Letters to Harford Jones from Contacts in Persia
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters to Harford Jones from Contacts in Persia
- Date:
- 1781/1805
- Description:
- Abstract: Translations of three Persian letters received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]:1. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī], Persian [Iranian] Minister, concerning the mission of Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr, Resident in Bushehr] to the Persian Court.2. An extract of a letter from a merchant at Yezd [Yazd] dated 1 Zulhajee [Dhū al-Hijjah]/5 May 1799. The letter reports rumours that Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan] engaged in combat with the Mahrattas [Marathas] and was defeated, and that Zeman Khan [Zamān Khān], former Governor of Herat, has returned to that city.3. A letter from Hajee Hossein Kerem Ali [Ḥājjī Ḥusayn Karīm ‘Alī], a Persian merchant charged by Jones to collect information from Candahar [Kandahar]. The letter reports that several people have arrived in Tabbas [Tabas] claiming to have taken part in combat between Zeman Shah and the Mahrattas, in which Zeman Shah was defeated and forced to flee.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Resident
Ruler of the Afghan Empire - Geographic region:
- Persia
Afghanistan - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378703.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378703.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/72
IOR/L/PS/9/76/72