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IOR/L/PS/9/76/100
- Record Id:
- 041-003711008
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378736.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100127549945.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/100
- Title:
- Letter from Sir William Sidney Smith to John Barker. Letters from Jonathan Duncan to Harford Jones and Samuel Manesty
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains two letters with enclosures:
1. A copy of a letter from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant, to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, sent from HMS Tigre off Limasol [Limassol] and dated 12 October 1799. The letter concerns difficulties in communication, the state of the French occupation forces in Egypt, and the movements of an Ottoman fleet under Seid Ali [Sayyid ‘Alī] Bey towards Egypt.
Attached is a letter in French from Antonio Vondiziano, Vice-Consul in Larnaca, describing the death of the Ottoman Patrona [Vice-Admiral] Fettah [Fatḥ] Bey in a mutiny.
2. A copy of a letter from Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 16 October 1799. Following the interception of dispatches from Bussora [Basra], the letter asks for Jones’s opinion on secure routes of communication from Bussora to Constantinople [Istanbul].
Attached is a letter from Duncan to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bombay and dated 16 October 1799. The letter expresses concerns about the transit of overland mail from Europe to India via Bussora.
- 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
041-003711008 - 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/9/76/100 : Letter from Sir William Sidney Smith to John Barker. Letters from Jonathan Duncan to Harford Jones and Samuel Manesty - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0100]/041-003711008
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378736.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 12 Oct 1799-16 Oct 1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)