Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre
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Demi-official letter in which Merewether expresses his vexation at the course that Colonel Phayre has chosen to adopt and stating that he had patiently dealt with the Colonel's objections and mistaken views in the hope that he would eventually realise the errors he was making but that his latest...
Letter No.1248 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter forwarding letter No.69 of 1870 from Captain Charles Henry Harrison and Colonel Phayre's response No.1242 of 1870 as well as requesting whether Colonel Merewether still wished him to forward a letter to His Highness the Khan of Khelat [Kalāt]. Enclosed letters: Letter No. 69 of 1870 from...
Letter No.1199 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, The Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier, Jacobabad to Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter forwarding the Khelat [Kalāt] Diary for 8-14 August 1870 and highlighting certain items which he wishes to draw attention to. Firstly the Khan of Khelat's disinclination to leave Khelat during winter, which has not done since 1865 and which the Colonel states that Captain Charles Henry H...
Letter No.552 of 1870 from Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to the Government at Bombay
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Note stating that the enclosed letter has been submitted to Government and should be used in reference to previous correspondence regarding Colonel Phayre. Letter No.540 of 1870 from Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre, The ...
Letter No.1212 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind to Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter enclosing copies of correspondence which Colonel Phayre believes show that matters in Khelat [Kalāt] have now gone far enough and that a complete chance is required. The letter also states that the Colonel intends to show the Khan that his present line of conduct is not likely to produce ...
Letter No.1218 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter enclosing reports and a political diary from Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent at Khelat [Kalāt] and offering his observations on the matters raised from them. Colonel Phayre's observations relate to the use by the Khan of Khelat of the title 'Khan of Beloochistan [Baluchis...
Letter No.2 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
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Letter reporting how he had attempted to pass through Herat territory without much attention but intelligence had been received at Herat of his approach, and the sons of Sultan Ahmed Khan had been sent to accompany him into Herat. The letter goes on to give Pelly's reasons for having despatache...
Letter No.3 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
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Letter reporting on a recent victory over the Jumsheedee [Jamshidi] tribe in which the Herat army was led by the eldest son of Sultan Ahmed Khan, and reporting that the late Chief of that tribe Abdullah Khan had been one of the key instigators of a plot to depose Sultan Ahmed Khan.
Copy of Telegram from the Secretary to Government, Punjab to Hugh Rees James, Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawar Division
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Telegram stating that the Governor General had approved the orders issued to Major Lewis Pelly and further requested that he may be instructed to send his despatches through the Ameer [Amir]'s people to Peshawar or to bring them via Quetta.
Copy of letter No.34 of 1860 from Jonathan Duncan Inverarity, the Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Camp Nuggur Parhur to The Right Honourable Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council, Bombay
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Copy made in April 1860 of a letter from the Commissioner in Sind to the Governor at Bombay, originally dated 16 February 1860, commencing on folio 2v, which enclosed translations of letters sent by Colonel Frederick Goldsmid, Political Superintendent of the North West Frontier, relating to inte...
