Letters from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Date:
- 1801/1801
- Description:
- Abstract: Copies of two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 14 May 1801.The first letter concerns the transit of mail and reports of a proposed Franco-Russian attack on India via Persia [Iran]. Jones undertakes to monitor developments around the Caspian Sea and to warn his contact Meerza Bozourg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] against Russian advances, and volunteers to travel to the Persian Court if a Russian agent arrives there. Jones also reiterates his proposal of a joint diplomatic mission to Caboul [Kabul] with the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire].The second letter proposes British mediation between Shah Zemaun [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan] and his exiled brothers who are supported by Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia].Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomacy
Ruler of the Afghan Empire
Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty - Geographic region:
- Persia
Afghanistan
Russian Empire - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378796.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378796.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/152
IOR/L/PS/9/76/152