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13. Report of Sir Harford Jones to Lord Howick on Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: A copy of a paper on Persian [Iranian] affairs by Sir Harford Jones, former Resident in Baghdad, sent to Lord Howick, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and dated 7 January 1807. The paper covers British relations with Persia since the defeat of Tippoo Saheb [Tipu Sultan of Mysore] in 1799 and the threat posed by the growing French influence in the country, advocating the mediation of a peace between Persia and Russia and the appointment of a Crown envoy for this purpose.Annexed to the paper are:Translated copies of Jones’s correspondence in his capacity as Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], dated between 10 August and 11 May 1806, concerning the Russo-Persian War, French overtures to Persia, and the Persian Government’s tilt towards France following Britain’s failure to provide support against RussiaA letter from Jones to John Hine, provisional Resident at Bagdad, dated January 1807, asking Hine to write to Persian Ministers expressing Britain’s continued interest in the welfare of Persia and commitment to its engagements.Physical description: 1 item (21 folios)
14. Letters from Baron Minto to Harford Jones
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- Abstract: Copies of three letters from Baron Minto, HM Envoy Extraordinary to Austria, to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Vienna and dated 3 October-27 October 1800.The letters concern developments in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, in particular planned peace negotiations in Lunéville and the abandonment of proposed negotiations for a Maritime Truce.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
15. Letters from Samuel Briggs and Lord Elgin
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- Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Samuel Briggs, Proconsul and Agent of the Levant Company in Alexandria, to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Alexandria and dated 19 October 1802. The letter reports: the departure of Lord Cavan from Egypt and the assumption of command of British forces by Major-General John Stuart; the arrival of French ships and the French envoy Horace Sébastiani; general calm in Alexandria; and the improbability of British occupation forces leaving Alexandria in the winter.2. A letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 10 November 1802. Elgin reports that the French envoy Horace Sébastiani has arrived in Alexandria and is heading for Aleppo, and asks Jones to monitor Sébastiani’s movements. The letter also reports the appointment of a French commercial resident in Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
16. Letters from Samuel Manesty to Charles Keys and Lord Wellesley
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- Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Captain Charles Keys, Commander of the ship Antelope, sent from Bussora and dated 15 November 1803.The letter contains instructions for transporting dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] concerning the renewal of war between Britain and France. Manesty instructs Captain Keys to travel to Ras il Khima [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and seek information from Sheik Sultan ibn Suggir [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr al-Qāsimī] regarding the presence of French ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. There follow different sets of instructions for conveying the dispatches to India depending on the presence of French ships.2. A letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 15 November 1803.The letter concerns the transit of mail to India via the Persian Gulph and the movements of French ships in the region.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
17. Letters from William Bruce to Jonathan Duncan
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- Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters:1. Part of a letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr] to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the French privateer La Fortuneand his subsequent actions. The first part of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/363.2. A letter from Bruce to Duncan, sent from Bushire and dated 20 October 1804. The letter describes efforts by crew members of the ship Fly, captured by the La Fortune, to recover mail seized during the attack and proceed to India.3. A letter from Bruce to Duncan, sent from Bushire and dated 21 October 1804. Bruce reports that he has chartered a dow [dhow] to carry the crew of the Flyto India, and reports the movements of the La Fortune.Duplicates of these letters can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/355.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
18. Letters from William Bruce to Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Duncan
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- Abstract: This item contains copies of five letters:1. A letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports the presence of the French privateer La Fortuneoff Bushire and its attacks on British ships, asking Manesty to prevent vessels from leaving Bussora until the coast is clear.2. A letter from Bruce to Manesty, sent from Bushire and dated 23 October 1804. Bruce reports the movements of the La Fortuneand forwards letters to the Governor of Bombay, enclosed, along with other correspondence. The letter also reports news from the war with Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813].3. A letter from Bruce to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the La Fortuneand his subsequent actions.4. A letter from Bruce to Duncan, sent from Bushire and dated 20 October 1804. The letter describes efforts by crew members of the ship Fly, captured by the La Fortune, to recover mail seized during the attack and proceed to India.5. A letter from Bruce to Duncan, sent from Bushire and dated 21 October 1804. Bruce reports that he has chartered a dow [dhow] to carry the crew of the Flyto India, and reports the movements of the La Fortune.Duplicates of these letters are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/363 and 364.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
19. Letters from William Bruce to Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Duncan
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- Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters:1. A letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports the presence of the French privateer La Fortuneoff Bushire and attacks on British ships, and asks Manesty to prevent vessels from Bussora from leaving Bussora until the coast is clear.2. A letter from Bruce to Manesty, sent from Bushire and dated 23 October 1804. Bruce reports the movements of the La Fortuneand forwards letters to the Governor of Bombay along with other correspondence. The letter also reports news from the war with Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1804-1813].3. Part of a letter from Bruce to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the La Fortuneand his subsequent actions. The continuation of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/364.Duplicates of these letters can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/355.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
20. Letters and Enclosures on Persia to the Secret Department, 1809-1810
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- Abstract: This volume comprises a single packet addressed to the Secret Department, containing transcripts and supplementary duplicate copies of secret letters, excerpts of intelligence reports, itineraries, travel accounts, translated diplomatic letters, treaties, royal edicts or firmaun [farmān], and transcripts in original languages (especially French). The papers are divided into approximately thirty sections (without formal division), relating to diplomatic, political, military, and commercial transactions principally with Qajar Persia [Iran], as well as Bagdad [Baghdad], the Sublime Porte or Constantinople [Istanbul], Russia, the [British] Supreme Government of India, the East India Company [EIC] in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and England. Contents range in date from 17 February 1809 to 12 March 1810, and were received from the ship, HMS Rattlesnake, 12 March 1810. Appended at the opening of the volume is an abstract of contents (folios 5-14) arranged according to theme, not chronologically, with a brief note on the preceding flyleaf (folio 4) arranging broad subject headings in alphabetic order. This volume is of particular interest for material relating to British competition with the French and Russians in Qajar Persia, during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. Papers focus primarily on the repercussions of the diplomatic controversy over the mission of Sir Harford Jones Baronet, representing the British Crown, to the Persian Court. Subjects include Jones’s journey from Bushire [Bushehr] to Tehraun [Tehran]; arrival and ceremonial presentation of the British royal letter to the King [Shāh] of Persia; expulsion of the French legation from the Persian Court; interception of a French packet of correspondence; advice to the Persians to prolong war with Russia; British arms and artificers promised to Persia; conclusion of a treaty of alliance with Persia; EIC objections; disavowal of Jones’s mission by the Governor-General, Calcutta; orders for the mission’s annulment and withdrawal; letter of the Governor-General to the King of Persia on the subject of the disavowal of Jones’s mission; EIC orders its own mission under General Malcolm to the Persian Court; Persian anxieties over Malcolm’s mission; Jones’s intention to remain at the Persian Court; report on Jones’s offer of a ‘bribe’ to be detained; the King of Persia declines permission for Jones’s withdraw; Jones accused of misconduct, his defence; dispatch of the Persian envoy to England; the Russians favour Jones.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 362; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume contains several earlier foliation sequences.
21. Letters and Enclosures on Persia received from Bassora, 1799-1811
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- Abstract: Originals and duplicates of correspondence, comprising secret letters, excerpts of reports, schedules, translated letters and transcripts in original languages (Ottoman Turkish and French), in 331 enclosures received from Bassora [Basra, Iraq] and addressed to the Secret Department. Papers relate to diplomatic, political, military, and commercial transactions principally with Qajar Persia [Iran], and affairs in what is now present-day Iraq, as well as Syria, Egypt, Arabia, the Sublime Porte or Constantinople [Istanbul], Oman, Russia, Afghanistan, independent states of India, and the East India Company [EIC], dating between 1799-1804 and 1809-1811. This volume is of particular interest for material relating to the Napoleonic Wars and French actions across the eastern Mediterranean, West Asia and India. Other matters covered in the volume include the report of a plot to expel the British from India; insults to the British in Bassora; repercussions of the dispute between Sir Harford Jones and Brigadier-General John Malcolm as representatives of the British Crown and the EIC respectively; dynastic revolution in Afghanistan; raids on British overland packet trains by Whahabee [Wahhābī] Arabs; schedules of postal traffic to and from India and Europe via Bassora; disputes between EIC officials in Constantinople and Bassora resulting in disciplinary action; the description of the garrison at Bombay [Mumbai]; the trade in weapons; textile trade; Armenian merchants; the British seizure of ‘Bania’ property; and the reported surrender of the Muscat Government to British officials. Correspondents include Samuel Manesty, Resident, Bassora; John Spencer Smith, His Britannic Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Porte; Peter Fooke, Agent for the Honorable United English East India Company at Constantinople; Charles Pasley, Political Agent, Persia; Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty’s Fleet.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 767; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an earlier foliation sequence.
22. Letter from Baron Minto to Peter Tooke
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- Abstract: This item contains copies of two documents:1. A letter from Baron Minto, HM Envoy Extraordinary to Austria, to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Vienna and dated 28 July 1801. The letter forwards an abstract of a treaty between Britain and Russia concluded by Lord St Helens in Petersburgh [Saint Petersburg] (not enclosed). Minto also voices suspicions that the Portuguese settlements in India have been ceded to France in the peace agreement between France, Portugal and Spain [Treaty of Badajoz].2. 'Notes', anonymous and undated (probably written by Harford Jones, Resident in Baghdad), concerning the activities of the French physician Outry and his suspected influence over the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad]. Another copy of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/195.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
23. Letter from HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones
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- Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Stratford Canning, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, of 22 August 1810. The letter relates to the return of the Persian Ambassador to France, Askar Khan [Askar Khan Afshar], to Persia, accompanied by a French envoy, Georges Outrey, who is reportedly ‘charged with a special mission to the Court of Persia’. Canning is writing to inform Jones and to assure him that he will do everything in his power to hinder Outrey’s journey. The letter also details events from the ongoing conflicts in Europe, including the French occupation of Holland [the Netherlands], the fighting in Spain, and the war between Russia and Turkey [Ottoman Empire].The letter was enclosed in Jones’s secret letter of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
24. Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopardat Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 30 June 1800.The letter introduces Lieutenant Richard Tanvarine, whom Blankett has sent to Bagdad with dispatches to be forwarded to the Ambassador in Constantinople [Istanbul]. The letter also describes the Sheriffe [Sharīf] of Mecca’s pivot towards the French occupation powers in Egypt and moves towards asserting his independence from the Porte [Ottoman Empire].A duplicate of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/133.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)