Abstract: Translation of a letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Sir Harford Jones, received on 14 May 1810. The letter concerns the breaking off of armistice negotiations between Russia and Persia over the issue of the Turkish [Ottoman] frontier, and reports of peace negotiations between Turkey and Russia mediated by Napoleon Bonaparte. The letter also urges Jones to continue his work in Persia in the interest of maintaining relations between England [Britain] and Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter of 2 June 1810, and was on received 4 October 1810.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Askar Khan, Persian Ambassador to France, to the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], received at Tauris [Tabriz] on 17 April 1810. The letter contains representations concerning Franco-Persian relations, including:The French willingness to retain Askar Khan in Paris to maintain the appearance of Franco-Persian friendshipThe departure of the mission of General Gardanne [Gardane] from PersiaThe appointment of a Persian ambassador to EnglandAccounts of Askar Khan's conversations with the Foreign Minister of France, Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny, and the Emperor of France.The letter also contains details regarding the ongoing conflict in Europe, including an account of the Battle of Wagram, the dispatch of French peace proposals to England, and the movement of French soldiers and artillery to Spain.The letter was enclosed in HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones's letter of 23 May 1810, which was received on 4 October 1810.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A translated copy of a letter from Askar Khan [‘Askar Khān Afshār], Persian Ambassador to France, to Meerza Sheffea [Mīrzā Muḥammad Shafī' Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran], undated. The letter concerns: Askar Khan’s arrival and reception in Paris; the French reaction to the arrival of a British Envoy [Sir Harford Jones] in Tehran and the conclusion of a peace treaty between Britain and the Porte [Ottoman Empire]; negotiations between France and Russia concerning the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813); and Askar Khan’s opinion of the Emperor of France [Napoleon I].The letter was enclosed in Sir Harford Jones’s letter No. 14 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Baghdad, to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bagdad [Baghdad] and dated 29 November 1798 and 2 December 1798.Jones forwards two letters with information from French-occupied Egypt:1. A translation of a letter from Taleb Aga [Āghā], a resident of Acca [Acre], to Saleh Kiumchee [?], a Damascus merchant. The letter forwards reports regarding the French campaign in Egypt, including:Reports that English ships off Alexandria have intercepted French dispatches to the Directory, describing illness among the French troops in Egypt and attacks by ‘Arabs’ [tribes] and asking for supportReports that the inhabitants of Cairo have risen up against the French occupation forces, killed a large number including General Napoleon Bonaparte, and driven them out of the city where the Kia [deputy] of Beikir Pashaw [Abū Bakr Pāshā or Ebubekir Paşa, Ottoman Governor of Egypt] has now taken control of the castle [Citadel].The arrival of Turkish reinforcements in Acca from Constantinople [Istanbul].2. A translation of a letter from the Diwan Effendisi (Secretary) of the Pashaw [Sulaymān Pāshā Āl Kabīr, Governor of Baghdad] to Jones, received 2 December 1798. The letter forwards reports received from Egypt via Damascus that, following the imposition of a poll tax, the inhabitants of Cairo have risen up against the French occupation forces, killed a large number including General Bonaparte, and driven them out of the city, where the Kia of Bekir Pashaw has taken control.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A translated extract of a letter from Coja Reuben ibn Saleh [Khāwja Rūbīn bin Ṣāliḥ] to Coja Abdullah ibn Eussof [Khāwja ‘Abdullāh bin Yūsuf] in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 20 November 1798.The letter forwards news from Cairo received in Constantinople. It reports that, following unrest after the imposition of a poll tax, General Napoleon Bonaparte was attacked by a man from Barbary [North Africa], that a large number of French occupation forces were killed by the inhabitants of Cairo while the rest have retreated from the city, and that the Kia [deputy] of Beikir Pashaw [Abū Bakr Pāshā or Ebubekir Paşa, Ottoman Governor of Egypt] has taken control of a fortress in Cairo.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)