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11. Mss Eur F126/29-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/29-35
Title:
Sir Lewis Pelly's journey from Persia to Afghanistan, 1860
Scope & Content:
The series contains letters, reports, despatches, memorandum and journals relating to Lewis Pelly's special duty to travel overland from Tehran to Kurrachee [Karachi] visiting Meshed [Mashhad], Herat and Candahar [Kandahar] and in the course of the journey to gather intelligence and information ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1860-1864
Extent:

7 files (786 folios)

12. Mss Eur F126/113

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/113
Title:
Photograph of unknown building. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This architectural view of a large, recently-constructed complex of three buildings likely depicts a British residency or agency, although its precise location is unknown. Dates and photographer can also not be ascertained, however, it can be construed that the photograph ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850s-1890s
Extent:

1 b&w photographic print

13. Mss Eur F126/78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/78
Title:
Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874
Scope & Content:
Report of the Baroda Enquiry Commission on the administration of the government of Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda. The Commission comprised Richard John Meade (President), Edward William Ravenscroft, Mumtazul Dowlah Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Colonel Alfred Thomas Etheridge and Thomas Duncan Mackenzie (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1873-14 Feb 1874
Extent:

1 volume (249 folios)

14. Mss Eur F126/76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/76
Title:
Ajmere Chief Comrship Manual of Agriculture
Scope & Content:
Official correspondence between Pelly and others concerning the preparation of an elementary Manual of Agriculture to be used in schools in Ajmer District.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1874-12 Aug 1874
Extent:

1 file, 4 items (11 folios)

15. Mss Eur F126/84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/84
Title:
Miscellaneous notes: Mr Aitchison and Capt. Baring
Scope & Content:
The correspondence focuses primarily on the Government of Bombay's handling of affairs in Baroda and their failure to reprimand Colonel Robert Phayre for his behaviour; the Government of India having taken over the managing of Baroda affairs and the Governor of Bombay, Sir Philip Wodehouse's dis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:

1 file, 4 items (52 folios)

16. Mss Eur F126/77

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/77
Title:
Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Miscellaneous File 1873
Scope & Content:
Petition, memorandums and written accounts relating to affairs in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] from 1873-1876. Issues covered by the papers include the question of payment of expenses to employees of the Mount Abu Residency; an account of the last few weeks of the life of Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1873-6 Sep 1876
Extent:

1 file, 7 items (24 folios)

17. Mss Eur F126/79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/79
Title:
Statement of Witnesses taken by Colonel Phayre
Scope & Content:
Statement of witnesses taken by Col Phayre, Resident at Baroda, of all those individuals who had access to his private office room between 6am and 7am on 9 November 1874 and could have been involved in the attempt to poison him. The statements were prepared by Messrs Hearn, Cleveland, and Lee ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1874-23 Nov 1874
Extent:

1 file (20 folios)

18. Mss Eur F126/85

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/85
Title:
Copies of official correspondence, proclamations and telegrams relating to Baroda
Scope & Content:
Copies of official telegrams and correspondence relating to the proclamation by Government of the arrest of the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao) on suspicion of the attempted murder of Colonel Robert Phayre; the Commission's relocation to Bombay in March 1875; its conclusions which differed between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1875-31 Mar 1875
Extent:

1 file, 22 items (47 folios)

19. Mss Eur F126/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/12
Title:
Commissions of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Certificates of commission for each of Lewis Pelly's appointments in the East India Company: Captain 23 November 1856; Major 18 February 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 15 November 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 30 June 1863; Lieutenant Colonel 12 December 1866; Major General 01 Apr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jul 1857-17 Jul 1882
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

20. Mss Eur F126/24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/24
Title:
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Press cuttings from British and Indian Newspapers regarding the Afghan War (today known as the 2nd Afghan-Anglo War), negotiations in Cabul [Kabul], the British Government's policy with regards to the Indian Frontier, and the movements of the Russians during the war. The cuttings have been tak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Sep 1878-19 Oct 1878
Extent:

1 volume (150 folios)