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341. IOR/L/PS/9/76/47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/47
Title:
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople to Baghdad
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from Coja Reuben ibn Saleh [Khāwja Rūbīn bin Ṣāliḥ] to Coja Abdullah ibn Eussof [Khāwja ‘Abdullāh bin Yūsuf] in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 20 November 1798. The letter forwards news from Cairo received in Constantinople. It r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

342. IOR/L/PS/9/76/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/64
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 26 April 1799. Jones reports that he has sent a messenger to Syria to obtain information on the French campaign led by General Napoleon Bonaparte. The letter a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

343. IOR/L/PS/9/76/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/86
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter 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 20 June 1799. The letter concerns the Government of Mecca, in particular the attitude of the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

344. IOR/L/PS/9/76/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/113
Title:
Letter from John Malcolm to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from a camp five miles from Aboosheher [Bushehr] and dated 18 April 1800. The letter forwards three extracts of the latest intelligence Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1800-18 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

345. IOR/L/PS/9/76/119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/119
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 28 and 29 April 1800. The letters concern reports received by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from Damascus that the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1800-29 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

346. IOR/L/PS/9/76/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/196
Title:
Letter from Mohammed Sadoo to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter from Mohammed Sadoo [Muḥammad Ṣadr?], an informant of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jones, sent from Isfahaun [Isfahan] and dated 5 Jemaud-ul-sauny [Jumāda al-Thānī] (13 October 1801). The letter forwards reports from Afghanistan, including the capt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

347. IOR/L/PS/9/76/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/132
Title:
Abstract of rukums from the Shah of Persia to the Prince of Shiraz
Scope & Content:
An abstract of two rukums [raqms, chancery letters] from Futteh Aly Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] to the Prince Regent of Shiraz [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars], sent from Subzewar [Sabzevar] and dated 9 and 12 Moharram/1 and 4 June 1800. The abstract re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/146
Title:
Letter from John Barker to Harford Jones. Letters between Jones and Soliman Pacha
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. An extract of a letter from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 24 November 1800. The letter describes a rebellion in Tripoly [Tripoli, Lebanon] against the Ottoman governor Yousef Pashaw [Yūsuf P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Nov 1800-2 Jan 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

349. IOR/L/PS/9/76/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/214
Title:
Reports from the Caucasus. Letters to Harford Jones from Samuel Manesty and Robert Rickards
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of four letters: 1. Translations of two anonymous letters to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], with dates in cypher. The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus, including an attack on Erivan [Yerevan] by Prince Daoud [David] of Georgia with Russian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1801-8 Jan 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

350. IOR/L/PS/9/76/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/39
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jacob Bosanquet, John Blankett and Robert Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Vienna and Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad in July-August 1798: 1. A letter to Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Vienna and dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 July 1798-18 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)