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IOR/L/PS/9/76/232
- Record Id:
- 041-003711140
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378893.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100130609615.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/232
- Title:
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Correspondence of Harford Jones with Marquess Wellesley and Peter Tooke
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of two letters:
1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 19 April 1802. Jones reports news from Bagdad including: the departure of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from the city following rumours of a plague outbreak; the departure of the Minister [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Chief Minister of Baghdad], reportedly on a campaign against the Wa ha by [Wahhābī movement]; the Pashaw’s health; and a proposed visit to Bagdad from the Grand Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān]. Jones also forwards reports from Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan, including the march of Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to Azabaijan [Azerbaijan].
2. A letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople and dated 30 March 1802. The letter concerns the transit of mail and forwards correspondence. Tooke also states that he has heard rumours of the death of the Pashaw of Bagdad and commotion in the city, and enquires after Jones’s security.
- 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
041-003711140 - 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/9/76/232 : Correspondence of Harford Jones with Marquess Wellesley and Peter Tooke - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0232]/041-003711140
- 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_100109378893.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 30 Mar 1802-19 Apr 1802
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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