IOR/L/PS/9/76/158

This item contains copies of four letters:

1. A translation of an anonymous letter sent to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from Isfahun [Esfahan], dated 9 Zelhejeh [Dhū al-Ḥijjah]/23 April 1801. The letter reports news from Afghanistan, where Zeman Shaw [Zamān Shāh Durrānī] controls Caboul [Kabul] and is said to be planning an expedition against Shah Zadé Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrānī] who controls Candahar [Kandahar]. The letter also reports developments in the campaign of Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] in Khorassan [Khorasan].

2. A letter from Captain William Campbell, Head Assistant to the Mission of Captain John Malcolm to Persia [Iran], to Harford Jones, sent from Bagdad and dated 11 May 1801. The letter transmits lists (not enclosed) of gold, silver, and other articles acquired by the Mission to Persia which Campbell has handed over to Jones, and their approximate value.

3. A letter from Captain William Campbell to Harford Jones, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 May 1801. The letter reports Campbell’s departure for Bussora [Basra] and the transfer of his remaining duties to Lieutenant Charles Pasley, Second Assistant to the Mission, who will remain in Bagdad with the Mission’s troops and horses, and asks Jones to assist Pasley.

4. A letter from Harford Jones to Captain William Campbell, sent from Bagdad and dated 13 May 1801. Jones acknowledges the receipt of the above letters and pledges to assist Lieutenant Pasley.