Letter No.528 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
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Letter relating to matters which had recently occured on the Frontier of Sind. The letter commences by stating Merewether's original assumptions that his comments on Colonel Phayre's narrative of events in Khelat [Kalāt] should have been sufficient to resolve the wrong impressions of affairs he...
Letter No.159 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
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Letter enclosing correspondence on the arrangements entered into with the Murree tribe in February 1869 for the protection of Kafilahs (convoys of travellers) on the route from Affghanistan [Afghanistan] to Sind [Sindh]. The letter reports on the failure of the scheme owing to its limited scope...
Letter No.523 of 1870 from William Lockyer Merewether, Colonel, Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
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Letter enclosing correspondence relating to Captain Robert Sandeman and his actions in communicating with Khelat [Kalāt] Sirdars in direct violation of Government instructions. The letter itself contains Merewether's comments on Captain Sandeman's letter of 10 August including the acknowledgem...
Letter No.1120 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter regarding what Colonel Phayre perceives to have been a slight offered to him by the Khan of Khelat [Kalāt] (Khudadad Khan) in failing to include him in correspondence sent directly to Merewether as Commissioner, and also letters from Captain Charles Henry Harrison to Merewether, which aga...
Letter No.519 of 1870 from William Lockyer Merewether, Colonel, The Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre, The Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind
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Letter expressing Merewether's regret at the tone which Colonel Phayre has adopted towards the Political Agent at Khelat [Kalāt], Captain Charles Henry Harrison and also his disapproval of the attitude he had assumed in regards to Khelat affairs generally. The letter commences by outlining Mer...
Letter from Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent, Khelat [Kalāt] and Beloochistan [Baluchistan] to Colonel Robert Phayre, The Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind
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Letter forwarding a number of enclosures for the attention of Sir William Lockyer Merewether: Letter from His Highness Meah Khodadad Khan [Mir Khudadad Khan], Khan of Khelat [Kalāt] and Beloochistan [Baluchistan] to Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner in Sind, 16 Ju...
Letter from Colonel Robert Phayre, The Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter regarding Colonel Phayre's duty on the Sind frontier to ensure unity and friendly relations with the Punjab border officers, and his belief that in undertaking this duty the borders are now much quieter than when he was first appointed. The letter goes on to enclose a letter from Captain...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Colonel, The Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre, The Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind
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Letter regarding Colonel Phayre's letter No.1127 and affirming that he has carried out his work in relation to the Sind Frontier with the utmost care, and reminding him that no actions of any officers should affect in any way the interests of the Khelat [Kalāt] Government and that no dealings by...
Letter No.1167 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter enclosing a copy of Captain Harrison's Khelat [Kalāt], covering the period 11-17 July 1870 and commenting on the further correspondence recorded as having been received by the Khan of Khelat from individuals in Seistan [Sīstān] and expressing his concerns over what he views as a potential...
Letter No.596 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor and President in Council, Bombay
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Letter enclosing a letter from Colonel Robert Phayre which Merewether feels is exceedingly improper and disrespectful in its tone and that he has felt it necessary to add remarks to the letter to demonstrate the Colonel's continued misunderstanding of the situation and the different documents he...
