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IOR/L/PS/9/76/108
- Record Id:
- 041-003711016
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378746.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126395430.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/108
- Title:
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Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm and letter from Rahmat Ullah Khan to Harford Jones
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of two letters and enclosures:
1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bussora [Basra] and dated 3 March 1800.
Jones offers assistance to Malcolm in his mission to Persia and forwards a letter from Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr, Resident in Bushire] concerning affairs at the Persian Court. The letter also forwards news regarding the French Revolutionary Wars, including General Napoleon Bonaparte’s ascension to Grand Consul of France and negotiations for the withdrawal of French troops from Egypt, and advises Malcolm on means of communication from Persia with India and London.
2. English and Farsi copies of a letter from Wafadar Khan, also known as Rahmat Ullah Khan [Raḥmatallah Khān Sādūzāī], the leading Minister at the Court of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan], to Harford Jones, sent from Candahar [Kandahar] and dated Ramazan [Ramaḍān] 1214/c 24 January 1800.
The letter concerns a proposed British embassy to the Court of Zeman Shah and Zeman Shah’s campaign in India.
Enclosed with the letter are a list of items requested by Rahmat Ullah Khan, and a covering letter from Aga Mohammed [Āghā Muḥammad], Jones’s intermediary with Rahmat Ullah Khan.
- 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
041-003711016 - 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/9/76/108 : Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm and letter from Rahmat Ullah Khan to Harford Jones - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0108]/041-003711016
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (9 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378746.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1800
- Date Range:
- 24 Jan 1800-3 Mar 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)