Folder entitled 'Guttur [Qatar] Sovereignty' enclosing letter No. 5147 of 1871 from William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department regarding the question of the sovereignty...
List detailing letters sent by Pelly prior to 12 October 1872: No. 1634/676 to Commander Keats (see folio three) No. 1635/677 Forwarding to Major (Edward Charles) Ross Government Resolution No. 5446 of 14 September 1872 No. 1636/678 Forwarding Government Resolution No. 5575 of 24 September No. 1...
Unidentified note, with no translation, which appears to have been written in Mahajani, an Indian script used in accounting and banking which was most commonly used by the Indian peoples from Sindh to Bengal.
Letter, marked private, regarding the 'supreme Government's' decision to uphold Pelly's censure whilst agreeing with his vindication, acknowledging his excellent service and forwarding the discussion to the Secretary of State for India. The letter goes on to discuss the disasters of the financi...
Observations for Colonel Pellys information submitted by his Uncovenanted Assistant
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The observations cover the following subjects: Differences between Sultan of Muskat [Muscat] and Wahabees [Wahabis] - regarding His Highness Syed Soweynee [Thuwaini bin Said] having travelled to Soor [Sur] and his son Syed Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini] having travelled to Sohar [Suhar] and that...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that the superintendent at Mussendom [Musandam] has reported that the Chief of Rasulkhymah [Ras al Khaima] is believed to be preparing an attack on Bokha [Barka], a dependency of Muskat [Muscat].
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding arrangements that have been made for Pelly to visit the Governor [of Bushire]; a complaint made against the Nakhoda of a Koweit [Kuwait] Bugla which is now in Bombay; and requesting Pelly's signature for some passes. A postscript to the letter informs Pelly of Agha Jan who had ...