Letter from Edwin Dawes, HM Gunboat Clyde, Bombay Harbour to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter enclosing Dawes' best attempt at a portrait of Ameer Fysul [Emir Faisul] (drawn during Pelly's recent visit to Riyadh). The portrait is no longer enclosed with the letter. The letter also discusses Dawes new appointment on the gunboat Clyde; the location and duties of the Berenice and an...
Letter from George Lucas, Muskat [Muscat] to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding Lucas' arrival in Muskat [Muscat] and updating Pelly on affairs there including Sayed Toweinee's [Thuwaini bin Said] success in driving the Wahabees [Wahhabi] out of Soor [Sur]. The letter also reports on Hajee Ahmed, the Muscat Vezeeer, who is interested in purchasing the scho...
Letter from Edwin Dawes, Gunboat Clyde, Pore Bunder [Porbandar] to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding a portrait of Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisul] which Dawes had drawn. The letter also discusses the Wageer? Battalion and the Bheel Corps; the local wildfowl which is considered to be a sign that cooler weather is coming; Dawes current work preventing the landing of mercenaries or sl...
Letter from Edward Charles Ross, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding his departure from Gwadur [Gwadar] to Bombay, his handing over charge of Gwadur to Mr Warner and his intention to wait on Sir Bartle Frere, at Pelly's request, on arriving in Bombay. The letter continues by reporting that all is quiet in Gwadur and Muscat and gives Ross his ini...
Letter from Henry W Warner, Gwadur [Gwadar] to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the movements of various Gunboats in the area; the climate at Gwadur [Gwadar] and the management of local affairs there. The letter also contains news from Muscat including Mahomed Ben Salim's anticipated arrival from Zanzibar to be adviser to Said Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini].
Letter from Robert Murdoch Smith, Shiraz to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding Smith and Stewart's journey to Shiraz detailing their route and their meeting Oliver St. John at his camp at Pir i Zan [Kotal-e Pireh Zan] as well as describing their intended route to Ispahan [Isfahan] via Yezdi Khast [Izad Khast], which St. John intends to accompany them on in...
Letter from Charles H McGill, Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding runaway slaves from Busreh [Basra] who are believed to have hidden aboard a steamer or landed at Muscat, the searches that have been conducted for them and that no evidence of them has been found. Also enclosed is a letter from L A Atkinson, Captain of the Steamer they are bel...
Letter from George Lucas, Muskat [Muscat] to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the settlement of matters in Muskat [Muscat] and the rumours of the death of Ranshid ben Omain, believed to have been an accomplice of Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] in the murder of his father (Thuwaini bin Said). The letter goes on to discuss rumous of a possible consp...
Letter from Edwin Dawes, HMS Berenice, Muscat Cove to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the rumours that Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said] had left Bushire with the intention of going to Kowait [Kuwait] and speculation regarding his intentions towards Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] and Muscat which could require the Berenice remaining there. The letter also disc...
Letter from George Lucas, on board HMS Berenice, Bombay Harbour, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding an Indian man and a small boy who were brought to Bombay from Muskat [Muscat] on board the Berenice in order to prevent the boy from being sold and seeking advice from Pelly on how to handle the situation. The letter goes on to outline a second situation in which the Muskat Apo...
