Cover for Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
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The cover for a letter from Samuel Manesty, Acting Envoy to Persia [Iran], dated 14 October 1804. The contents of the letter are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/357.
Slip of paper reading: ‘No 6 The Treaty. See the separate Bundle of Treaties’. ‘The Treaty’ refers to the treaty negotiated to end the war between Persia and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], which was originally enclosed, numbered 6 [in dispatch No. 81], in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to t...
A report on trade between Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Persia [Iran], and the domains of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan]. The report details the imports from and exports to Turkey and Persia of Herat, Candahar [Kandahar], and Caboul [Kabul], with approximate values in rupees....
A report on trade between Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Persia [Iran], and the domains of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan]. The report details the imports from and exports to Turkey and Persia of Herat, Candahar [Kandahar], and Caboul [Kabul], with approximate values in rupees....
A copy of a statement of the fixed revenues of Persia [Iran]. It includes columns showing the following (in tomans and dinars): the amount of revenue, the total amount of revenue, the amount of moostamaree to be deducted, the total amount of moostamaree to be deducted, and the net amount of reve...
Draft articles of the peace treaty [Treaty of Turkamanchay] between Russia and Persia [Iran] concerning commerce, written in French. The articles cover issues including: freedom of trade for merchants of both countries in each other’s territory; legal arrangements for settling trade disputes; c...
Receipt from Prince Kondocheff for Three Crores of Tomans
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Receipt from Prince Kondocheff for three crores of tomans to be paid by Persia [Iran] to Russia as reparations, as stipulated in the peace treaty negotiated to end the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], dated 14 January 1828 [Old Style] and 26 January 1828 [New Style] ...
A copy of a letter in cypher from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 December 1798. A decoded copy of the letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/51.
Tables displaying the manufactures of Bagdad [Baghdad], Merdin [Mardin], Courdistan [Kurdistan], and Bussora [Basra], and the natural resources of these places plus Kerkook [Kirkuk]. Includes details of export destinations and approximate annual value. This report was collated by Harford Jones,...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 17 July 1799. Jones forwards a letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 13 July ...