Abstract: Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 19 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 9 May 1860. The Enclosure is dated 14 March 1860. Received 13 June 1860.The Enclosure contains a despatch from James McAdam Hyslop, Officiating Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, to HBM's Ambassador at Constantinople. The despatch communicates news of the appointment of Mustaffa Noorie Pasha [Mustafa Nuri Pasha] as Governor General of Baghdad.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of thirteen letters to or from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]:1. A letter from Brigadier-General George Koehler to Harford Jones, sent from the headquarters of the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pasha, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān] at Jaffa and dated 2 August 1800. The letter covers issues relating to the Napoleonic Wars, including support from the Pacha of Bagdad [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] for the Vizier’s campaign; developments in Europe including the capture of Malta by British and Allied forces; planned operations against the French occupation forces in Egypt; and the state of affairs in Egypt.2. A letter from Harford Jones to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 6 October 1800. The letter reports an attack on the cossid [messenger] carrying Malcolm’s dispatches at Kerman Shah [Kermanshah] and forwards various correspondence. Jones also reports that the Acts of Union between Britain and Ireland have received Royal Assent.3. A letter from Harford Jones to Captain John Malcolm, sent from Bagdad and dated 24 October 1800. The letter forwards various correspondence, including news of the capture of Malta, and discusses arrangements for paying the expenses of Malcolm’s mission.4. A copy of a letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 28 September 1800. The letter addresses concerns raised by the Pacha of Bagdad concerning rumours of the dispatch of a British force to Bussora [Basra].5. A copy of a letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople and dated 27 September 1800. The letter describes the capture of Malta by British and Allied forces, and reports developments in the Napoleonic Wars in Germany and Denmark.6. A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm to Harford Jones, sent from a camp near Isfahaun [Esfahan] and dated 27 September 1800. The letter reports the progress of Malcolm’s mission in Persia.7. A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, sent from HMS
Leopardat Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 12 July 1800. The letter reports moves by the Sheriffe [Sharīf] of Mecca to assert his independence from the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire]. Blankett states that there is no likelihood of receiving support from the Sheriffe in the campaign against the French occupation forces in Egypt.8. A letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 1 August 1800. The letter reports that the Governor of Bombay will mediate in the dispute between the Pashaw of Bagdad [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā] and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa’īd]. It also states that supplies and a detachment of guards have been dispatched from Bombay to the Bagdad Residency and that Jones is free either to leave or remain in Bagdad in response to the plague outbreak.9. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, to Harford Jones, sent from Bussora and dated 6 September 1800. The letter concerns rumours of the dispatch of a British force to Bussora. Manesty reports that he conceived this idea as a means of supporting the campaign against the French occupation forces in Egypt and discussed the idea with the Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora.10. A letter from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty, sent from Bagdad and dated 28 September 1800. Jones reports that he has passed on Manesty’s explanation to the Pashaw of Bagdad.11. A letter from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, to Harford Jones, sent from Aleppo and dated August 1800. The letter concerns George Anastasio, a Hungarian traveller who has arrived in Aleppo and is travelling towards India via Bagdad and Bussora.12. A letter from John Barker to Harford Jones, sent from Aleppo and dated 24 September 1800. The letter reports that General Jacques-François Menou, commanding officer of the French occupation forces in Egypt, is planning an attack on Ottoman Syria. Barker expects Syria to be overrun, expressing a lack of faith in the Ottoman army at Jaffa and describing a split in the Ottoman ranks caused by Gezzar Pasha [Aḥmad Pāshā al-Jazzār, Governor of Sidon].13. A letter from Harford Jones to Henry Fawcett, Accountant-General and Civil Auditor of the Government of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 30 September 1800. The letter concerns advances of money lent by Jones to the East India Company.Attached are tables displaying account disbursements for July and August 1800 and the Company’s cash account with Jones.Physical description: 1 item (16 folios)
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)
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 informfant 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/9/76/256.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 19 April 1802. Jones reports news from Bagdad including: the departure of the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from the city following rumours of a plague outbreak; the departure of the Minister [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Chief Minister of Baghdad], reportedly on a campaign against the Wa ha by [Wahhābī movement]; the Pashaw’s health; and a proposed visit to Bagdad from the Grand Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sulṭān]. Jones also forwards reports from Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan, including the march of Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to Azabaijan [Azerbaijan].2. A letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, sent from Constantinople and dated 30 March 1802. The letter concerns the transit of mail and forwards correspondence. Tooke also states that he has heard rumours of the death of the Pashaw of Bagdad and commotion in the city, and enquires after Jones’s security.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters:1. A letter from J A Grant, Sub-Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 17 October 1801. Grant reports that Jones’s letters to the Governor of Bombay concerning his dispute with the Bashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] have been received and forwarded to the Governor-General of Bengal. The letter states that the Governor of Bombay declines to comment on the dispute at present.Attached is a letter from Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, to Harford Jones. Duncan states that he has forwarded Jones’s correspondence concerning his dispute with the Bashaw to the Governor-General of Bengal and declines to comment on the dispute at present.2. A copy of a letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 December 1801. The letter congratulates Elgin on the preliminary peace treaty between Britain and France [Treaty of London 1801] and thanks him for communicating the news.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 12 July 1824.The letter concerns issues in Persia’s relations with Turkey [Ottoman Empire], including:Internal conflict among the Baban family in Soolimaneeah [Sulaymānīyah] which led to an intervention by Persian troopsThe relations of Daood [Dāwūd] Pasha, Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], with the Persian CourtThe troubled state of the frontier around Van and Salmas.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: An extract from the records of the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, consisting of a minute written by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 13 February 1802.The minute concerns plague in Bagdad, describing the public punishment by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], with Jones’s encouragement, of a person spreading alarm about the plague, followed some days later by the Pashaw’s announcement that he intends to leave Bagdad. Jones describes his attempts to persuade the Pashaw not to leave the city, culminating in Jones threatening to stop British ships from coming to Bussora [Basra].The extract was enclosed in Jones’s letter to Charles Mills, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 19 February 1802 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/218).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of Dispatch No. 15 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 20 May 1819. Matters relating to relations between Persia and the Ottoman Empire are discussed, including:The refusal of the Pacha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad] to pay the annual tribute to Persia, and the dispatch of a Persian agent to Bagdad following rumours of the counterfeiting of Persian currency thereThe interference of the Prince of Kermanshah, Mahomed Ali Mirza [Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā Dawlatshāh], in events in Bagdad, where there is a dispute between the Pacha and a discontented chief, Mahomed Pacha [Maḥmūd Pāshā], detailed in a letter from the Prince to the Persian Foreign Minister, Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb, a translation of which is enclosed (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/197)The role of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia, ‘Abbās Mīrzā, in restoring the Pacha [Pasha] of Van to his position.The dispatch was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 21 May 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/195), which was received on 28 August 1819.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Baghdad and dated 28 March 1801. The letter reports Malcolm's arrival in Baghdad and reception by the Governor Solymaun Pasha [Sulaimān Pasha Al Kabīr] and the British Consul Sir Harford Jones, and Malcolm's onward plans.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, of 14 November 1810. The letter relates to the solicitations of the Governor of Kermanshah, Mohammed Ally Meerza [Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah], to annex the Pashalik of Bagdad [Baghdad] following the overthrow and murder of the Governor there. Jones communicates the good intentions of the Government of Persia towards the Ottomans, and recommends Abdullah Aga [Abdulla Agha], the Mussaleem [Mutasallim] of Bussora [Basra], for appointment as the new Governor of Bagdad.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 14 November 1810, which was received on 11 March 1811.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to the Resident for the Honourable East India Company at Bagdad [Baghdad], Claudius James Rich, of 3 November 1810. The letter concerns an incident in which solicitations were made at Bagdad to the Persian Governor of Kermanshah, by an unnamed party, for assistance in opposing the rule of the Ottoman Emperor. Jones admonishes Rich for not keeping him informed of the situation, and directs him to communicate an enclosed copy of a firman (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/85) to the Government of Bagdad concerning the matter.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 3 November 1810, which was received on 17 March 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)