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IOR/L/PS/9/76/147
- Record Id:
- 041-003711055
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378790.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126396700.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/147
- Title:
- Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of three letters between Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]:
1. A letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 8 November 1800. The letter reports that Elgin has dispatched Charles Bruce to Persia [Iran] and India, and asks Jones to assist him en route.
2. A letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople and dated 8 November 1800. The letter concerns the Birat [commission] granted by Elgin to Mordochay [Mordechai, also known as Morad] Coen, a Jewish merchant in Bagdad.
Attached is a memorandum dated 8 November 1800, addressing the Pacha’s [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] objections to the grant of the Birat to Coen.
3. A letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, sent from Bagdad and dated 19 December 1800. The letter concerns the transit of mail and the Birat granted by Elgin to Morad Coen, which is finally accepted by the Pashaw [Pāshā].
Attached is a list of letters received by Jones from Hassan Byrackdar [Bayrakdar], a ‘Tartar’ [courier] who had been plundered en route from Constantinople to Bagdad.
- 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
041-003711055 - 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/9/76/147 : Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0147]/041-003711055
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378790.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 8 Nov 1800-19 Dec 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)