Report on Syria
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Report on Syria
- Date:
- 1781/1805
- Description:
- Abstract: A report compiled by John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, concerning the feasibility of a French army reaching the Euphrates and the entrance to the Persian Gulf from Syria. It covers issues including:The grain surplus in AleppoRoads from Latichia [Latakia] and Alexandretta [Iskenderun] to the EuphratesThe feasibility of an army crossing this territoryThe names, ‘character’, leaders, and allegiances of Arab, Turkman [Turkmen], and Curdine [Kurdish] tribes inhabiting the area between the Syrian coast and the EuphratesTravel times and conditions from Alexandria to Tripoly [Tripoli], Latichia, and AlexandrettaThe disposition of the population on the coast of Syria towards France.The report was compiled in response to a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Robert Abbott, Agent of the East India Company in Aleppo, dated 18 August 1798 (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/39).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- French Campaign in Egypt and the Levant (1798-1801)
Roads
French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1800) - Geographic region:
- Syria
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378728.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378728.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/92
IOR/L/PS/9/76/92