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...
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...
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 ...
Notes on Sir Harford Jones's Dispatches to Lord Bathurst
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Notes on Sir Harford Jones's dispatches to Lord Henry Bathurst, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Jones's dispatches were written during his appointment as HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran] and concerned relations between Persia and other regional and glob...
Letters from Sir Gore Ouseley to the Secret Committee
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The item consists of correspondence relating to the embassy of Sir Gore Ouseley to the Court of Persia [Iran]. The letters are principally from Ouseley to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors. Matters covered by the papers include: The progress of Ouseley’s mission, including his journ...
Précis of letters received from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad
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This part of the volume is a précis of letters from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control. The letters summarised are dated Bagdad 4, 9, and 23 January 1801.
Précis of letters received from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad
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This part of the volume is a précis of letters from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control. The letters summarised date from 20 January to 27 October 1802.