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31. Mss Eur F126/31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/31
Title:
Final fair copy of a journal of Lewis Pelly's official journey overland from Persia to India through Afghanistan including Mashhad, Herat and Kabul.
Scope & Content:
Fair copy of the journal taken from both the handwritten journal kept by Lewis Pelly on his journey (F126/30) and the draft fair copy of the journal which contains corrections and annotations (F126/32) Journal of the journey which the British Government requested that Lewis Pelly take overland ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1860-16 Nov 1860
Extent:

1 file (238 folios)

32. Mss Eur F126/32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/32
Title:
Draft fair copy of a journal of Lewis Pelly's official journey overland from Persia to India through Afghanistan including Mashhad, Herat and Kabul.
Scope & Content:
First draft of a fair copy of Lewis Pelly's journal of his journey through Afghanistan. The draft contains crossings out, spelling corrections and other alterations to the main text as well as comments in the left hand margin ranging from notes regarding the individuals who travelled with him, p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1860-16 Nov 1860
Extent:

1 file (340 folios)

33. Mss Eur F126/33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33
Title:
Drafts and copies of letters from Lewis Pelly to the Viceroy, Lord Canning, and the British Minister at Tehran, Charles Alison, about his journey through Persia and Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Drafts and copies of the reports, despatches and letters that Lewis Pelly submitted to His Excellency Earl Canning, Viceroy of India and Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran during his special duty in Afghanistan. These drafts include Pelly's daily despatches from his stay at Herat, whic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1860-10 Sep 1864
Extent:

1 file, 28 items (141 folios)

34. Mss Eur F126/34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/34
Title:
Copies and Translations of letters in Persian sent to Lewis Pelly.
Scope & Content:
Letter containing a bundle of letters in Persian for Lewis Pelly's information. The letters are primarily between Persian and Afghani officials and include a forwarding letter from William Lockyer Merewether who initially received them. Many of the letters in Persian are written in an illegible ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1860
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)

35. Mss Eur F126/35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/35
Title:
Memorandum by Lewis Pelly of his meeting with Mahomed Omar Khan, Governor of Bukwa [Bakwāh].
Scope & Content:
'Memo: relative to the proceedings of Mahomed Omar Khan Barucksye [Barakzai], Governor of Bukwa Bakwāh], in my regard'. The memorandum details Pelly's arrival in Keertah [Kirtah], in the plain of Bukwa; his immediate thoughts on the village and the abrupt entrance of the Khan. The memorandum g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1860
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

36. Mss Eur F126/36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/36
Title:
Drafts of letters and memoranda on Gulf affairs
Scope & Content:
The letters and memos give details of Pelly's duties and responsibilities as the Resident in the Persian Gulf. Information given includes indications of the time spent both at and away from the residency itself at Bushire; the role of the residency in suppressing piracy and promoting trade; and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:

1 file, 12 items, (29 folios)

37. Mss Eur F126/37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37
Title:
Printed copies of official letters from Pelly chiefly to the Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Eleven letters from Pelly primarily to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay, but also to William Henry Havelock, Officiating Secretary, and Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary relating to his work as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The letters relate primarily t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1872
Extent:

1 file, 11 items (65 folios)

38. Mss Eur F126/38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38
Title:
Letter book of official letters, mainly between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The correspondence contained in the letter book relates primarily to affairs in Muscat from 1866 to 1868 during which time the Sultan of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said died, allegedly killed by his son Salim II bin Thuwaini who subsequently seized power in Muscat before being overthrown in 1868 by hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1865-24 Apr 1869
Extent:

1 volume, 83 items (186 folios)

39. Mss Eur F126/39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/39
Title:
Copy correspondence from Lewis Pelly relating to matters in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Copies of official correspondence, written during Lewis Pelly's periods of absence from the Persian Gulf December 1872-June 1873 whilst on a visit to Bombay to meet with the Viceroy, and subsequently being assigned to Special Duty as part of the East Coast African Special Anti-Slavery Mission. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1872-2 Jun 1873
Extent:

1file, 47 items (70 folios)

40. Mss Eur F126/40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40
Title:
Manuscript copies of correspondence between Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay.
Scope & Content:
Copies of official correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent at Muscat (Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Captain George Andrew Atkinson) and the Secretaries to the Government of India (Charle...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1864-8 Jul 1872
Extent:

1 file, 21 items (73 folios)