Letters from Informants to Harford Jones
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters from Informants to Harford Jones
- Date:
- 1802/1802
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains translations of two letters:1. A letter from Mohammed Reza Khan [Muḥammad Rezā Khān], Persian representative in Kerbela [Karbala], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 14 August 1802. Mohammed Reza Khan reports that he is returning to Kerbela and forwards news from the campaign of the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] in Khorasan.2. A letter from an informant of Harford Jones, sent from Erezeroum [Erzurum] and dated 7 August 1802. The letter concerns affairs in the Caucasus, including Russian troop movements and conflict between Erivan [Yerevan] and Kars.These translations were originally enclosed in the letter from Jones to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, dated 23 September 1802 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/276).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military intelligence
- Geographic region:
- Caucasus
Russian Empire - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378942.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378942.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/274
IOR/L/PS/9/76/274