Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to William Mackinnon
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Letter regarding Pelly's success in getting the Persian authorities to lease Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] to Muscat for eight years and the quieting down and re-establishing of trade in Muscat after three years upheaval. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's further success in getting the Shah...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Coyle and Company, 31 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin
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Letter regarding the settlement of an account for the purchase of alcohol; the minister to the Sultan of Muscat being interested in becoming a customer and the possibility of developing some trade on a small scale in the Persian Gulf.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Narrayen Wassadeojee
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Letter asking for Narrayen's assistance in obtaining a cheap return ticket to England so that Pelly's uncovenanted assistant James Charles Edwards can return home during his six months leave.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Captain Philip Howard Colomb
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Letter thanking Colomb for his assistance in the Gulf and informing him that Hugh Rose departs shortly for Bombay and that Dalhousie is being sent there in her place. The letter goes onto discuss a meeting that Colomb had with some Russians and requesting the full facts of the meeting and matt...
Letter book of copy letters from Pelly to colleagues in Bombay and the Gulf.
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The letterbook contains copies of letters from Lewis Pelly to colleagues in the Persian Gulf, India and England, on a number of subjects relating to the role and responsibilities of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf including the Residency's relations with Persia, its role in keeping th...
Letter regarding recent comments and conversations by Captain Warner which Pelly views as having been unbecoming and inappropriate, highlighting in particular comments Captain Warner made regarding Lieutenant Dawes and comments he made regarding his command of Berenice.
Note regarding Captain Warner's response to Pelly's letter about his recent conduct and regarding his intention to give full support to all officers whom the Government sends to the Gulf.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat, to James Charles Edwards, Bushire
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Letter regarding Pelly's intention to depart Muskat for Sohar and advising Edwards not to send any reports or telegraphs to Government that relate to the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer [Amir Faisal ibn Turki] or the Sultan of Muskat [Thuwaini bin Said] as there are many rumours circulating and Pelly wi...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat, to James Charles Edwards, Bushire
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Letter requesting that Edwards prepare some documents for Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, detailing his intended movements through the interior of Muskat and then on to Bahrein [Bahrain] and requesting that Edwards procure some Latakia tobacco for his brother in Bombay.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Oman, in Arabia, to Clements Markham
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Letter regarding information that Pelly had gathered in Bahrein [Bahrain] several weeks earlier about the Pearl Banks there and subsequently had reported to Bombay and advising Markham on how to go about sending someone to Bahrein to gather oysters for cultivation.
