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121. Mss Eur F126/63

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Mss Eur F126/63
Title:
Minute by Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, on the power of the Wahabees in Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
The minute by Sir Bartle Frere summarises the history of the Wahabee [Wahabi] power in Central Arabia, checks to their power about forty-five years ago and more recent incidents which are a cause for concern. Frere refers to visits made by William Palgrave and Lewis Pelly to the Wahabee Capital...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Oct 1865
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

122. Mss Eur F126/68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/68
Title:
Reviews of A Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1862-63 by William Gifford Palgrave, Published 1865
Scope & Content:
Three published reviews of Palgrave's Arabia, one from a journal and two from newspapers: Pages 182-215 from the Quarterly Review which contained a review of Palgrave's Arabia (ff. 2v-19). The review is undated but is believed to be c.1865. Press cutting from the Friend of India of their review ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

123. Mss Eur F126/69, f 37v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, f 37v
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Thomas Cadell
Scope & Content:
Letter inviting Cadell to bring Dr R M Downie to Agra with him and asking whether Captain Percy William Powlett would like to come too. The letter also discusses the matter of officers having been discovered taking their leave outside of the province without permission.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1873
Extent:
1 folio

124. Mss Eur F126/69, f 67v

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Mss Eur F126/69, f 67v
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Arthur William Roberts
Scope & Content:
Letter informing him that his duties in relation to the transit of His Excellency to Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] will commence at Futtehpoor Sikrie [Fatehpur Sīkri] and that arrangements should be made for the party to travel through Deyg [Dīg] and Muthra [Mathura]. The letter also requests that a tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1873
Extent:
1 folio

125. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 32-33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 32-33
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Dhola to James Cavan Berkeley
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding arranging a meeting with the Chief's at Deolee [Deoli] and ensuring that no undue pressure is placed on them in regards to their attending it. The letter also discusses Pelly's travel movement and when he hopes to catch his camp up.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1873
Extent:
2 folios

126. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 60-61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 60-61
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to James Cavan Berkeley
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly having brought to notice his services in his letter on Kotah [Kota] affairs, and his intention of doing so again once their work there is complete.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1873
Extent:
2 folios

127. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 65-66

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 65-66
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to James Robert Simson, Collector
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Mr Simsons troubles with the Vakeels and enclosing a note (no longer enclosed) from his assistant Captain Adelbert Cecil Talbot regarding the actions they have already taken in the hope there will be no further cause for complaint. The letter contains the printed seal of the Ea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1873
Extent:
2 folios

128. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 76-77

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 76-77
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to William Lee Warner
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a Mr Higgins who is believed to have been mixed up with an unpleasant matter in Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and who is proposing to visit Pelly's area of responsibility, and requesting further information on him and his proceedings at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] as well as any relevant ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 folio

129. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 80-81

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 80-81
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to A? L? Crommelin
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the ongoing matter between Colonel Williams and Leslie Saunders, including Saunders latest letter to Williams and instructing Crommelin on where to send the papers should Williams wish to take the matter further.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1873
Extent:
2 folios

130. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 140-141

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 140-141
Title:
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Camp (Agra) to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that His Excellency wished Charles Umpherston Aitchison to accompany him to Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] and requesting that he be included in the arrangements.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1873
Extent:
2 folios