Letter No. 50 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter enclosing a draft of a letter for Maskat [Muscat] which will be delivered by Mr Rozario who will be tasked, whilst in Maskat, to ascertain who the de-facto government is in order to correspond on commercial matters and on British commercial interests and property there. The letter goes ...
Letter No. 1232 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Letter forwarding two letters from the Government of India, Nos. 346 and 361, regarding the reply to be given to the Maskat [Muscat] envoys and the attitude to be adopted towards Sayed Salem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] and to seek out a suitable person to send to Maskat. Letter No. 346 from John Wil...
Letter No. 96 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla
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Letter forwarding Lewis Pelly's draft reply to the Muskat [Muscat] envoys for approval and clarifying Colonel Disbrowe's position in holding a consular commission as well as his poor state of health which has prevented him returning to Muskat and proposing that a Native Agent posted to Muskat wo...
Letter No. 43 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding 'speciments of complaint' being received by Lewis Pelly and requesting advice on how to handle these under the Government of India's current orders not to interfere and requesting a resolution on how to conduct matters when Naval ships are under orders to depart the Gulf on spec...
Letter No. 55 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding the resumption of trade and the relative quiet in the Persian Gulf. The letter highlights the changes in the region since 1846, focusing particularly on the increase in trade, the shift in duties of the resident to primarily focus on the Arab coast, arbitration of the maritime t...
Letter No. 496 from William Muir, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla to the Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter approving the reply the Bombay Council propose giving to the envoys of Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] and authorising a native agent to manage the Muskat [Muscat] residency in the interim. The letter goes on to authorise merchants trading with Muskat, but that they must judge thei...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Her Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding the delivery of the letter for Muskat [Muscat] to the de-facto Government, the apparent calming of matters in Muskat and the resumption of trade there. The letter goes on to recommend not appointing Gaspar Rozario to Muskat but to select the head Arabic Mirza of the Muskat res...
Letter No. 36 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding Lewis Pelly not having received letter No. 523 containing details of the agreement to resume relations with the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat]; his arrival at Muskat and the subsequent recognition of Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini]; and the desires of the Wahabee Ameer [Wahhabi ...
Letter No. 83 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter reporting his arrival at Bushire and that all matters at Muskat [Muscat] have been satisfactorily arranged. The letter goes on to report on a visit to the Telegraph Station at Mussendom [Musandam] and to give his observations that the Arab tribes around the coast have been showing a 'conc...
Letter No. 96 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding the resolution of the Muskat [Muscat] - Wahabee [Wahhabi] affair; Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] starting afresh and the threat to him from his uncle Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said] who had recently made an attempt to avenge his brother's death (after waiting for Pelly to de...