Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
- Date:
- 1802/1802
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 May 1802.The letter contains a report on affairs in Bagdad. It covers:Internal affairs of the Government of Bagdad, including: the health and family of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad]; the distribution of key posts in the Government; the public attitude towards the Pashaw; and likely successors to the Pashaw, in particular the Kia Aly [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Chief Minister of Baghdad] and Abdullah Aga [‘Abdullāh Āghā], Governor of Merdin [Mardin]The relations of the Government of Bagdad with Persia [Iran] and the Wa-ha-by [Wahhābī movement], in particular relating to an attack on Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wa-ha-by. Includes an extract in French from a 1796 report by the Pashaw to the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] concerning the feasibility of military action against the movementThe state of affairs in Bagdad and its dependencies, including: the defences of Bagdad, Bussora [Basra], and Hillah [Al Hillah]; plague; affairs in Coordistan [Kurdistan]; and the attitude of local tribes towards the Government of Bagdad and the Wa-ha-by.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Internal politics
Governor of Baghdad - Geographic region:
- Bagdad
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378889.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378889.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/229
IOR/L/PS/9/76/229