Abstract: Copies of four letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 20 November-30 December 1800.The correspondence mainly concerns Jones's attempts to procure finance for Malcolm's mission in Persia, including a consignment of specie sent by Jones via Aga Mohammed Salah [Āghā Muḥammad Sāliḥ], a merchant in Cazvene [Qazvin]. The correspondence also covers developments in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the dispatch of cossids [messengers] from Bagdad to Persia, and plague in the region.Also attached is an invoice for the specie sent by Jones to Cazvene.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)