Memorandum No. 637 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
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Printed memorandum recording the request from the Secretary to the Government of India for a full account of Pelly's visit to Riad [Riyadh] and giving the Government of Bombay resolution that the instruction should be forwarded to Pelly with a request that he comply with it as soon as possible.
Memorandum from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
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Duplicate copy of the printed memorandum (folio twenty-seven) recording the request from the Secretary to the Government of India for a full account of Pelly's visit to Riad [Riyadh] and giving the Government of Bombay resolution that the instruction should be forwarded to Pelly with a request t...
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, most likely to the Political Department Bombay
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Pencil draft of a letter most likely to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay regarding Pelly's recent visit to the Wahabee Ameer [Wahhabi Amir] in his capital Riyath [Riyadh] and appending a sketch map of the route taken from Kowait [Kuwait]. The letter goes on to describe...
Draft of a letter from Lewis Pelly, possibly to the Political Department Bombay
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Extended version of the draft letter at folios one to twelve regarding Pelly's visit to Riyath [Riyadh] to meet with the Wahabee Ameer [Wahhabi Amir] (Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'ud), with annotations and corrections. The letter refers to a sketch map of the route taken from Kowait [Kuwait] to Riyat...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Koweit [Kuwait], to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter in response to No. 3933 of 1864 (folio nineteen) reporting on the differences, as Pelly sees them, between the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat] (Thuwaini bin Said) and the Sultan of the Wahabees [Wahhabi] (Faisal ibn Turki Al-Sa'ud]. The letter also outlines what Pelly believes to be the full s...
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Koweit [Kuwait], to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Draft letter to the Political Department, Bombay in continuation of his letter of 21 January 1865 (folios twenty to twenty-one). giving further information on the particulars of the dispute between Muscat and the Wahabees [Wahhabi] and confirming the information he has already provided in the pr...
Letter No. 148 from William Muir, The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William to Charles Gonne, The Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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Letter requesting that Lewis Pelly submit a detailed account of all he saw, heard and did in the course of his visit to Riadh [Riyadh] for the Governor-General in Council as requested as it had not yet been received.
Correspondence concerning arrangements regarding Lewis Pelly's visit to Riyadh
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Correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly regarding arrangements for and during Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh. There are three main types of correspondence contained within the file: Firstly, correspondence between Lewis Pelly and Ameer Faysul ben Torky aul Saood [Amir Faisal ibn Turki Al-Sa'ud]...
Letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Resident Persian Gulf to Amir Faysul ibn Torky aul Saood [Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud], Riyath [Riyadh]
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Letter written in English and translated into Arabic regarding Pelly's expectation that on arriving in Koweit [Kuwait] he would be greeted by Amir Faysul [Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud] and his disappointment on finding that he was not there. The letter goes on to request either a reply to thi...
