Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
IOR/L/PS/9/76/44
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 31 Oct 1798. 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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A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 31 October 1798. Subjects covered include:
- A dispute between the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and Muscat
- Rumoured communication between Muscat and the French Government in Mauritius
- The arrest of the French Consul Jean-François Rousseau and the seizure of his papers, of which Jones forwards copies (IOR/L/PS/9/76/48, 57 and 58)
- Jones’s attempts to obtain intelligence from French-occupied Egypt
- An arrangement with the Pashaw for communication with Constantinople [Istanbul], by which Jones will collect and forward intelligence from Europe
- Affairs in Persia [Iran] and the Pashaw’s plans to send an embassy to Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia].
The letter also forwards a copy of the Proclamation issued by General Napoleon Bonaparte on landing in Egypt (IOR/L/PS/9/76/42) and an intelligence report from Caboul [Kabul] (IOR/L/PS/9/76/41).
Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/43.
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- 31 Oct 1798 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
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