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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/38, ff 127v-128
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Colonel Herbert Disbrowe
Scope & Content:: Draft of a letter regarding Lewis Pelly and Herbert Disbrowe's views on the policy towards Muscat which coincide; regarding the various vessels which are departing from and arriving at the Gulf and the possibility of Disbrowe visiting Pelly at Bushire.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Apr 1869
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/38, ff 128-129
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Gerald Fitzgerald
Scope & Content:: Draft of a letter regarding Fitzgerald's movements in coming to the Gulf and Pelly's intention to take three months leave following his visit. The letter goes on to discuss the frontier between Beloochistan [Baluchistan] and Persia, the precise position of the current Russian frontier and how ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Apr 1869
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/38, ff 130-131
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Ronald Thomson
Scope & Content:: Letter to Ronald Thomson, Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran, regarding a request from the Governor of Bushire that he be permitted to send his personal letters via the English Courier; the arrival of the Netherlands Consul; a request to send a case of cigars to the Residency and Pelly's desire to trav...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Mar 1869
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/38, ff 132-133
Title:: Letter No. 95 of 1867 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf, in Shiraz to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding a telegram received by Pelly from the acting agent at Muskat [Muscat] regarding the anticipated arrival of Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said] with a large force and the Sultan's request for two man of wars. The letter requests Government's advice on what to do should Torkee succeed ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Aug 1867
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/48-54
Title:: Reports, Treaties and Papers relating to the Persian Gulf Written or Compiled by Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: The series comprises reports, treaties and other papers relating to Lewis Pelly's time in the Persian Gulf and covers proposed extensions to the telegraph network through Persia and Muscat; trade in and around the Persian Gulf; and compiled knowledge of the local tribes in the area. The papers ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:: 1863-1872
Extent:: 7 files (129 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/55-64
Title:: Correspondence, Journals and Papers relating to Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh
Scope & Content:: The contents of the files relate to Lewis Pelly's stay in Kuwait and journey to Riyadh January-March 1865 to meet with Amir Faisal ibn Turki al-Sa'ud of the Wahhabi. The correspondence within the files includes discussions with the Secretary to the Government of Bombay of the reports required ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1864-1927
Extent:: 10 files (236 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/65-68
Title:: Miscellaneous Papers relating to Affairs in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:: The files contain notes, correspondence, press cuttings, sketches, a journal, and a published paper relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf during Lewis Pelly's term as Political Resident there (1862-1873). The files include Pelly's explorations and travels throughout the Gulf region, and espec...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1864-c 1873
Extent:: 4 files (102 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/69-77
Title:: Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency Papers
Scope & Content:: The series contains correspondence, memorandum, reports and petititions relating to the running of the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency, during Lewis Pelly's time as Agent to the Governor General for Rajputana. The correspondence focuses primarily on matters relating to the running of the agency, i...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1873-1876
Extent:: 7 files (517 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/78-95
Title:: Sir Lewis Pelly's Baroda Papers
Scope & Content:: Papers, reports, correspondence, memorandums, notes and proclamations relating to events in Baroda 1873 to 1875 and Sir Lewis Pelly's appointment there as Special Commissioner. The events in question revolved around allegations of the maladministration of the Baroda State by Malhar Rao, Gaekwar...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1873-1880
Extent:: 18 files (851 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/96-113
Title:: Maps
Scope & Content:: A collection of maps accumulated by Sir Lewis Pelly during his career with the East India Company and Indian Civil Service. The maps can be broadly divided into two topics: Maps relating to the Persian Gulf, showing the various explorations which occured prior to and during Sir Lewis Pelly's ti...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1832-1882
Extent:: 18 files (20 maps, 1 photograph)

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