Author
an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company.
Publication Date
1 Jul 1798-8 Nov 1802 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
eng,fas,fra,ita,lat
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
611
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/G/29/27
Record ID
vdc_100000001251.0x000378
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
1 Jul 1798-8 Nov 1802 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers relative to the early years of the Bagdad [Baghdad]
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
. The majority of the volume consists of letters from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the
Board of Control
Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company.
, with enclosures. The volume also includes précis of these letters, with an index, and other miscellaneous but related papers.
The volume covers a wide range of subjects connected to political events in Europe, Persia [Iran], the Arabian Peninsula, and Central and South Asia.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The first section, letters from Jones to Dundas, is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the back. The second section, the enclosures and what is referred to as the appendix, is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the back. It begins with a list (folios 154-158) of appendices, each constituting a letter or similar document and given a number from 1 to 217. The third section, the précis, is arranged in approximate chronological order. The index is arranged alphabetically and refers to the page numbers of the précis.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Persia 23
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Letter from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control
1024 images
Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514
'Precis of Letters from Mr Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad'
76 images
Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 515-552
'Index to the Precis of Letters from Mr Harford Jones'
62 images
Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 553-583
'Proposed instructions to Harford Jones Esq'
12 images
Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 584-587
'Remarks by Mr Harford Jones on Col Malcolm's letter to the Governor-General relative to the commerce of the Gulph of Persia'
32 images
Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 588-603
Précis of letters received from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad
8 images
Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 604-607
Précis of letters received from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad
6 images
Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 608-610
