Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F126 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

661. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 1-4
Title:
Copies of letter Numbers 277, 279 and 623 of 1864 from Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Political Agent, Muscat to Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat: No. 277 of 1864, 3 December 1864 regarding His Highness the Sultan of Muscat who is engaged in an expedition against Ges bin Azar [Azzan bin Qais] of Rostock [Rustaq] and reporting that the alleged cause of the expedition is in owing to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1864
Extent:
4 folios

662. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 5-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 5-8
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere, KCB
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the recent proceedings of Russia in Southern Central Asia and observations made by Pelly on Russia's potential intentions. The letter details what Pelly views as the existing facts of Russia's movements thus far and gives his observations on how the Russians may view their cur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1865
Extent:
4 folios

663. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 12-15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 12-15
Title:
Letter No.1 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a letter that Pelly had sent to the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer [Amir Faisal ibn Turki al Sa'ud] and his thoughts that the demands made in the letter will be ignored and that therefore naval action against their forts may be required. The letter goes on to detail Pelly's intention...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1866
Extent:
4 folios

664. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 16-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 16-20
Title:
'Copy of Colonel Kemball's letter to Secretary to Government Bombay about Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Aboo Eso [Yas Island]'
Scope & Content:
Copy of letter No. 56 of 1866 from Colonel Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad to the Secretary to Government of Bombay in the Political Department, Bombay written 26 June 1866. The Colonel's letter proposes that visits by the British India Steam Navigation Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1866
Extent:
5 folios

665. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 22-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 22-25
Title:
Letter No. 1397 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Cover letter enclosing a despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India No. 16 dated 28 February 1867, along with enclosures to the despatch for the attention of the Political Resident. The cover letter is signed as a true copy by James Charles Edwards, Assistant Resident Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1867
Extent:
4 folios

666. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 26-27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 26-27
Title:
Copy of letter No. 363 of 1856 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Muskat to Captain George Andrew Atkinson, Acting Political Agent, Muskat
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter regarding George Atkinson's violation of Government orders in having sent a telegram direct to Government which the Government had assumed that Pelly had been either the author of or had approved of, and reminding Atkinson that all correspondence must go through him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1867
Extent:
2 folios

667. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 28-29
Title:
Copy of Political Despatch No.50 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to the Political Resident Persian Gulf and The Acting Political Agent, Muscat
Scope & Content:
Copy Political despatch No. 50 which encloses Political despatch No. 94 from the Secretary of State for India (Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh) to the Governor in Council, Bombay (William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald). The despatch expresses the Secretary of State's satisfact...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1868
Extent:
2 folios

668. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 30-37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 30-37
Title:
Letter No. 111 of 1868 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Kurrachee [Karachi] to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the recent affairs of Bahrain, Guttur [Qatar] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and their breaches of the peace at sea. The letter goes on to give details of a dispute between Persia and Muscat which had given rise to the Arab tribes and boats looking to plunder Persian ports and thei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1868
Extent:
8 folios

669. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 38-39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 38-39
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to His Excellency Charles Alison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a request for assistance from Charles Alison in regards to a pension for the sons of a late agent, and Pelly's opinion that the wording of a recent Government resolution may prevent him providing assistance. The letter also discusses the pension in relation to two unmarried daug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1869
Extent:
2 folios

670. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 40-53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 40-53
Title:
Confidential letter No.1399 of 1869 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a confidential letter from the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department regarding affairs at Bahrain and asking for information on the visit of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] and the circumstances connected with it. Enclo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Jul 1869
Extent:
14 folios