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IOR/L/PS/9/76/368
- Record Id:
- 041-003711276
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109379056.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100138843252.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/368
- Title:
- Letters from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones and the Chairman of the Court of Directors
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of two letters:
1. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated November 1804. The letter reports Manesty’s return to Bussora and discusses the transit of mail, forwarding various correspondence. Manesty states that he has not forwarded any dispatches to India due to the presence of the French privateer La Fortune in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/355 and 363-364).
2. A letter from Samuel Manesty to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from a camp near Bagdat and dated 13 October 1804. Manesty forwards a report (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/369) on the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813] and speculates on the threat to the rule of the King [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia].
- 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
041-003711276 - 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/9/76/368 : Letters from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones and the Chairman of the Court of Directors - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0368]/041-003711276
- 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_100109379056.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 13 Oct 1804-Nov 1804
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)