Letters from John Blankett to Harford Jones
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters from John Blankett to Harford Jones
- Date:
- 1799/1799
- Description:
- Abstract: Three letters and one part of an additional letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopardin Mocha Roads and dated 16 April-15 June 1799.Blankett forwards information collected from around the Red Sea and the Gulf concerning the French Revolutionary Wars, including: the strength and disposition of the French forces occupying Egypt; the possibility of French military action in the Red Sea; the French attack on Gaza; the arrival of French forces at Ghenna [Qena]; and population flight from Cosire [Al Qusayr]. The correspondence also reports the occupation of Perim Island by British forces from Bombay [Mumbai] and discusses Blankett’s relations with the Government of Mecca and its attitude towards the war.The continuation of the final letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/86. Duplicates of the letters are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/87.These letters were enclosed in Jones’s letter to John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], dated 23 September 1799 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/84 and 85).Physical description: The document was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- French Campaign in Egypt and the Levant (1798-1801)
French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1800) - Geographic region:
- Red Sea
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378716.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378716.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/82
IOR/L/PS/9/76/82