Letters from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty [1v] (2/8)
The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 28 Apr 1800-29 Apr 1800. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 28 and 29 April 1800.
The letters concern reports received by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from Damascus that the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] has suffered a heavy defeat to French occupation forces between Balbis [Bilbays] and Cairo and has retreated to Gaza.
Attached is a translation of an oral account of the contents of the letter, describing a Turkish [Ottoman] defeat to French forces in Egypt and a massacre of French troops, Copts, and officials collaborating with the French authorities in Cairo.
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- Letters from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
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