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IOR/L/PS/9/76/326
- Record Id:
- 041-003711234
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109379005.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100136722367.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/326
- Title:
- Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
- Scope & Content:
-
An extract from a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803.
The letter reports that a messenger employed by Manesty has been plundered en route to Aleppo by members of the Shummer [Shammar] tribe, who sent the captured mail to the Whahabee Sheik [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Muḥammad Āl Sa‘ūd, Emir of Diriyah], and describes Manesty’s efforts to recover the captured mail.
- 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
041-003711234 - 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/9/76/326 : Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0326]/041-003711234
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109379005.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1803
- End Date:
- 1803
- Date Range:
- 31 Oct 1803
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)