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371. IOR/L/PS/9/76/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/77
Title:
Letters to Harford Jones from J A Grant and Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
Two letters received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from J A Grant, Sub-Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 24 May 1799. The letter reports the capture of Seringapatam by British forces on 4 May, the death of Tippoo Sult...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1799-31 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

372. IOR/L/PS/9/76/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/17
Title:
Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 18 June 1783. Subjects covered include: Arrangements for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1783
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

373. IOR/L/PS/9/76/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/105
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 January 1800. The letter reports the transit of Elgin’s dispatches to India via Bagdad and Bussora [Basra] and congratulates Elgin on his appoin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

374. IOR/L/PS/9/76/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/225
Title:
Report on the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]
Scope & Content:
A report written in French and dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 23 April 1802, relaying information received from a messenger from Tahran [Tehran] concerning the Kingdom of the Agvans [Afghanistan]. The report describes a siege of Herat led by Chah Zadé Kaisser [Shāhzādeh Qaiṣar] and rumours of attacks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

375. IOR/L/PS/9/76/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/80
Title:
Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
Scope & Content:
Copies of seven letters mainly concerning the French Revolutionary Wars: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr], Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], sent from Bagdad and dated 13 September 1799. The letter reports that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1799-13 Sept 1799
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

376. IOR/L/PS/9/76/262

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/262
Title:
Part of a letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 August 1802. The letter describes events following the death of Soliman Pasha Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

377. IOR/L/PS/9/76/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/283
Title:
Letters from the Court of Persia to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of four letters from Persia [Iran] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 2 October 1802: 1. A letter from Meerza Reza Kooli [Mīrzā Rezā Qulī Navā’ī Munshī al-Mamālik, Principal Secretary to the Shah of Persia], to Harford Jones. The letter c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

378. IOR/L/PS/9/76/58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/58
Title:
Extracts of Letters received by Jean-François Rousseau
Scope & Content:
Extracts of letters found in the papers of Jean-François Rousseau, French Consul in Bagdad [Baghdad], following his arrest in October 1798, and copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad: An extract of a letter from Marie Louis Henri d’Escorches de Sainte-Croix, Envoy of the French Republic to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Sep 1794-28 Mar 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

379. IOR/L/PS/9/76/106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/106
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
Copies of five letters between Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from Elgin to Jones, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 16 November 1799. The letter announces Elgin’s arrival in Constantinople and assumption...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1799-17 Jan 1800
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

380. IOR/L/PS/9/76/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/288
Title:
Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bonyakdere [Büyükdere] and dated 21 October 1802. Elgin reports discussions with Ottoman Ministers concerning: the nomination of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1802-29 Nov 1802
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)