Letter No.4 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
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Letter reporting on Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan's concerns that Dost Mahomed Khan intends to take Mermenah [Maīmanah] and to invade Herat territory, that he receives secret information through one of his wives who is the daughter of Dost Mahomed Khan, and that he believes the Indian Government to b...
Letter No.5 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
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Letter informing His Excellency that the Persian Army at Merve [Merv] had been 'utterly defeated' at the hands of the Turcomans. The letter goes on to describe a letter from Humza Mirza which had arrived by messenger from Ameer [Amir] Shah Nawaz Khan's camp informing them of the attack on the P...
'No.6 Memo: On the conspiracy to supplant Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan, Barucksye [Barakzai] in favor of Shahzadeh Mahomed Rizoo [Muhammad Reza] Suddozyee [Sadozai] in the Government of Herat'
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Memorandum regarding a conspiracy to replace Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan as Governor of Herat which Pelly became aware of on arrival at Meshed [Mashhad] and which had allegedly occured in about June or July 1860. The memorandum discusses reports that the Shahzadeh Mahomed Riza [Muhammad Reza] had...
'No.8 Memo: On the defeat of the Persian Force at Merv: and on the present condition and prospects of the Persian Eastern and Herat Northern Frontiers'
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Memorandum regarding the defeat by the Turcomans of the Persian Force at Merv, describing the Persian Force's movements and tactics in the five days prior to their final defeat including their decision to retreat from their position in order to acquire more provisions and the Turcoman's success ...
'No.8 Summary of memo relative to the defeat of the Persian Expeditionary Force at Merv'
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A summarised version of the account of the Persian Army's defeat to the Tekkie [Tekke] Turcomans at Merv which was given in detail in folios 21-24. The summary includes the account of how the Persians were defeated, the rumours of what happened to the captured forces, the Prince Governors fligh...
Letter No.9 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison
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Letter following on from report numbers three to seven already submitted by Lewis Pelly and providing further information on the surviving Persian Troops from their defeat to the Turcomans at Merv. The information regarding the Persian Troops, and also the present condition of the Persian Front...
Letter No.10 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison
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Letter reporting on an incident which had occured on Pelly's arrival which he had not felt necessary to report previously as it was a personal matter, but which certain individuals had since attempted to use as a way of prejudicing the Herat minister against Pelly. The incident in question occu...
Letter No.11 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles John Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
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Letter regarding a despatch from Sir Henry Rawlinson to Lord John Russell, 17 May 1860 in which Pelly was instructed to travel Eastward to Herat and Caubul [Kabul] and then on to meet with his Lordship in India. The letter encloses copies of Pelly's previous despatches 1-10 (folios 11-30) showi...
Private letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles John Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
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Private and unofficial letter explaining the lack of information in his accompanying despatch and the reason for his having forwarded a rough copy of his memorandum on the Persian defeat at Merv, which was owing to his horse having rolled on him in a river en route to the Persian Camp. The lett...
Letter No.12 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
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Letter requesting that Charles Alison (British Minister at Tehran) forward the enclosed message as a telegram to Earl Canning (Viceroy of India). The telegram reported that the Persian Force at Merv, which consisted of 30,000 men, 27 guns, and 20,000 followers, had been defeated by the Tekkie [...
