Private letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles John Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
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Private and unofficial letter explaining the lack of information in his accompanying despatch and the reason for his having forwarded a rough copy of his memorandum on the Persian defeat at Merv, which was owing to his horse having rolled on him in a river en route to the Persian Camp. The lett...
Letter No.12 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
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Letter requesting that Charles Alison (British Minister at Tehran) forward the enclosed message as a telegram to Earl Canning (Viceroy of India). The telegram reported that the Persian Force at Merv, which consisted of 30,000 men, 27 guns, and 20,000 followers, had been defeated by the Tekkie [...
Letter No.14 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
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Letter reporting that Sirdar Shir Ahmed Khan, third son of Sultan Ahmed Khan age 14, had died on 17 October of a wound to the mouth incurred a few days prior during action between his father's troops and the Jumsheedee [Jamshidi] tribe.
Letter No.16 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Lordship Earl Canning (Charles John Canning), Viceroy of India
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Letter enclosing a letter for his Lordship from Sultan Ahmed Khan (letter no longer enclosed) and making, as promised, some remarks on the political condition and prospects of the portion of Afghanistan comprising of Herat and its territories, and also the attitude of the Herat people towards th...
Part of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to an unknown recipient
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Final folio of a letter from Lewis Pelly to either Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran, or Earl Canning, Viceroy of India reporting on news from Mermenah [Maīmanah] that the Wallee has come under attack from Feroosekohees and threats from Shibbergan [Shibirghān]. The letter goes on to st...
Letter No.13 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison
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Neat copy of the letter submitting remarks on the Bokhara [Bukhara] Territory. The remarks include assertions by the son of Shah Rookh [Shah Rukh] over his father's title of Sahib-i-Ikhtyar and position of influence with the Ameer [Amir] of Bokhara and local intelligence that he had never held ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to The Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
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Neat copy of a letter to Thomas George Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India in which he has enclosed a letter from Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan, Governor of Herat, for His Lordship's attention. The letter itself contains Pelly's remarks on 'the political condition and prospects of that portion ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to The Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
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Neat copy of a letter to Thomas George Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India reporting on his efforts to ascertain 'the real effect which has been produced by the visit of the Russian Officers to Herat'. The letter reports on the rumoured political advances and lavish expenditure made by the...
Letter from Charles Alison, The Persian Mission, Gulahek (Tehran) to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the crisis which Pelly had referred to in his letters which had been anticipated in Tehran, and noting too that the news of the destruction of the Persian Army had also been expected. The letter goes on to remind Pelly that the object of his visit to Herat was to pay the Britis...
Letter from Hugh Rees James, Commissioner at Peshawar to Major Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's arrival at Herat and his letter to Sirdar Mohamed Ameer Khan [Muhammad Amir Khan] at Candahar [Kandahar], a copy of which had been communication to Government. The letter goes on to relay the Ameer's uneasiness at Pelly's desire to travel to Candahar via Cabul [Kabul] o...
