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IOR/L/PS/9/76/135
- Record Id:
- 041-003711043
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378776.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126396474.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/135
- Title:
- Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
- Scope & Content:
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Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
The first letter, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 August 1800, concerns the transit of mail and the arrest and banishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] of the former Dragoman [interpreter] of Jean-François Rousseau, former French Consul in Bagdad.
The second letter, sent from Bagdad and dated 10 September 1800, forwards various correspondence, reports the arrival in Bagdad of Lieutenant Tanvarine and a French deserter from Egypt, and complains of the involvement of ‘Tartars’ [couriers] in private trade between Constantinople [Istanbul] and Bagdad. Jones discusses relations between the Government of Bagdad and the Whabee [Wahhābī movement] and measures to prevent the spread of plague in Bagdad.
The third letter, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 September 1800, forwards various correspondence and reports Lieutenant Tanvarine’s departure for Constantinople.
- 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
041-003711043 - 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/9/76/135 : Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0135]/041-003711043
- 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_100109378776.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 23 Aug 1800-12 Sept 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)