Letter from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
IOR/L/PS/9/76/332
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 14 Nov 1803. 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 Bagdat [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdat and dated 14 November 1803.
The letter concerns an attempted plot against the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] in Bagdat. Jones reports that the Bacha has ordered the conspirators to be sent to Bussora and thence to India on East India Company ships.
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- 1 item (2 folios)
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- English in Latin script
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- Letter
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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/9/76/332
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- 14 Nov 1803 (CE, Gregorian)
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- ResidentGovernor of Baghdad
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/332
- Title
- Letter from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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