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351. IOR/L/PS/9/76/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/26
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies (East India Company). The first letter, dated 30 March 1783, covers subjects including: T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1783-23 Apr 1783
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

352. IOR/L/PS/9/76/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/260
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton with enclosures
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 30 August 1802. The letter forwards reports from Persia [Iran] of military preparations believed to be related to a campaign a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 May 1802-30 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

353. IOR/L/PS/9/76/261

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/261
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley and Alexander Stratton
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 12 August 1802. The letter forwards correspondence (attached) relating to the death of Soliman Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1802-12 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

354. IOR/L/PS/9/76/386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/386
Title:
Extract of Letter from Jonathan Lovett to N B Edmonstone
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, written in 1803. Lovett reports his arrival in Bushire, the reaction in Persia [Iran] to the news of the death of Hajee Khulleel Khan [Ḥājī Muḥammad Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

355. IOR/L/PS/9/76/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/78
Title:
Letters concerning Persia, Afghanistan and the arms trade
Scope & Content:
This item contains three documents: 1. A copy of a letter from Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 4 May 1799. In response to Jones’s letter of 25 March (IOR/L/PS/9/76/60) concerning an embassy rumoured...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1799-1 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

356. IOR/L/PS/9/76/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/87
Title:
Letters from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 16 April-20 June 1799. Blankett forwards information collected from around the Red Sea a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

357. IOR/L/PS/9/76/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/91
Title:
Letter from John Spencer Smith to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 17 August 1799. The letter forwards a report on the movements of French and Spanish warships for the attention of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1799-17 Aug 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

358. IOR/L/PS/9/76/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/127
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Philip Morier
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Morier, Attaché with the army of the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] in Egypt, sent from Bagdad and dated 10 June 1800. The letter concerns potential assistance from the Pashaw of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

359. IOR/L/PS/9/76/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/158
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and William Campbell
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of four letters: 1. A translation of an anonymous letter sent to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from Isfahun [Esfahan], dated 9 Zelhejeh [Dhū al-Ḥijjah]/23 April 1801. The letter reports news from Afghanistan, where Zeman Shaw [Zamān Shāh Durrānī] control...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1801-13 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

360. IOR/L/PS/9/76/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/172
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 3 September 1801. Jones states that he is planning to leave Bagdad for a location south of the city along with the Residency staff, despite the obj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)