Letter from Ronald Ferguson Thomson, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the shortening of the journey to Tehran thanks to a new sailing route on the river Volga; further troubles with the Persian Foreign Agent at Bushire and the deplorable state of Tehran owing to fatal illnesses, famine and falling trade prices.
Letter from Edward Charles Ross, Muscat, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter giving news from Muscat including Toorkie [Said Turki]'s disgust at the amount of money paid to him by Barghash and a note from Dr John Kirk regarding the loss of his and Dr David Livingstone's kit and books owing to a cyclone.
Letter from Ronald Ferguson Thomson, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding attempts at redress to obtain a settlement from the Persian authorities and the difficulty of obtaining it including detailing the amount of money owed to others including the French, Russians and Turks; and regarding the fact that the Foreign Office Agent in Bushire has not yet...
Letter from Charles Grant, Bahrein, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding difficulties with communications into and out of Bahrein owing to the lack of native boats and the Vulture having called at Ras el Head [Ras-al Had] instead. The letter also discusses Mr Alwan, who has been detained by the Sheikh as he is a Bahrainee [Bahraini], and Grant's obs...
Letter from Ronald Ferguson Thomson, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding Thomson's work in closing the Seistan arbitration affair which (Frederick John) Goldsmid and Pollock were also involved with. The letter also thanks Pelly for arranging for public news telegrams to be sent regularly from Bushire and gives him the latest news from Tehran.
Letter from Edward Charles Ross, Muskat, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the appointment of Dr. Jayakur as a Government medical officer, whom Ross describes as a skillful and intelligent man and the reporting that the former medical officer Dr. Micklyoh was found to not be suited for public work and that the Sultan had stopped consulting him. The le...
Letter from Charles Bean Euan-Smith, Aden, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the journey to and arrival at Aden prior to Euan-Smith and family's onward journey; the Political Resident for Aden, John William Schneider, greeting them there and the news of Pelly's new appointment. The letter also discusses the final report (from the Zanzibar anti-slavery m...
Letter from Charles Bean Euan-Smith, India Office, London, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the confidential blue book which hebeen printed and which he is arranging to be sent to Pelly and which the Foreign Office has checked through and removed any 'items of real consequence'. The letter also gives news of the current parliament and that Sir Bartle Frere's proposit...
Letter from Arsham J Malcolm, Bushire, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter thanking Pelly for all his work and assistance in Bushire during his time as Resident and detailing the troubles that have befallen his family since Pelly's departure, asking for his assistance in acquiring Residency protection from them and explaining that they may have to sell up and le...
Letters to Lewis Pelly from local rulers and shaikhs, with translations in English.
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Correspondence in Arabic, mostly with translations in English, from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat; Zayid I bin Khalifah Al-Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi; Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, Ruler of Najd; Majid bin Said Al-Busair, Sultan of Zanzibar; the British native agent at Sharjah, Ha...
