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1. Mss Eur F126/45, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, f 7
Title:
Letter from Hajee [Haji] Ahmed, Bushire to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his thirty-four years of service to the British Government and his petition for a pension as he is no longer able to carry out his duties.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 folio

2. Mss Eur F126/45, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, f 8
Title:
Letter from Hajee [Haji] Ahmed, Bushire to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding recent murders in Muscat and the methods that the 'Arabs' guilty of committing them have for obtaining protection from prosecution.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 folio

3. Mss Eur F126/46, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, f 16
Title:
Letter from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic from Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in mid-1862 and Thuwaini bin Said was killed in February 1866.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1863?-1865?
Extent:
1 folio

4. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3
Title:
Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with English translation, from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] to Ameer Abdullah [Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]. The letter discusses Ameer Abdullah's ownership of the Arab coastline of the Persian Gulf, and stating that Guttur [Qatar] does not belong to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
?1870
Extent:
3 folios

5. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with English translation, from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lewis Pelly, dated 19 Ramadhan 1287 (13 December 1870) and received by Pelly at Bushire 19 December 1870. Letter regarding the Ghobaysat [Qubaisat] trib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Ram 1287
Extent:
2 folios

6. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with English translation, sent 28 Ramadan 1281 (25 February 1865) and received at the Bushire Residency 20 Mar 1865. Letter reporting that the Chief of Jaalan [Ja'alan] had paid a visit to Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisal bin Turki al Saud] and that he had returned accompanied by a Wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Ram 1281
Extent:
2 folios

7. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15
Title:
Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with envelope, to Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely from Lewis Pelly, as folio 16 contains a letter to Pelly from His Highness. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1863?-1865?
Extent:
2 folios

8. Mss Eur F126/50, ff 1-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 1-12
Title:
'Hajee Ahmed, Residency Arabic Moonshee's, Statement of Trade carried on at Koweit, Busreh, Mahomereh, Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein, Bunder-Abbass and Lingeh. The goods exported and imported and the duties levied on them.'
Scope & Content:
Detailed statements by Hajee Ahmed [Haji Ahmed], in Arabic and English, of trade carried out in the towns of Koweit [Kuwait], Busreh [Basra], Mahomereh [Khorramshahr], Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein [Bahrain], Bunder-Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Lingeh [Lengeh]; the goods exported and imported; and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
12 folios

9. Mss Eur F126/50, ff 13-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 13-28
Title:
Hajee Ahmed Residency Arabic Moonshee's Journal during his travels from Bushire to Busreh, Koweit, Mahomereh, Felahieh and back
Scope & Content:
Journal, in Arabic and English, recording Hajee Ahmed's [Haji Ahmed] travels from Bushire to Busreh [Basra], Koweit [Kuwait], Mahomereh [Khorramshahr], Felahieh and back. The journal contains daily entries from 24 February 1863 to 21 March 1863 (also given as Hijri dates 6 Ramazan 1279 to 1 Sher...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1863-21 Mar 1863
Extent:
16 folios

10. Mss Eur F126/50, ff 29-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 29-32
Title:
Memo: by Abol Cassim Moonshee concerning the district of Guttur [Qatar]
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, in Arabic and English, written by Abol Cassim, Residency Moonshee [Munshi] detailing the recent history of Guttur [Qatar] from 1218 Hijri (c.1803). The history includes details of the principal settlements of Al Bida'a [Doha], Al Wakrah and Al Zabarah, the tribes that occupied them ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 May 1872
Extent:
4 folios

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