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141. IOR/L/PS/9/76/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/314
Title:
Letter from the Mussaleem of Bussora to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
An Arzee [‘arīẓeh, petition] in Farsi from the Mussaleem [Mutasalim, Governor] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad]. This document was enclosed in a letter from Jones to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 17 August 1803 (found in IOR/L/PS/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
Aug 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

142. IOR/L/PS/9/76/322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/322
Title:
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, dated 9 May 1803. The letter concerns a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] arising from the detention in Bussora of an Egyptian woman living wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1803
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

143. IOR/L/PS/9/76/326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/326
Title:
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
An extract from a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803. The letter reports that a messenger employed by Manesty has been plundered en route to Aleppo by members of the Shummer [Shammar] tribe, who sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

144. IOR/L/PS/9/76/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/331
Title:
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803. The letter concerns the transit of mail between Bussora and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

145. IOR/L/PS/9/76/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/226
Title:
Reports from Persia
Scope & Content:
This item contains translated extracts of two letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 11 May 1802: 1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia]. The letter implores Jones to leave Bagdad for his ow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

146. IOR/L/PS/9/76/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/256
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

147. IOR/L/PS/9/76/369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/369
Title:
Intelligence report from Persia
Scope & Content:
An intelligence report received from messengers sent by Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Royal Camp in Persia [Iran]. The report covers developments in the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813], describing the positions, strength, and actions of Russian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

148. IOR/L/PS/9/76/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/48
Title:
Letters from Baghdad, Constantinople, and Smyrna
Scope & Content:
This item contains two documents: 1. A prospectus for a French commercial enterprise trading in Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Persia [Iran], and India, found in the papers of the French Consul in Baghdad Jean-François Rousseau after his arrest in October 1798 and copied by Harford Jones. This docum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1798-15 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

149. IOR/L/PS/9/76/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/215
Title:
Extract of the Bagdad Residency Records
Scope & Content:
An extract from the records of the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, consisting of a minute written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 13 February 1802. The minute concerns plague in Bagdad, describing the public punishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], with Jon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

150. IOR/L/PS/9/76/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/25
Title:
Letter from Peter Michell to William Digges Latouche
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from East India House and dated 28 February 1783. The letter reports that preliminary articles of peace have been signed between Gr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1783-11 Mar 1783
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)