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Wellesley Papers No. 21
Catalogue reference: IOR/H/477
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IOR/H/477
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Wellesley Papers No. 21
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Date (When the record was created)
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1801
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(1) Jonathan Duncan. pp. 1, 15, 23-31, 145-7, 169, 181, 193-8, 209-10, 229-36, 329-31, 345-7, 363, to Marquis Wellesley 5th Aug. to 1st Sept. 1801, Afghan affairs, Behaviour of Mehdy Ali Khan and his complaints against the Shereef of Mecca, Egyptian Expedition, Muskat and the pirates in the Persian Gulf, Salary of Samuel Manisty, Bait pirates; pp. 303-4, to Col. Sir William Clarke 26th Aug. 1801; pp. 319-21, to John Taylor, commanding the Governor Duncan 8th Aug. 1801. (2) pp. 5-6, Nathan Crow (Judge and Magistrate of Surat) 28th July 1801, Reported defeat and capture of Zemaun Shah by Shah Mohamed near Ghazni. (3) pp. 19-21, 157-9, C. Stokes (Agent for the care and despatch of supplies) to Duncan 21st July 1801. (4) pp. 35-53, Gen. D. Baird to Duncan 28th June and 30th July 1801, with correspondence with Mehdy Ali Khan, Major-Gen. J. Hely Hutchinson and Col. John Murray. (5) Sir Home Popham. p. 55, to Duncan 19th July 1801; pp. 55-66, to Marquis Wellesley 11th May 1801, Behaviour of the Shereef of Mecca, with letters to the Shereef and Lord Elgin. (6) pp. 71-85, Correspondence between Mehdy Ali Khan, Gen. Baird and Sir Home Popham 10th June to 7th July 1801. (7) pp. 87-141, 153-5, 349-59, Col. John Murray (Political Commissioner in the Red Sea) to Duncan June to 11th July 1801 relative to supplies, &c. for the force in Egypt, Capture of Cairo, Medhy Ali Khan's troubles with the Shereef of Mecca, With correspondence with Capt. Thomas Hardie, Lieut.-Col. Romney, Gen. Baird, Admiral Blankett, Lieut. Gowan, Capt. Macredie, Mehdy Ali Khan, Sir Ralph Abercromby, Osmyn Bey, C. McIntosh (Agent for transports), W. Turnbull, W. Macdonald, A. Gibson, Frazer Sinclair, Capts. D. Mackenzie and Kidd, Richard Buck, Major-Gen. Hutchinson, Capt. Hardyman and Major Holloway. (8) pp. 149-50, Col. S. Auchmuty to Duncan 17th July 1801, Baird's passage of the Desert from Korseir. (9) pp. 161-5, Major-Gen. J. H. Hutchinson to Gen. Baird 5th July 1801, Position of the British in Egypt. (10) pp. 173-9, E. Moor (Garrison Store-keeper) to Robert Rickard 7th Aug. 1801, Relative to the mussucks supplied to the Force for Egypt. (11) pp. 185-91, Capt. David Seton (Resident at Muskat) to Duncan 26th July 1801, Attacks on English by Nasser bin Sudan and the Sweedees in the Persian Gulf and general confusion in that locality, Activity of the Wahabis. (12) p. 201, William Soper to Duncan 10th Aug. 1801. (13) pp. 205-6, Khaja Aratoon from A. Bushire to Duncan 11th April 1801; p. 213, Monnock Mulvo and Monnock Vagha to Duncan 5th June 1801; p. 217, J. Wilson (Persian Translator) to James Augustus Grant 20th Aug. 1801, with verbal statement of the Monnocks'Vakil, Poono Sumburyo, relative to Beyt piracy. (14) pp. 221-7, Mehdy Ali Khan to Duncan 10th Aug. 1801, Ill-treatment of himself and of certain English by the Vizir of Mecca, The Arabs plot his death. (15) pp. 239-44, 367, Samuel Manisty (Resident at Bussora) to Duncan 31st July and 3rd Aug. 1801. (16) Harford Jones (Resident at Baghdad). pp. 247-62, 281-8, to Duncan May and June 1801, with correspondence with Capt. William Campbell and Lieut. Charles Pasley, The Embassy to Persia; pp. 263-70, to Lord Elgin 7th June 1801; pp. 271-80, to Hugh Inglis 20th May 1801; pp. 280-6, to Henry Dundas 20th May 1801; pp. 288-90, to Marquis Wellesley 5th June 1801. (17) pp. 290-1, Private letter to Harford Jones, dated Ispahan 23rd April 1801. (18) pp. 291-9, Lord Minto to Harford Jones, Vienna, 20th April to 8th May 1801. (19) pp. 307-17, 325-6, Robert Rickard to Capt. David Seton 31st July and 13th Aug. 1801, Imaum of Muskat must cease protecting Sweedee and other pirates and employing French and Dutchmen, With Native letters regarding the capture of a botella, carrying English despatches, by the Sweedees off Cape Rosselghaut on 24th May, Also letters from Duncan to the Imaum and the Regent of Muskat. (20) pp. 333-41, Surgeon J. Pringle (Assistant to Col. J. Murray) to Duncan, Mocha, 15th Aug. 1801, With correspondence with the Imaum of Senna relative to supplies of Water, &c. to English ships. (21) p. 360, J. Humrus to Mehdy Ali Khan, n.d.
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Q/ISC/32
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English
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1 volume
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Unrestricted
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