Letter from George Lucas, Muskat [Muscat], to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding rumours of Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini]'s intentions to have Rashed ben Omair killed and his apparent descision to rescind this which had led to Rashed returning to Muskat [Muscat]. The letter also discusses Sayed Soulem's orders that no boat may come or go between sun...
Letter from Edwin Dawes, Berenice, Bombay Harbour, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding possible dates for the departure of Pelly's boat and recommending delaying the departure by a few days in order to allow the paint to dry.
Letter from Oliver St John, , Shiraz to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the news of the loss of the Berenice and Pelly's lucky escape. The letter goes on to discuss the Hissam-a-Sultaneh's decision to establish a Persian fort at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] in order to try and prevent smuggling from there to and from Shiraz. The letter also discusses...
Letter from Adolphe Cottier, SS Kurrachee, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter offering Pelly the assistance of the SS Kurrachee, following the loss of the Berenice and in particular offering provisions, clothing and passage through the Gulf.
Letter from Edwyn Sandys Dawes, Bushire, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the possibility of producing a report on trade in the Gulf using his own observations and Pelly's personal papers and the potential publishing of a memorandum by Pelly. The letter goes on to discuss the differences between trade developments in the Gulf compared with Burmah [M...
Letter from Oliver St John, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding a response from the Hissam y Sultana over the conduct of the Persian authorities in Bushire and enclosing a despatch relating to the right to possess property in Persia (the despatch is not enclosed). The letter concludes with general news of Tehran and the King of Persia's pi...
Letter from George Andrew Atkinson, Acting Political Agent, Muscat, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter No. 199 of 1867 with enclosed telegrams to Government regarding the recent crisis in Muscat. The letter discussses correcting the Government's error in attributing Atkinson's telegrams to Pelly; the threat of an attack on Muscat from Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said] and the Sultan's request...
Letter from Robert Marcham, Shiraz, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the hospitality shown to Marcham by the Nawab in Shiraz; Marcham's journey from Shiraz to Bushire invluding a recently discovered cave of Crystals and Salt Stalactitites near Kemavrez and his onward travels to Isfahan.
Letter from Beresford Lovett, Cheiraz [Shiraz], to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding relations between British representatives and the Persian authorities in the Gulf and discussing recent events between Abd-al-Kasim and Zilzilah Khan and how these might affect the appointment of an Agent (the Persian Foreign Agent at Bushire). The letter also notes that altho...
