Report on Georgia
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Report on Georgia
- Date:
- 1801/1801
- Description:
- Abstract: Information on Georgia received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on 6 September 1801 from a merchant who arrived in Bagdad from Tiflis [Tblisi].The merchant reports: an attempt by Alexander, the brother of the Ruler of Georgia Goorgeen Khan [King Giorgi XII of Kartli-Kakheti], to take over the country with support from Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia]; Georgeen Khan’s subsequent turn to Russia for support; the arrival of Russian forces in Georgia; and Goorgeen Khan’s pledge of allegiance to the Emperor [Tsar] of Russia.Attached is a record of Jones’s interrogation of the merchant.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty
- Geographic region:
- Georgia
Russian Empire - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378836.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378836.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/183
IOR/L/PS/9/76/183