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1. Mss Eur F126/72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72
Title:
Bickaneer [Bīkāner] Agency - D.O. Letters from Captain Burton
Scope & Content:
Demi-official letters from Captain Charles William Burton, Political Agent at Bikaneer [Bīkāner], to Lewis Pelly, and Pelly's predecessor as Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana [Rājasthān], Colonel John Cheape Brooke. The correspondence discusses administrative matters in Bickaneer inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1873-19 Feb 1874
Extent:

1 file, 11 items (43 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 8-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 8-20
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter detailing the complaints of the Fharhoors? against the Chief of Bickaneer (Dungar Singh), including: difficulties for local Chief's in handling complaints relation to the practices of their predecessors the current Maharaja and difficulties with him problems with the collecting and levyi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1873
Extent:
13 folios

3. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his inability to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] and meet with Pelly in Jodhpore [Jodhpur] owing to the state of disquiet at that time, and regarding the difficulties being caused by the Maharaja (Dungar Singh) being on unfriendly terms with various groups and individuals which have n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1873
Extent:
2 folios

4. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a note from Pundit Munphool in which he asks to be considered for the Dewanship of Kotah, and giving his (Burton's) recommendation of him as a being capable of the role and referncing an excerpt from his annual report to Colonel John Cheape Brooke 31 May 1873 in which he had rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios

5. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, with copy, reporting on his meeting with the Maharaja (Dungar Singh), Lal Singh's objections to going to Jeypore [Jaipur] owing to his concerns over matters of etiquette and proposing instead to meet Colonel Pelly at Ajmere [Ajmer]. The letter goes on to discuss the advantages of convers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios

6. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 33-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 33-34
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Choy Hial, who had held offices for many years before resigning through ill health in June 1871 and who had most recently been a member of the Bickaneer [Bīkāner] Council and was considered to be one of the few individuals giving good advice to the Maharaja.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

7. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 4-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 4-7
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel John Cheape Brooke
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 18 June 1873, informing Colonel Brooke that the Fakeer Ameer Ally Sow [Amir Ali Sow] had died. The reverse of folio five contains a note from Lewis Pelly to Henry Byam Abbott, dated 21 July 1873, asking about letters received from Government concerning the Fakeer. Folios 6-7 ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1873
Extent:
4 folios

8. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 23-24
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter confirming that he would not be able to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to meet with Pelly owing to the ongoing difficulties with the Maharaja, and regarding various complaints which have been taken up and the slow pace with which they were being resolved.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

9. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 35-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 35-36
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for offering to meet him in Ajmere [Ajmer] and proposing that they revert to their original intention of meeting in Jeypore [Jaipur] on 1 January 1874.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1873
Extent:
2 folios

10. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 39-40
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Camp Seehur to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for sending the letter from Aitchison; and discussing some disputed land near Bursoo [Budsu] which is nearly 100 miles from the road to Bickaneer [Bīkāner], including the difficulties in reaching it, the poor quality of the roads, the lack of available water and the need fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1874
Extent:
2 folios

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