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IOR/L/PS/9/76/144
- Record Id:
- 041-003711052
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378787.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126396619.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/144
- Title:
- Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt
- Scope & Content:
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Copies of four letters concerning travel restrictions in Bagdad [Baghdad]:
1. A note by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, certifying that Charles Bruce and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah [Dukaylah] on 15 December 1800 and the fumigation of his belongings.
2. A letter from Harford Jones to William Andrew Nesbitt, sent from Bagdad and dated 27 December 1800. The letter relays Jones’s instructions from the Government of Bombay (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/124) to prevent Europeans who are not employees of the British Government or the East India Company from travelling to India via the Persian Gulph [Gulf].
3. A letter from William Andrew Nesbitt to Harford Jones, sent from Baghdad and dated 27 December 1800. In response to Jones’s letter, Nesbitt states that he is carrying an important letter to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, from Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.
4. A note by Harford Jones certifying that William Andrew Nesbitt and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah on 22 December and the fumigation of his belongings.
- 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
041-003711052 - 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/9/76/144 : Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0144]/041-003711052
- 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_100109378787.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- Dec 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)