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371. IOR/L/PS/9/76/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/185
Title:
Cover for letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
The cover of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 12 September 1801. The contents of the letter are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/184.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1801
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

372. IOR/L/PS/9/76/220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/220
Title:
Cover for Bulletin of Intelligence from Candahar and Cabul
Scope & Content:
The cover for a bulletin of intelligence from Afghanistan sent by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 9 March 1802. The contents of the bulletin are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/221.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

373. IOR/L/PS/9/72/54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/72/54
Title:
Copy of a letter (no 8 of 1829) from Colonel John Macdonald, British Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
Regarding allowances of Captain John Campbell
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1829
Extent:
1 folio

374. IOR/L/PS/9/76/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/183
Title:
Report on Georgia
Scope & Content:
Information on Georgia received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 6 September 1801 from a merchant who arrived in Bagdad from Tiflis [Tblisi]. The merchant reports: an attempt by Alexander, the brother of the Ruler of Georgia Goorgeen Khan [King Giorgi XII of Kartli-Kakheti], t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

375. IOR/L/PS/9/76/243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/243
Title:
Reports from the Caucasus
Scope & Content:
Translations of two letters from an informant of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 3 and 8 May 1802. The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus and Caspian Sea, reporting: movements of Russian troops and ships; embassies from Shaku [Shaki] and Shirvan [Sirvan] to Tehr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1802-8 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

376. IOR/L/PS/9/76/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/300
Title:
Letter to Ali Pasha
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] concerning Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora [Basra]. The letter was copied on behalf of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Farsi
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

377. IOR/L/PS/9/76/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/79
Title:
Account of the 1773 Plague in Bassora
Scope & Content:
An anonymous French account of the 1773 plague outbreak in Bassora [Basra]. The author describes: his confinement in the French Factory in Bassora; the illness and death of Claude Pyraut [Pirault], French Consul in Bassora, and other employees of the Factory; his own illness and recovery; the l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

378. IOR/L/PS/9/76/99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/99
Title:
Report on the sinking of HMS Trincomalee
Scope & Content:
An extract of a report on proceedings on board the East India Company cruiser Comet by Lieutenant James Fortescue, dated 8 October 1799. The report describes a battle with French ships, including the captured ship Pearl, en route from Bombay [Mumbai] to Bussora [Basra], during which HMS Trincom...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

379. IOR/L/PS/9/76/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/131
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 October 1800. The letters cover issues including: Elgin’s grant of a Birat [commission] to Morad (also known as Mordechai) Coen, a Jewish merchant in B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

380. IOR/L/PS/9/76/169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/169
Title:
Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 1 August 1801. The letter concerns the transit of mail and issues involving ‘Tartars’ [couriers], and forward...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)