Letter from Harford Jones to John Philip Morier
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letter from Harford Jones to John Philip Morier
- Date:
- 1800/1800
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Morier, Attaché with the army of the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] in Egypt, sent from Bagdad and dated 10 June 1800.The letter concerns potential assistance from the Pashaw of Bagdad [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to the Vizier’s campaign against the French occupation forces in Egypt. Jones expresses doubts about the loyalty of Timour Aga [Tīmūr Āghā], whom the Pashaw is rumoured to be sending to support the Vizier, and describes problems facing the region including plague and a Yezeedee [Yazīdī] rebellion.Physical description: 1 item (2 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 - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378768.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378768.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/127
IOR/L/PS/9/76/127