relating to the following: The destruction of nine Turkish galleys sent against them by the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b], includin...
A copy of a letter from the Secret Committee to Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]. The letter expresses approval of Jones's recent conduct, refers to the situation in Afghanistan, and delays the instructions that Jones should travel to the Court of Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī] at Ca...
The item consists of abstracts, in English, of French papers, probably intercepted, relating to relations between France and Persia [Iran]. The papers are as follows: Abstract of a letter from General Gardanne [Claude Mathieu de Gardane], Envoy to Persia, to DeCaen [Charles Mathieu Isidore Decae...
Papers Relating to Sir Harford Jones's Residency at Bagdad [Baghdad] and his Diplomatic Mission to Persia [Iran]
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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, abridgements, and other papers relating to Sir Harford Jones’s Residency in Bagdad [Baghdad], 1798-1806, and his diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], 1807-1811. The papers cover a wide range of matters, mostly connected to the following: Jones’s mission to Per...
Memorandum by Sir Harford Jones Relating to British Policy in Persia [Iran]
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Memorandum by Sir Harford Jones, dated 7 January 1807, Vere Street, London. The paper provides background information on British and French relations with Persia [Iran] and sets out Jones's recommendations for countering French interests in Persia, furthering those of Britain, and bringing about ...