Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
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The record is made up of 1 item (10 folios). It was created in 9 May 1802. It was written in English and French. 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 Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 May 1802.
The letter contains a report on affairs in Bagdad. It covers:
- Internal affairs of the Government of Bagdad, including: the health and family of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad]; the distribution of key posts in the Government; the public attitude towards the Pashaw; and likely successors to the Pashaw, in particular the Kia A deputy or lieutenant of the governor in Ottoman Iraq, with additional responsibilities as a high-ranking provincial judge. Aly [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Chief Minister of Baghdad] and Abdullah Aga [‘Abdullāh Āghā], Governor of Merdin [Mardin]
- The relations of the Government of Bagdad with Persia [Iran] and the Wa-ha-by [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. movement], in particular relating to an attack on Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa-ha-by. Includes an extract in French from a 1796 report by the Pashaw to the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] concerning the feasibility of military action against the movement
- The state of affairs in Bagdad and its dependencies, including: the defences of Bagdad, Bussora [Basra], and Hillah [Al Hillah]; plague; affairs in Coordistan [Kurdistan]; and the attitude of local tribes towards the Government of Bagdad and the Wa-ha-by.
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- English and French in Latin script
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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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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
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- 9 May 1802 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Internal politics
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- Bagdad
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- Resident, BaghdadGovernor of Baghdad
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
- Title
- Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Pages
- 7v:8r
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- Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
- Title
- Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Pages
- 1r:7r, 8v:10v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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