Copy of letter No 1662/694 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Viceroy's Camp, Bombay, to His Excellency Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Aden
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Letter enclosing a copy of a despatch (no longer enclosed) from the Under Secretary to the Government of India conveying to Pelly the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General that he proceed to Aden and place himself under Sir Bartle Frere's orders. The letter also informs Frere of his inten...
Copy of letter No 1666/464 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bombay to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter enclosing correspondence concerning the rate of pay to be drawn by the Assistants at the Residency during those periods where they were acting in appointments which were notified in the Government Gazette. The correspondence draws attention to a ruling by the Accountant General which sta...
Copy of letter No 1671/696 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on special duty with the Zanzibar Commission, at Aden, to Brigadier General John William Schneider, HBM's Political Resident Aden
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Letter enclosing receipts in triplicate for five hundred rupees and requesting that the sum be dispersed to him from the Residency treasury. One copy of the receipt is attached with the letter.
Copy of letter No 1673/698 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on special duty with the Zanzibar and Muscat Mission, at Aden, to The Accountant General, Bombay
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Letter informing the Accountant General that he had sent Government Resolution No. 7060 of 1872 to the Officer in charge of the treasury at Bushire instructing him to withdraw Pelly's pay. The letter also encloses two lists of contingent bills detailing expenses incurred by Pelly whilst on duty...
Copy of letter No 1/1 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on special duty with the Zanzibar and Muscat Mission, at Aden, to Brigadier General John William Schneider, Political Resident Aden
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Letter enclosing an extract from Letter No. 6704 of 18 November 1872 and requesting that Lieutenant Edward Mockler be instructed to proceed to Gwadur [Gwadar] and take charge of Captain Samuel Barrett Miles' office there, reporting to both the Commissioner in Sind and the Political Agent at Musc...
Copy of letter No 5/3 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, On Special Duty, East African Special Mission, Zanzibar to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Calcutta
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Letter confirming that once the East African Special Mission is concluded he will proceed to Constantinople to confer with Sir Philip Francis in order to prepare a draft of an Order in Council on the subject of consular jurisdiction in Persia and the Persian Gulf. The letter goes on to confirm ...
Copy of a letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, On Special Duty, to Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Special envoy to Zanzibar and Muscat
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Letter regarding the Anti-Slavery engagements which the various Sovereigns and Trucial Chiefs of the Countries near the Persian Gulf had agreed to; the understanding that these engagements were personal ones signed by the Trucial Chiefs and would not be applicable to any heirs or successors; and...
Copy of letter No. 10/7 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on Special Duty,East Coast African Special Mission, at Bombay to His Excellency Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, HM's Special Envoy to Zanzibar and Muscat
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Letter enclosing an authenticated translated section of a letter from the Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] acknowledging his engagement against the importation of slaves. The letter also reports that the Sultan of Muscat Seyyid Torkee [Turki bin Said Al-Said] had issued a proclamation and fully ...
Copy of letter No. 10/6 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, On Special Duty, at Simla, to The Secretary of Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding three horses which were presented by Seyyid Torkee [Turki bin Said Al Said], Sultan of Muscat to Sir Bartle Frere and himself. The letter encloses a memorandum of expenses occured in the feeding and shipping of the horses to Bombay and reports that the horses are awaiting sale...
Manuscript copies of correspondence between Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay.
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Copies of official correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent at Muscat (Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Captain George Andrew Atkinson) and the Secretaries to the Government of India (Charle...
