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101. IOR/L/PS/9/76/306

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/306
Title:
Petition to Ali Pasha from Inhabitants of Bussora
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

102. IOR/L/PS/9/76/313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/313
Title:
Letter from Ali Pasha to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
Aug 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

103. IOR/L/PS/9/76/315

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/315
Title:
Letter from Ali Pasha to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. 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).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

104. IOR/L/PS/9/76/317

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/317
Title:
Letter from Ali Pasha to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi from the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], received 13 May 1803. The letter concerns an incident in Bussora [Basra] involving the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299)....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

105. IOR/L/PS/9/76/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/324
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord 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 27 October 1803. The letter concerns the threat to Bussora and Bagdat [Baghdad] from the Whahabees [Wahhābī movement] and tribes led by Ghausem [Q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

106. IOR/L/PS/9/76/325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/325
Title:
Letters from Thomas Megson and Jonathan Lovett
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. A letter from Captain Thomas Megson, Commander of the ship Rahim Shah, to the Commander of any ship under English colours, sent from Muscat, and dated 7 October 1803.The letter describes an encounter with a French frigate at Muscat. 2. A letter fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1803-28 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

107. IOR/L/PS/9/76/328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/328
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussora and dated 19 November 1803. The letter concerns the transit of mail.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

108. IOR/L/PS/9/76/330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/330
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 28 November 1803. The letter concerns messengers carrying mail between Aleppo and Bussora. Manesty alleges fraudulent practice on the part of some mes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1803
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

109. IOR/L/PS/9/76/335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/335
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord 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 18 September 1803. Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1803
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

110. IOR/L/PS/9/76/339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/339
Title:
Letter from Lord Wellesley to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
An extract of the Governor of Bombay’s commands to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 13 April 1801. The commands concern expenditure on conveying mail from Bussora to Bombay [Mumbai] on a private ship owned by Manesty.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)