Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton
IOR/L/PS/9/76/255
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 16 Jul 1802. 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 Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 16 July 1802.
The letter concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by 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], the ongoing threat to Bagdad from the Wa-ha-by, and the possibility of a Persian [Iranian] expedition. Jones urges that the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] co-operate with Persia to counter the Wa-ha-by. The letter also reports the establishment of a Russian diplomatic mission in Bagdad.
A duplicate of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/258.
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- English 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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- 16 Jul 1802 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Desecration of shrines
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- Persia
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- ResidentGovernment of the Ottoman Empire
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- Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton
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- 1r:2v
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