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881. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 118v-119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 118v-119
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the 'incorrigible mischeviousness' of Mahomed bin Khuleefeh (Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah) of Bahrein and reports that he has been killed by his fellow Chief's for allowing Bedouins to persistently plunder towns and British subjects as well as Pelly's belief that pre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1869
Extent:

2 folios

882. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 119v-120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 119v-120
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Britain's failure to to enforce their decisions of the previous yearwhich has led to the need for ships in the Gulf to be sent to East Africa to prevent the slave trade. The letter goes on to discuss the difficulties in undertaking work and supporting expanding trade in the Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1869
Extent:

2 folios

883. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 181-180v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 181-180v
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Edwin Dawes
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's recent three month cruise in the Gulf to settle the Arab coast troubles and the settling of Muscat affairs. The letter also mentions Pelly's money in the Bank of Bombay his hopes (which he does not expect to be fulfilled) that he will be reimbursed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1869
Extent:

2 folios

884. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 184-183

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 184-183
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Narayn Wassadeojee
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Narayn that Messrs Remington have paid his Bombay Bank calls and that they have decided not to sell his shares in the Colaba and Elphinstone Land Reclamation Companies. The letter goes on to detail the remittance Joseph Charles Edwards has sent on his behalf relating to his pay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1868
Extent:

2 folios

885. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 188-187v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 188-187v
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Narayn Wussadeojee
Scope & Content:
Letter, marked private, regarding Pelly's recent bout of fever; his seventy-two shares in the new Bank of Bombay and arrangements to cover the cost of their purchase. The letter also discusses the sale of his shares in the old Bank of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1868
Extent:

1 folio

886. Mss Eur F126/44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/44
Title:
Correspondence from James Charles Edwards, Uncovenanted Assistant in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from James Charles Edwards written to Lewis Pelly during his absences from Bushire to visit other areas of the Persian Gulf, visiting India and returning to England. The main subject of the correspondence is the day to day running of the Residency and Edwards reports on the appoi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1862-13 Nov 1874
Extent:

1 file, 56 items (161 folios)

887. Mss Eur F126/44, f 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/44, f 23
Title:
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Middle folio of a letter regarding an [unnamed] clerk having handed in his resignation which had been accepted by the Bombay Government; Mr Lucas not having returned to Bushire; Edwards drawing Pelly's pay in order to meet the Residency's payments; and regarding whether or not Pelly wishes to se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 folio

888. Mss Eur F126/44, f 90

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/44, f 90
Title:
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that the superintendent at Mussendom [Musandam] has reported that the Chief of Rasulkhymah [Ras al Khaima] is believed to be preparing an attack on Bokha [Barka], a dependency of Muskat [Muscat].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1866
Extent:
1 folio

889. Mss Eur F126/44, f 91

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/44, f 91
Title:
Letter from Melik ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter from Haj Muhammad 'Ali, Malik al-Tujjar at Bushire, dated 28 Suffur [Safar] 1280 / 12 July 1866 regarding a telegraph he had received from Addul Nubee, a Bushire merchant resiting in Busreh [Basra] regarding two of his slaves who had run away with some of his property and were on board th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1866
Extent:
1 folio

890. Mss Eur F126/44, f 92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/44, f 92
Title:
Copy letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain A Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steamer Euphrates, Bushire Roads
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a telegram sent to the Melik-ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] from Adbul Nubbey relating to slaves who had run away with stolen belongings on the steamer Euphrates and asking Captain Atkinson what he knows of the slaves and whether he believes the charges to be true so that he can ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1866
Extent:
1 folio