Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters between Harford Jones and Lord Elgin
- Date:
- 1781/1805
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters between Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]:1. A letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 8 November 1800. The letter reports that Elgin has dispatched Charles Bruce to Persia [Iran] and India, and asks Jones to assist him en route.2. A letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople and dated 8 November 1800. The letter concerns the Birat [commission] granted by Elgin to Mordochay [Mordechai, also known as Morad] Coen, a Jewish merchant in Bagdad.Attached is a memorandum dated 8 November 1800, addressing the Pacha’s [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] objections to the grant of the Birat to Coen.3. A letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, sent from Bagdad and dated 19 December 1800. The letter concerns the transit of mail and the Birat granted by Elgin to Morad Coen, which is finally accepted by the Pashaw [Pāshā].Attached is a list of letters received by Jones from Hassan Byrackdar [Bayrakdar], a ‘Tartar’ [courier] who had been plundered en route from Constantinople to Bagdad.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Rights and privileges
Communication - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378790.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378790.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/147
IOR/L/PS/9/76/147