Letters between Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters between Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones
- Date:
- 1804/1804
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains copies of ten letters between Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad, also written as Bagdad in the letter], dated 23 September-14 October 1804.The correspondence covers:An alleged threat to Coja Mookiel ibn Minas [Khawājah Mikaeil bin Minas], East India Company Linguist in Bagdat, from the Kia [Deputy Governor] of Bagdat, which causes Jones to leave the cityA dispute between Jones and Coja Johannes Rafail Babick [Khawājah Hovhannes Rafael Babik, Armenian merchant in Trieste] arising from the commission charged by Jones to execute the estate of Babick’s late brother, Coja Stephen Rafail Babik [Khawājah Stepan Rafael Babik, Armenian merchant in Baghdad]A meeting between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad]Reconciliation between Manesty and the Bacha after a dispute the previous year arising from the detention in Bussora of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299)Manesty’s allegations that Jones attempted to turn the Bacha against him during his approach to Bagdat from Persia [Iran] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/353), leading to an expression of total loss of trust in Jones.Duplicates of some of this correspondence are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/357 and 359.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political conflicts
Legal disputes
Governor of Baghdad - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109379054.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109379054.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/366
IOR/L/PS/9/76/366