Letters between Harford Jones, John Lewis Reinaud and Jonathan Duncan
IOR/L/PS/9/76/54
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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 20 Sep 1798-12 Feb 1799. 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 Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bagdad and dated 12 February 1799.
The letter complains of the conduct of John Lewis Reinaud, former agent of the Bussora [Basra] Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bagdad, regarding communication with the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad].
Attached are two letters between Jones and Reinaud dated 9-10 February 1799. Jones remonstrates with Reinaud for meeting with the the Pashaw and the Diwan Effendisi [Secretary] without Jones’s approbation. Reinaud claims that the visits were personal.
Also attached is a copy of a letter from Jones to Reinaud dated 20 September 1798. The letter announces Jones’s appointment as Resident in Bagdad, instructing Reinaud henceforward to transmit any political instructions to Jones and to cease all public meetings with the Pashaw and his government.
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- 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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- 20 Sep 1798-12 Feb 1799 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letters between Harford Jones, John Lewis Reinaud and Jonathan Duncan
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