Letters from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones and the Chairman of the Court of Directors
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones and the Chairman of the Court of Directors
- Date:
- 1781/1805
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated November 1804. The letter reports Manesty’s return to Bussora and discusses the transit of mail, forwarding various correspondence. Manesty states that he has not forwarded any dispatches to India due to the presence of the French privateer La Fortunein the Persian Gulph [Gulf] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/355 and 363-364).2. A letter from Samuel Manesty to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from a camp near Bagdat and dated 13 October 1804. Manesty forwards a report (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/369) on the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813] and speculates on the threat to the rule of the King [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia].Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
Communication
Shāh of Persia - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109379056.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109379056.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/368
IOR/L/PS/9/76/368