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IOR/L/PS/9/76/208
- Record Id:
- 041-003711116
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378865.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129039981.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/208
- Title:
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Correspondence of Harford Jones with J A Grant, Jonathan Duncan and Lord Elgin
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of three letters:
1. A letter from J A Grant, Sub-Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 17 October 1801. Grant reports that Jones’s letters to the Governor of Bombay concerning his dispute with the Bashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] have been received and forwarded to the Governor-General of Bengal. The letter states that the Governor of Bombay declines to comment on the dispute at present.
Attached is a letter from Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, to Harford Jones. Duncan states that he has forwarded Jones’s correspondence concerning his dispute with the Bashaw to the Governor-General of Bengal and declines to comment on the dispute at present.
2. A copy of a letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 December 1801. The letter congratulates Elgin on the preliminary peace treaty between Britain and France [Treaty of London 1801] and thanks him for communicating the news.
- 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
041-003711116 - 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/9/76/208 : Correspondence of Harford Jones with J A Grant, Jonathan Duncan and Lord Elgin - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0208]/041-003711116
- 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_100109378865.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1801
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- 17 Oct 1801-9 Dec 1801
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)