Letter No. 40 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter requesting permission to sell the Bughla that had belonged to the Shaikh of Bahrain and informing Government that the Shaikh has given warlike assistance to the Wahabees [Wahhabis] and had resumed his insulting language towards the British Government.
Letter No. 90 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter repeating the request made in No. 40 of 1866 to sell the Bughla that had belonged to the Shaikh of Bahrain and regarding the ongoing charges that are being incurred in keeping it as it is leaking.
Letter No. 3098 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Letter enclosing letter No.958 from William Muir, Secretary to the Government of India regarding the sale of the Bughla. The enclosed letter requests further details on the subordination of Bahrain to the Wahabees [Wahhabis] and seeks assurances that Pelly did not officially intend to confiscat...
Letter No. 105 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter confirming that Pelly had not intended to officially confiscate the Bughla and had immediately applied to Government for instructions on the matter. Also enclosed is letter No.2, Secret Department, from the India Office to the Governor in Council, Bombay (William Robert Seymour Vesey Fi...
Letter No. 3573 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter informing Pelly that his report is not as full as the Government would require and asking for exact information on the extent to which Bahrain is subordinate to the Wahabees [Wahhabis].
Letter No. 7 of 1867 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter informing Government that he has communicated with the Shaikh of Bahrain regarding the return of the Bughla. Enclosed with the letter is a copy of a telegram from the Government in Bombay, dated 20 December 1866, instructing Pelly to return the Bughla.
Letter No. 27 of 1867 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter giving Pelly's remarks on the suppression of the slave trade which exists between Muskat [Muscat] and Mussendom [Musandam] which was mentioned in Lieutenant Colonel Disbrowe's journal. Pelly's observations include that the slavers transport slaves during the hot season in the Gulf, April...
Letter No. 28 of 1867 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding a Government resolution requiring Pelly to advise on the means of supplying knowledge of native languages to the Naval service; supporting Government's thoughts on introducing an interpreters' allowance and giving some more general thoughts on the Naval presence in the East.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Colonel Herbert Disbrowe
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Draft of a letter regarding an article in Colonel Herbert Disbrowe's overland summary journal which states that the attacks made on Lewis Pelly at Muscat had personal motives, and Pelly's desire to acknowledge this fact publicly given that it is being published in the press.
Letter No. 50 of 1865 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muscat, to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter informing the Government in Bombay of his arrival in Muscat (also given as Muskat), his meeting with His Highness' Vezeer [Vizier] and is intention to travel to Burkeh [Barka] in order to meet the Sultan there. The letter also includes Pelly's initial thoughts on the quarrel between Mus...