Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
IOR/L/PS/9/76/269
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 28 Sep 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 Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 28 September 1802.
The letter concerns the appointment of Ally Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] as Governor of Bagdad. Jones asks Elgin to intercede with the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] to reduce the sum of money it is demanding in order to confirm Ally Pasha’s appointment, stressing the lack of money in Bagdad and threats from the Wa-ha-bies [ 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] and Persia [Iran].
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- 28 Sep 1802 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
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- 1r:2v
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