Letters between Harford Jones and Peter Tooke
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters between Harford Jones and Peter Tooke
- Date:
- 1781/1805
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters:1. An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 6 September 1802. Tooke forwards reports that Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] is the favoured candidate for appointment as Governor of Bagdad.2. A letter from Haford Jones to Peter Tooke, sent from Bagdad and dated 28 September 1802. Jones asks Tooke to take any opportunity to press Ally Pasha’s cause in Constantinople, and asks Tooke for information on how to procure money in Constantinople.3. A letter from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke, sent from Bagdad and dated 1 October 1802. The letter concerns arrangements for procuring money in Constantinople and stresses the importance of Ally Pasha’s appointment as Governor of Bagdad to secure public order.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Kings and rulers--Succession
Governor of Baghdad - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378935.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378935.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/268
IOR/L/PS/9/76/268