'Extract of a letter from John Hine Esq dated at Bagdad 20th April 1807, to Sir Harford Jones'
IOR/G/29/32, ff 527-528
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 20 Apr 1807. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Extract of a letter from John Hine, Acting Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], to Sir Harford Jones, late Resident at Bagdad. The extract mentions: rumours that Jones has been captured by the French on his way back to England; an incident in Constantinople [Istanbul] involving someone called 'Secunder', described as a successor of Suliman Bacha [probably Sulayman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. the Great of Baghdad] who is keen to cultivate a friendship with the British; and a report that Abdullah Pacha [Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Azm], Governor of Damascus, was turned back on his pilgrimage [to Mecca] by Saoud [Saud bin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud].
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- 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.
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- IOR/G/29/32, ff 527-528
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- 20 Apr 1807 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/G/29/32, ff 527-528
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- 'Extract of a letter from John Hine Esq dated at Bagdad 20th April 1807, to Sir Harford Jones'
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- 527r:528v
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