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IOR/L/PS/9/76/58
- Record Id:
- 041-003710966
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378688.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128086522.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/58
- Title:
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Extracts of Letters received by Jean-François Rousseau
- Scope & Content:
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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 the Sublime Porte [Ottoman Empire] to Rousseau, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated Year III of the French Revolution (September 1794-September 1795), expressing an interest in trade with Persia [Iran] and asking Rousseau for information on Persia.
- An extract of letter from Claude Carra Saint-Cyr, First Secretary of the French Embassy to the Porte, to Rousseau, sent from Constantinople and dated 8 Germinal of Year VI of the French Revolution (28 March 1798). The letter concerns journey of Citizen Pierre-Joseph de Beauchamp towards Muscat where he has been appointed Consul, discusses the increased importance of Muscat, and asks to be kept informed of the war between Tipoo Saib [Tīpū Sulṭān of Mysore] and the English [Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, 1798-1799].
- An extract of a letter from Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French Minister of Foreign Affairs to Rousseau, sent from Paris and dated 27 Vendémiare of Year VI of the French Revolution (17 October 1797). The letter concerns arrangments for French representation in Bussora [Basra].
These copies were enclosed in Harford Jones's letter to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, dated 31 October 1798 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/43 and 44).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003710908
041-003710966 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/76 : Letters from Iraq 1781-1805
IOR/L/PS/9/76/58 : Extracts of Letters received by Jean-François Rousseau - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0058]/041-003710966
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378688.0x000001
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- Languages:
- French
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- Sep 1794-28 Mar 1798
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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