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]
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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...
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
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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...
Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
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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...
'Translated purport of a letter from Abdullah ben Fysul [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud] Ruler of Nedjd [Najd] to Colonel Lewis Pelly Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Letter informing Pelly that he had replied to his letter immediately but that the messenger tasked with bringing the letter to Pelly from Kateef [al-Qatif] had experienced problems with his camels wearing out and had been delayed. The letter also informs Pelly of an exchange between the Captain...
'Translated purport of a letter from Khumees ibn Esau Seyhatee, an inhabitant of Bahrein [Bahrain] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Letter regarding an attack on one of his boats at sea between Kuteef [Al-Qatif] and Bahrein [Bahrain] in which the men on board the ship were murdered and the boat destroyed and accusing of Fysul [Faisal bin Turki bin Saud] of having been responsible for the actions as the sail from the boat was...
Personal and official letters to Lewis Pelly from colleagues and friends in India.
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Letters to Lewis Pelly, relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, from colleagues and friends in India and Britain, including Patrick Ryan, Abraham Nickson Hojel and Robert Brown. Other correspondents of note include Hubert Izaak Walton (Director of the Indo-European Telegraph Company), Sir Bar...
Letter regarding Captain Felix Jones who has returned to Bombay with the expectation of resuming his telegraph position in the Gulf, but that the Bombay Government has received no instructions in relation to an appointment for him. The letter goes on to give news of Captain Robert Lambert Play...
Letter from J R Latimer?, Malabar Point, India to Lewis Pelly
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Letter citing a letter which the Governor of Bombay had received from Patrick Stewart in which Stewart had expressed his gratitude for all Pelly's kindness and help towards him.
Letter from Robert Grant Watson, Blackhouse, Ayr, Scotland to Lewis Pelly
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Letter providing Pelly with advice on travelling to Tehran via the Volga including where to obtain horses, where to catch the steamer and places that would be worth visiting en route.
