Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm and letter from Rahmat Ullah Khan to Harford Jones
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm and letter from Rahmat Ullah Khan to Harford Jones
- Date:
- 1800/1800
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters and enclosures:1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bussora [Basra] and dated 3 March 1800.Jones offers assistance to Malcolm in his mission to Persia and forwards a letter from Meerza Mehedi Ally Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān Bahadūr, Resident in Bushire] concerning affairs at the Persian Court. The letter also forwards news regarding the French Revolutionary Wars, including General Napoleon Bonaparte’s ascension to Grand Consul of France and negotiations for the withdrawal of French troops from Egypt, and advises Malcolm on means of communication from Persia with India and London.2. English and Farsi copies of a letter from Wafadar Khan, also known as Rahmat Ullah Khan [Raḥmatallah Khān Sādūzāī], the leading Minister at the Court of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan], to Harford Jones, sent from Candahar [Kandahar] and dated Ramazan [Ramaḍān] 1214/c 24 January 1800.The letter concerns a proposed British embassy to the Court of Zeman Shah and Zeman Shah’s campaign in India.Enclosed with the letter are a list of items requested by Rahmat Ullah Khan, and a covering letter from Aga Mohammed [Āghā Muḥammad], Jones’s intermediary with Rahmat Ullah Khan.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Communication
Diplomacy - Geographic region:
- Persia
Afghanistan - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378746.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378746.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/108
IOR/L/PS/9/76/108