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991. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 115-116

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 115-116
Title:
Letter from Charles Grant, Bahrein, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1872
Extent:
2 folios

992. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 117-118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 117-118
Title:
Letter from Ronald Ferguson Thomson, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1872
Extent:
2 folios

993. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 119-122

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 119-122
Title:
Letter from Edward Charles Ross, Muskat, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1872
Extent:
4 folios

994. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 123-126

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 123-126
Title:
Letter from Charles Bean Euan-Smith, Aden, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1873
Extent:
4 folios

995. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 127-128

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 127-128
Title:
Letter from Charles Bean Euan-Smith, India Office, London, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1873
Extent:
2 folios

996. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 129-134

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 129-134
Title:
Letter from Arsham J Malcolm, Bushire, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1873
Extent:
4 folios

997. Mss Eur F126/46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46
Title:
Letters to Lewis Pelly from local rulers and shaikhs, with translations in English.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1863-1870
Extent:

1 file, 9 items (17 folios)

998. Mss Eur F126/46, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, f 6
Title:
Letter from Farukh Khan, Tehran to Lewis Pelly, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter in Persian, with English translation, from Farukh Khan (a Persian Government Official) thanking Pelly for his letter of friendly greetings following his arrival in Bushire and for the information provided by Pelly about his career and appointment as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
23 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 folio

999. Mss Eur F126/46, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, f 13
Title:
Note, possibly written in Mahajani.
Scope & Content:
Unidentified note, with no translation, which appears to have been written in Mahajani, an Indian script used in accounting and banking which was most commonly used by the Indian peoples from Sindh to Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 folio

1000. Mss Eur F126/46, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, f 16
Title:
Letter from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic from Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in mid-1862 and Thuwaini bin Said was killed in February 1866.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1863?-1865?
Extent:
1 folio