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IOR/L/PS/9/76/152
- Record Id:
- 041-003711060
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378796.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126396783.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/152
- Title:
- Letters from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Scope & Content:
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Copies of two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 14 May 1801.
The first letter concerns the transit of mail and reports of a proposed Franco-Russian attack on India via Persia [Iran]. Jones undertakes to monitor developments around the Caspian Sea and to warn his contact Meerza Bozourg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] against Russian advances, and volunteers to travel to the Persian Court if a Russian agent arrives there. Jones also reiterates his proposal of a joint diplomatic mission to Caboul [Kabul] with the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire].
The second letter proposes British mediation between Shah Zemaun [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan] and his exiled brothers who are supported by Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia].
- 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
041-003711060 - 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/9/76/152 : Letters from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0152]/041-003711060
- 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_100109378796.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1801
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- 14 May 1801
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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