Correspondence of Harford Jones

Title:

Correspondence of Harford Jones

Date:

1781/1805

Description:

Abstract: This item contains:1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhābī movement] and the possibility of a Persian [Iranian] expedition against the Wahabys via Bagdad. Jones offers to liaise with Persian representatives on the issue.2. A translation of a letter from Harford Jones to Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] dated 12 July 1802. Jones advises against a Persian campaign against the Wahaby via Bagdad in light of logistical difficulties and the threat from Russia in the Caucasus, instead suggesting a route via Bahrein [Bahrain].3. A translation of a letter from Harford Jones to Meerza Reza Kooli [Mīrzā Rezā Qulī Navā’ī Munshī al-Mamālik, Principal Secretary to the Shah of Persia], repeating the above argument regarding the proposed campaign against the Wahaby4. A translation of a letter from an informant of Harford Jones ‘employed to the Northward’, dated 4 June 1802. The informant reports Russian movements in the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea and developments in Khorassan [Khorasan].Duplicates of these documents are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/248.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Letter

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Desecration of shrines
Military campaigns
Governor of Baghdad

Geographic region:

Kerbela

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100109378921.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378921.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/256
IOR/L/PS/9/76/256

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