Letters from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
- Date:
- 1800/1800
- Description:
- Abstract: Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 28 and 29 April 1800.The letters concern reports received by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from Damascus that the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] has suffered a heavy defeat to French occupation forces between Balbis [Bilbays] and Cairo and has retreated to Gaza.Attached is a translation of an oral account of the contents of the letter, describing a Turkish [Ottoman] defeat to French forces in Egypt and a massacre of French troops, Copts, and officials collaborating with the French authorities in Cairo.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
French Campaign in Egypt and the Levant (1798-1801)
Governor of Baghdad
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire - Geographic region:
- Egypt
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378759.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378759.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/119
IOR/L/PS/9/76/119