Abstract: A letter in Farsi to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] concerning Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora [Basra].The letter was copied on behalf of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 3 August 1801.The letter concerns a dispute between Jones and the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], admonishing Jones for some aspects of his conduct but agreeing with Jones’s speculation that the dispute was provoked by French agents. Elgin also stresses the need for the Bagdad Residency's privileges to be established in law.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, sent from Bagdad and dated 29 December 1801.In response to Jones’s letter of 25 December (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/209), Short agrees to inform any member of the Government of Bagdad requesting medical treatment that such requests must be made via Jones.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: English and Farsi copies of a note from Suleiman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], received by Jones on 20 October 1801.The Pashaw dismisses accusations against Jones (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/163) as groundless and affirms renewed trust in and esteem for Jones.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Coote [Kut] and dated 4 November 1801.The letter concerns Manesty’s meeting with Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], in Coote and the note of apology received by Jones from the Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/192).This letter was enclosed in Manesty’s letter to David Scott, Chairman of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 11 November 1801 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/203).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 14 May 1803.The letter forwards extracts of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Manesty and Marquess Wellesley, dated 2 May 1803. Jones answers Manesty’s criticism of his conduct in the affair of the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Maruqess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 31 May 1803.The letter concerns a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] arising from the detention in Bussora of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). In particular Manesty criticises the conduct of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], during the dispute.Included in the letter are:Correspondence between Manesty and Harford Jones dated 15-24 May 1803A translation of a letter from the Bacha to Jones concerning the incident in Bussora, received on 13 May 1803. A Farsi version is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/317.A translation of a letter from Jones to the Bacha dated 14 May 1803. A Farsi version is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/311.A ‘form of a letter’ demonstrating what Manesty believes Jones should have written to the Bacha.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Maruqess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 3 September 1803.The letter concerns a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] airising from the detention in Bussora of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299). Manesty defends his handling of the affair and criticises the conduct of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad] during the dispute.Included in the letter are copies of:Correspondence between Manesty and Jones dated 17-30 August 1803Letters from Jones to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, dated 17 August 1803, forwarding letters from the Bacha and the Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/313-315).Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 28 July 1803.The letter describes a political crisis in Bussora resulting from the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor, Captain John White. This incident leads to the intervention of the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad]; the arrest of Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], the Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora; threats from Manesty to remove the Bussora Residency to India if the woman is not released; and a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha.Included in the letter are:A translation of the Bacha’s orders to the Mussaleem, received 12 June 1803Translations of Manesty’s correspondence with the Bacha and the temporary Governor of Bussora in June 1803Copies of Manesty’s correspondence, dated 10 June-3 July 1803, with Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, who disapproves of Manesty’s handling of the affair, and correspondence between Jones and the Bacha dated 29 June-21 July 1803Translations of petitions from inhabitants of Bussora complaining against Manesty, in particular regarding the case of the Egyptian womanTranslations of two representations from the Cathee [Qāḍī, Magistrate] of Bussora to the Bacha concerning the Egyptian womanA letter from Manesty to William Drummond, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, on the affair, dated 21 July 1803.Arabic and Farsi versions of some of this correspondence are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/300-310.Physical description: 1 item (32 folios)
Abstract: A letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 15 May 1803.The letter concerns an incident in Bussora arising from the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).Included in the letter are:An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, dated 5 May 1803, with an accompanying paper describing Jones’s actions in Bagdat on learning of the affairA letter from Captain John White, the British sailor involved in the affair, to Samuel Manesty, sent from Bussora and dated 15 May 1803. White describes how he met the woman in Egypt.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Coote [Kut] and dated 4 November 1801.The letter forwards correspondence relating to the note of apology received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from the Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/192).This letter was enclosed in Manesty’s letter to David Scott, Chairman of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 11 November 1801 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/203).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, to David Scott, Chairman of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], sent from Coote [Kut] and dated 11 November 1801.The letter concerns Manesty’s meeting with Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], in Coote and the note of apology received by Jones from the Bacha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/192), forwarding related correspondence (IOR/L/PS/9/76/199-202).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)