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IOR/L/PS/9/76/145
- Record Id:
- 041-003711053
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378788.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126396638.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/145
- Title:
- Letters from Jaffa
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of two letters:
1. A report by John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, forwarding intelligence received from an informant in Jaffa in December 1800. The report concerns preparations for an expedition against the French occupation forces in Egypt.
2. A letter from Brigadier-General George Koehler to John Barker, sent from the headquarters of the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] at Jaffa and dated 2 December 1800. The letter reports on the state of affairs in the camp of the Vizier, including desertion, plague, shortages, and a false report of a French attack. It also statets that a large body of reinforcements are heading to join the Vizier and asks Barker to forward this news to India and the Red Sea.
- 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
041-003711053 - 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/9/76/145 : Letters from Jaffa - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0145]/041-003711053
- 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_100109378788.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1800
- Date Range:
- Dec 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)