Letters from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones, John Barker, Peter Tooke and Coja Cawork Doud
IOR/L/PS/9/76/348
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 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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This item contains copies of letters from Samuel Manesty, Acting Envoy to Persia [Iran], to: Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad]; John Barker, Consul in Aleppo; Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul]; and Coja Cawork Doud [Khawājah Kevork Dāwūd], Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. and Linguist at the Bussora [Basra] Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ; sent from a camp near Kazeroon [Kazerun] and dated 6 March 1803.
Manesty reports that he has transferred his duties as Resident in Bussora to Captain Edward Stephenson during his absence in Persia.
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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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- 6 Mar 1803 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letters from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones, John Barker, Peter Tooke and Coja Cawork Doud
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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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