Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin
- Date:
- 1801/1801
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 1 January 1801.The letter concerns Elgin’s grant of a Birat [commission] to Morad (also known as Mordechai) Coen, a Jewish merchant in Bagdad, and the reaction to this of Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad]. It also discusses the replacement of the Baghdad Janissary Aga [Commander of the Janissary corps].Attached are English and Ottoman Turkish copies of a letter from Soffian Aga [Sufyān Āghā], Agent of the Pashaw of Bagdad in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Soliman Pashaw. The letter advises Soliman Pashaw that the Birat granted to Morad Coen can be withdrawn if Soliman Pashaw writes to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra].Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Rights and privileges
Governor of Baghdad
HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378785.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378785.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/142
IOR/L/PS/9/76/142