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IOR/L/PS/9/76/73
- Record Id:
- 041-003710981
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378705.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128086805.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/73
- Title:
- Letters from Nicholas Ducci and Giovanni Lazzari to Louisa Abbott
- Scope & Content:
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Copies of letters received by Louisa Abbott, widow of Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo, concerning the French invasion of Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte:
1. A letter from Nicholas Ducci, Agent, sent from Latachia [Latakia] and dated 21 April 1799. The letter reports a battle between the forces of Gezzar Pashaw [Aḥmad Pāshā al-Jazzār, Ottoman Governor of Sidon] and General Napoleon Bonaparte at Accri [Acre], after which the French forces were forced to retreat.
2. A letter from Ducci sent from Tripoly [Tripoli] and dated 29 April 1799, reporting unsuccessful attacks by French forces on Accri
3. An extract of an Italian letter from Giovanni Lazzari, Agent, sent from Latachia and dated 30 April 1799. The letter reports an encounter with a group of ‘Turks’ who have escaped from French-occupied Egypt. It also reports a battle between French and Turkish [Ottoman] forces at the Daughters of Jacob Bridge.
4. An Italian letter from Lazzari dated 6 May 1799. The letter describes attacks on Accri, including the deployment of French artillery, and the support of the city’s defenders by British ships.
The letters were enclosed in Abbott's letter to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 26 May 1799 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/74).
- 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
041-003710981 - 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/9/76/73 : Letters from Nicholas Ducci and Giovanni Lazzari to Louisa Abbott - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0073]/041-003710981
- 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_100109378705.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 21 Apr 1799-6 May 1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)