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IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
- Record Id:
- 041-003711137
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378889.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100130603228.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
- Title:
- Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Scope & Content:
-
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 May 1802.
The letter contains a report on affairs in Bagdad. It covers:
- Internal affairs of the Government of Bagdad, including: the health and family of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad]; the distribution of key posts in the Government; the public attitude towards the Pashaw; and likely successors to the Pashaw, in particular the Kia Aly [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Chief Minister of Baghdad] and Abdullah Aga [‘Abdullāh Āghā], Governor of Merdin [Mardin]
- The relations of the Government of Bagdad with Persia [Iran] and the Wa-ha-by [Wahhābī movement], in particular relating to an attack on Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa-ha-by. Includes an extract in French from a 1796 report by the Pashaw to the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] concerning the feasibility of military action against the movement
- The state of affairs in Bagdad and its dependencies, including: the defences of Bagdad, Bussora [Basra], and Hillah [Al Hillah]; plague; affairs in Coordistan [Kurdistan]; and the attitude of local tribes towards the Government of Bagdad and the Wa-ha-by.
- 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
041-003711137 - 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/9/76/229 : Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0229]/041-003711137
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378889.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1802
- End Date:
- 1802
- Date Range:
- 9 May 1802
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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