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141. Mss Eur F126/65, ff 1-6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/65, ff 1-6
Title:
Journal, Private, 1865, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Private journal kept by Lewis Pelly during his stay in Khoweit [Kuwait] where he was making preparations for a visit to Reeas [Riyadh]. The journal documents Pelly's discussions with Shaikh bin Sabbah [Sabah II bin Jaber Al-Sabah] and Eusef bin Bedr regarding his forthcoming journey to Reeas, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1865-7 Feb 1865
Extent:
6 folios

142. Mss Eur F126/69, f 104

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, f 104
Title:
Cancelled Letter from Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer] to COlonel Lewis Pelly, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Ajmere
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for the copies of correspondence from Mr Crommelin and Colonel Williams and informing Pelly that he had previously drafted a demi-official letter to him and requesting that the letter in question now be forwarded to Colonel Williams, as well as expressing his hopes that his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1873
Extent:
1 folio

143. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 36-37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 36-37
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding arrangements to meet Aitchison in Agra and his current whereabouts in Ajmer. The letter goes on to discuss his trip to Kotah [Kota] including a visit to Boondee [Būndi] and gives details of a nasty affair in Mhairwarra [Merwāra] in which the head constable and two police office...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

144. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 41-42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 41-42
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an enclosed letter from Brigadier-General John Dobrée Woollcombe on the means at his disposal to coerce rebellious Chiefs or Nobles in his regions, and supprting the General's suggestions. The letter goes on to propose a station at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] with artillery and to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

145. Mss Eur F126/70, f 81 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, f 81 1
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Kapahprassaunes Mukherje, Pleader, Calcutta High Court
Scope & Content:
Note regarding his recent application and informing him that there are no vacant positions.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1874
Extent:
1 folio

146. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Jacobabad to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding eighty rupees belonging to Pelly which he had instructed should be left in the pay and which Baring is enquiring about as there are no outstanding monies to be paid. The letter goes on to give news of the appointment which William Merewether has offered him, the recent fearful ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1859
Extent:
2 folios

147. Mss Eur F126/60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/60
Title:
Notes on the statements made in William Gifford Palgrave's book Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia
Scope & Content:
The statements were originally intended to form Appendix 12 of Colonel Pelly's Riyadh report No.57 dated 15 May 1866 and were produced following a request from the British Government for Pelly to go through William Gifford Palgrave's book and verify the truth, or otherwise, of accusations, asser...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:

1 file (22 folios)

148. Mss Eur F126/69, f 70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, f 70
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to the Executive Engineer, Mount Aboo [Ābu]
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a cheque for 230 rupees for the rent of the Residency Building at Mount Aboo [Ābu] from September to October 1873. The cheque is no longer enclosed with the letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1873
Extent:
1 folio

149. Mss Eur F126/69, ff 82-83

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 82-83
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur], Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to Edward Charles Ross
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding appointments in the Persian Gulf and Pelly's own appointment in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] as well as the lack of official news in regards to them. The letter also discusses Pelly's play and the cost of illuminating it being too high and requesting that any illuminations along with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1873
Extent:
2 folios

150. Mss Eur F126/70, 53v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, 53v
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Messrs Remington and Company
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding commission that has been charged on Pelly's shares.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1874
Extent:
1 folio