Printed letter No.6 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Report by Pelly on his travels to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Bassidore, the Island of Kishm [Qeshm], Khumeer [Khamīr], Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and the Island of Hormuz documenting the places, their geographical locations, the local trades and the political allegiances of the villages and tow...
Printed letter No.6 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Second copy of a report by Pelly on his travels to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Bassidore, the Island of Kishm [Qeshm], Khumeer [Khamīr], Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Island of Hormuz documenting the places, their geographical locations, the local trades and the political allegiences of the vil...
Printed letter No.41 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident, Persian Gulf to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Account by Pelly of his enquiries, during a recent voyage from Bombay to Bushire, into the prospects of trade between the Persian Gulf and the coast of western India with particular emphasis on the Cotton and Wool trades and some reference to the Opium and Sugar trades. Pelly also offers possib...
Printed letter No.58 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident, Persian Gulf to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Report by Pelly of his visit to the plateau of Gusakan along with a sketch map of the area and itineraries showing the estimated distances, in fursacks, of Pelly's route. The report gives details of the geographical layout of the plateau including altitudes for the various villages and landmark...
Printed letter No.73 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, H.B.M's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government at Bombay
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Report by Pelly of his travels from Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] to Cape Jashk [Jask], via Minow [Minab], to view the shorelines and local inhabitants along the route of the proposed extension of the telegraph. Pelly believed he was the first European to traverse this route and therefore his r...
Printed letter No.1294/344 of 1872 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, H.B.M.'s Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Secretary of Government, Bombay
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The letter encloses a translation and account of the Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of 'Oman' taken from a manuscript Arabic work entitled 'The Keshf-ul-Ghummeh of the Sheikh Sirhân bin Mohammed-el-Alawi, a native of 'Oman'. The translation and notation was undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward C...
Printed letter No.1294/344 of 1872 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly,H.B.M.'s Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Secretary of Government, Bombay
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The letter encloses is a translation and account of the Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of 'Oman' taken from a manuscript Arabic work entitled 'The Keshf-ul-Ghummeh of the Sheikh Sirhân bin Mohammed-el-Alawi, a native of 'Oman'. The translation and notation was undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Edwar...
Copy correspondence from Lewis Pelly relating to matters in the Persian Gulf
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Copies of official correspondence, written during Lewis Pelly's periods of absence from the Persian Gulf December 1872-June 1873 whilst on a visit to Bombay to meet with the Viceroy, and subsequently being assigned to Special Duty as part of the East Coast African Special Anti-Slavery Mission. ...
Copy of letter No 1617/447 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter enclosing correspondence between the Residency Surgeon and Pelly with regards to granting bills of health and citing letter No.131 of 18 January 1872 which laid down rules for the Residency Surgeon to examine a ships crew to ensure that any epidemics being suffered at ports had not been p...
Copy of letter No 1634/676 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Muscat to Commander J S Keats, HM's Ship Lynx, Muscat Cove
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Letter informing the Commander that Pelly will be departing for Kurrachee [Karachi] that day and that Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Ross is the next Senior Political Officer in the Gulf and will be co-operating with the Commander in Pelly's absence. The letter informs the Commander of the instructi...
