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11. 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

12. 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

13. Mss Eur F126/48-54

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/48-54
Title:
Reports, Treaties and Papers relating to the Persian Gulf Written or Compiled by Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
The series comprises reports, treaties and other papers relating to Lewis Pelly's time in the Persian Gulf and covers proposed extensions to the telegraph network through Persia and Muscat; trade in and around the Persian Gulf; and compiled knowledge of the local tribes in the area. The papers ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1863-1872
Extent:

7 files (129 folios)

14. Mss Eur F126/50

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/50
Title:
Reports by Haji Ahmed, the Residency munshi and others on trade, travel and history of the Gulf Region
Scope & Content:
The file contains two reports in Arabic and English by Hajee Ahmed [Haji Ahmed], the Residency Arabic Moonshee [Munshi] on trade in the Gulf Region and a journey he undertook from Bushire to Felahieh via Busreh [Basra], Koweit [Kuwait] and Mahomerah [Khorramshahr]. Also contained in the file a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1863-1872
Extent:

1 file, 4 items (38 folios)

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Mss Eur F126/50, ff 33-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 33-38
Title:
'Memorandum - from Ebrahim ben Rujeb: What I know about Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum written in Arabic by Ebrahim ben Rujeb [Ibrahim bin Rajab] and translated into English 17 February 1872 detailing what he knows of the history of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The dates in the history are given using the Hijri calendar and have been given in this description, with the Gregorian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1872
Extent:
6 folios

19. Mss Eur F126/51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/51
Title:
Articles of Agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and representatives of the British Government on the proposed extension of the telegraph line from Persia
Scope & Content:
Seven articles, written in English and Arabic, laying out the terms and conditions of the agreement between the British Government and the state of Muskat [Muscat] regarding the laying of 'one or more telegraph lines within the territories appertaining to the state of Muskat'. The agreement was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1864
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

20. Mss Eur F126/56, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 2
Title:
Letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Resident Persian Gulf to Amir Faysul ibn Torky aul Saood [Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud], Riyath [Riyadh]
Scope & Content:
Letter written in English and translated into Arabic regarding Pelly's expectation that on arriving in Koweit [Kuwait] he would be greeted by Amir Faysul [Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud] and his disappointment on finding that he was not there. The letter goes on to request either a reply to thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 folio