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IOR/L/PS/9/76/161
- Record Id:
- 041-003711069
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378809.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128898478.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/161
- Title:
- Letters from Harford Jones and Morad Coin to Lord Elgin
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of two letters:
1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1801. The letter reports that the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] has forbidden the Christian and Jewish communities in Bagdad from riding horses, with the exception of the French physician Outry. Jones states that he will not take any action until he receives further instructions.
2. A letter in French from Morad [also known as Mordechai] Coen, Dragoman Birati [commissioned interpreter], to Lord Elgin, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1801. The letter complains of demands for money by the Pacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā].
The letters were enclosed in Jones’s letter to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, dated 4 August 1801 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/163).
- 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
041-003711069 - 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/9/76/161 : Letters from Harford Jones and Morad Coin to Lord Elgin - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0161]/041-003711069
- 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_100109378809.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 21 Jun 1801
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)