Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter discussing Mrs Warner's arrival and her ongoing arrangements for her stay in Bushire; arrangements for a gold watch for the Amir [Amir Faisal] to be sent to Kateef [Qatif]; a request to Colonel Disbrowe to return some Residency records and tents; his thoughts on the situation at Bassidore...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 18 January 1866, regarding a visit paid by Edwards to the Melik [Malik al-Tujjar] and Hajee Mahomed Tuckee [Haji Muhammad Taqi] and the Melik's role as a referee for mercantile disputes between British Subjects and Persian merchants. The letter goes on to describe a visit paid by...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Berenice which had departed Mussendom [Musandam] for Bushire but had not yet arrived; arranging for envoys from Bahrein [Bahrain] and Kateef [Qatif] to meet in Bushire; the telegraph steamer still being at Karrack [Bandar-e-Charak] and the Georgiana proceeding to Mussendom. ...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the refusal of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Sheikh to send agents to Bushire, the arrival of envoys of Ameer Abdullah ben Fysul [Amir Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki] and Aboo Esau [Abu Esau] having arrived from Quoeit [Kuwait] to see Pelly. The letter goes on to report on the return o...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding preparing Pelly's rooms for his return; Syed Turki [Turki bin Said] residing in the visitors quarters and a miscarriage in a remittance draft which Edwards believes to have been caused by the Postmaster, who has since departed Bushire. A postscript to the letter summarises a r...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 12 July 1866 - noon, regarding the exceedingly warm weather being experienced in Bushire; confidential reports that the war in Germany [Austro-Prussian War] has ended and that an armistace between Austria and Prussia has been agreed to with the French emperor as abritrator and that...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain H Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steam Ship Euphrates
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Letter regarding the Melik [Malik al-Tujjar] still being dissatisfied with the situation of the runaway slaves and statements from three witnesses who claim to have seen the runaway slaves on board the Euphrates since it has been anchored at Bushire Roads. The letter goes on to request that sho...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding rumours that Syed Turki [Turki bin Said] has been invited to Muskat [Muscat] and that Syed Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini] will have to give up the Sultanship should he do so, but that Syed Turki has no finances in order to get him to Muskat, and further rumours that Khulug (Abu E...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the prince governor of Bushire suffering from gout and having gone to Bahmany Wells to recover and thanking Pelly for his opinion of the way in which Edwards handled the matter of the runaway slaves. The letter outlines matters in Government letters which require a response fr...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bombay
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Letter regarding the Governor Bushire having taken offence at some of the Hissam-es-Sulteneh's proceedings and having gone to Shiraz threatening not to return unless he is placed in a better position with regards to Bushire affairs, and informing Pelly that the Melik [Malik al-Tujjar] had now be...
