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IOR/L/PS/9/76/92
- Record Id:
- 041-003711000
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378728.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100127550259.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/92
- Title:
- Report on Syria
- Scope & Content:
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A report compiled by John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, concerning the feasibility of a French army reaching the Euphrates and the entrance to the Persian Gulf from Syria. It covers issues including:
- The grain surplus in Aleppo
- Roads from Latichia [Latakia] and Alexandretta [Iskenderun] to the Euphrates
- The feasibility of an army crossing this territory
- The names, ‘character’, leaders, and allegiances of Arab, Turkman [Turkmen], and Curdine [Kurdish] tribes inhabiting the area between the Syrian coast and the Euphrates
- Travel times and conditions from Alexandria to Tripoly [Tripoli], Latichia, and Alexandretta
- The disposition of the population on the coast of Syria towards France.
The report was compiled in response to a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Robert Abbott, Agent of the East India Company in Aleppo, dated 18 August 1798 (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/39).
- 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
041-003711000 - 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/9/76/92 : Report on Syria - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0092]/041-003711000
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378728.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- c 1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)