Letter to Ali Pasha
IOR/L/PS/9/76/300
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The record is made up of 1 item (1 folio). It was created in c 1803. It was written in Farsi. 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 letter in Farsi to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] concerning Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], Mussaleem During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. [ Mutasallim During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. , Governor] of Bussora [Basra].
The letter was copied on behalf of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora.
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- Letter to Ali Pasha
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