Abstract: 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 7 October 1802.Jones reports a meeting with Aga Baba Khan Afshar [Āghā Bābā Khān Afshār], Persian [Iranian] Envoy to Baghdad, who claims that the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has abandoned the idea of a campaign against the Wahabies [Wahhābī movement] via Bagdad. Jones also stresses the ongoing threat to Bagdad and Bussora [Basra] from the Wahabies and the need for the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] to act against them.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)