Letter No. 2891 of 1865 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bombay
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Letter enclosing a copy of letter No. 940 from the Government of India containing instructions with regards to Maskat [Muscat] and a telegram from Sir Charles Wood, the Secretary of State for India. The letter from the Government confirms the possibility of supplying arms and munitions for the...
Letter No. 1011 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter enclosing a copy of letter No. 314 which is to be forwarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly: Letter No. 314 from William Muir, Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 24 March 1866 regarding Lewis Pelly's orders to travel to Maskat [Mus...
Letter No. 34 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding the placing of gun-boats at the disposal of the Resident for the protection of the telegraph stations; the detachment of 30 marines protecting the telegraph station at Masendum [Musandam] which had been quartered on a boat so as to maintain the agreement regarding no troops bein...
Letter No. 42 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter submitting translations of letters from the Wahabee Ameer [Wahhabi Amir] and reporting on his meeting with the Ameer's envoy during which they authorised Pelly to act as medium in their pursuit of friendship with the British Government and gave assurances that they would not attack Britis...
Letter No. 48 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter enclosing a written declaration of peace, given to Pelly by the Wahabee [Wahhabi] envoy and confirming that the Wahabees were agreeable to the conditions of the British Government. Enclosed letter from Lewis Pelly, to Abdellah bin Faysal [Abdullah ibn Faisal], Ameer [Amir] of the Wahabee...
Letter No. 50 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter enclosing a draft of a letter for Maskat [Muscat] which will be delivered by Mr Rozario who will be tasked, whilst in Maskat, to ascertain who the de-facto government is in order to correspond on commercial matters and on British commercial interests and property there. The letter goes ...
Letter No. 1232 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Letter forwarding two letters from the Government of India, Nos. 346 and 361, regarding the reply to be given to the Maskat [Muscat] envoys and the attitude to be adopted towards Sayed Salem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] and to seek out a suitable person to send to Maskat. Letter No. 346 from John Wil...
Letter No. 96 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla
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Letter forwarding Lewis Pelly's draft reply to the Muskat [Muscat] envoys for approval and clarifying Colonel Disbrowe's position in holding a consular commission as well as his poor state of health which has prevented him returning to Muskat and proposing that a Native Agent posted to Muskat wo...
Letter No. 43 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding 'speciments of complaint' being received by Lewis Pelly and requesting advice on how to handle these under the Government of India's current orders not to interfere and requesting a resolution on how to conduct matters when Naval ships are under orders to depart the Gulf on spec...
Letter No. 55 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding the resumption of trade and the relative quiet in the Persian Gulf. The letter highlights the changes in the region since 1846, focusing particularly on the increase in trade, the shift in duties of the resident to primarily focus on the Arab coast, arbitration of the maritime t...