Abstract: A copy of a letter from Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received 16 September 1802.The letter concerns Manesty’s conduct in chartering a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to India at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to his secretary David Morier, of 9 June 1810. In the letter Jones requests that Morier remove a dispatch concerning ‘the affair of the Chintz and Tobacco’ from a packet addressed to the Secret Committee of the East India Company.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s secret letter of 27 July 1810, which was received on 21 November 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 1 August 1801.The letter concerns the transit of mail and issues concerning ‘Tartars’ [couriers], forwarding correspondence from London and Bengal.A duplicate of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/169.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 1 August 1801.The letter concerns the transit of mail and issues involving ‘Tartars’ [couriers], and forwards correspondence from London and Bengal.A shorter extract of the same letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/179.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 1 August 1801.The letter concerns the transit of mail and issues involving ‘Tartars’ [couriers], and forwards correspondence from London.A fuller extract of the letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/169.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters:1. An extract of a letter from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 24 November 1800. The letter describes a rebellion in Tripoly [Tripoli, Lebanon] against the Ottoman governor Yousef Pashaw [Yūsuf Pāshā], during which the houses of the British Agent George Catziflis and other British-protected persons were damaged and the Pashaw forced to retreat.2. A French translation of a letter from Soliman Pacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones. The letter states that the Pacha has received reports from the Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bassora [Basra] that a number of French ships have arrived in Muscat and are heading towards Bassora. The Pacha admonishes Jones and Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bassora, for not informing him of this earlier.Attached is a translation of a note from the Mussaleem of Bassora, reporting news received by merchants in Bassora from merchants in Muscat that French ships have arrived there and are travelling towards Bassora.3. A French translation of a letter from Harford Jones to Soliman Pacha, sent from Bagdad and dated 2 January 1801. Jones states that he would have informed the Pacha about the French ships if he had had official information on the subject, and affirms that he will always keep the Pacha informed of important news.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from John Robinson, Member of Parliament, to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Syon Hill [Isleworth, Middlesex] and dated 31 August 1781.Following on from his letter of 30 August (IOR/L/PS/9/76/21), Robinson suggests sending orders to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussora [Basra] via Constantinople [Istanbul].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to George Hilaro Barlow, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 5 June 1801.The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], who chartered a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 28 February 1801.The letter reprimands Manesty for charging a high price to the East India Company for the conveyance of mail from Bussora to Bombay on a private vessel.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 15 February 1800.The letter concerns new arrangements for the monthly transit of mail from India to London via Bagdad and Aleppo.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A letter in Farsi from the Pasha of Bagdad [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to David Scott, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company.The letter expresses friendship, acknowledges receipt of a letter, and forwards various correspondence.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to William Drummond, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from the brig
Belleon the Bussora River [Shatt al-Arab] and dated 18 July 1803.Manesty congratulates Drummond on his appointment as Ambassador, asks for Drummond’s opinion on relations between Britain and France, and reports the transit of mail and an ongoing dispute between Manesty and the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)