Telegram from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident to the Secretary to Government in the Political Department, Bombay
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Telegram regarding the affairs of Muskat in relation to the Wahabees [Wahhabi] requiring careful consideration and requesting permission to proceed in the Berenice to Muskat and from there to Bombay.
Letter No.905 of 1865 from Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter thanking Pelly for the information he supplied in relation to the proposed extension of the Mekran line from Gwadar to Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and informing Pelly of the wider circulation he intended for the report.
Letter No.347 from William Muir, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department Political, Simla to The Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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Letter regarding information supplied by Lewis Pelly on the practicality of the proposed extension of the Mekran line of Telegraph. The verso of the folio records that copies of the letter were made by Patrick Ryan, Assistant Secretary for the Secretary to Government and James Charles Edwards, ...
Letter No. 88 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, British Residency Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding a report from the native agent at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] that Sayed Torkee [Sayyid Turki bin Said] had proceeded to the Muskat coast with the intention of landing and that he had hostile intentions towards Sayed Soulem [Sayyid Soulim bin Thuwaini]. The letter also contains P...
Letter from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf and The Government of India
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Letter informing the Political Resident of the Government of India's approval of his proceedings in relation to the bombardment of Sohar following Ibrahim bin Gais' [Ibrahim bin Qais] refusal to comply with demands.
Copies of letter Numbers 277, 279 and 623 of 1864 from Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Political Agent, Muscat to Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Copies of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat: No. 277 of 1864, 3 December 1864 regarding His Highness the Sultan of Muscat who is engaged in an expedition against Ges bin Azar [Azzan bin Qais] of Rostock [Rustaq] and reporting that the alleged cause of the expedition is in owing to...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere, KCB
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Letter regarding the recent proceedings of Russia in Southern Central Asia and observations made by Pelly on Russia's potential intentions. The letter details what Pelly views as the existing facts of Russia's movements thus far and gives his observations on how the Russians may view their cur...
Letter No.1 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding a letter that Pelly had sent to the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer [Amir Faisal ibn Turki al Sa'ud] and his thoughts that the demands made in the letter will be ignored and that therefore naval action against their forts may be required. The letter goes on to detail Pelly's intention...
'Copy of Colonel Kemball's letter to Secretary to Government Bombay about Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Aboo Eso [Yas Island]'
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Copy of letter No. 56 of 1866 from Colonel Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad to the Secretary to Government of Bombay in the Political Department, Bombay written 26 June 1866. The Colonel's letter proposes that visits by the British India Steam Navigation Comp...
Letter No. 1397 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Cover letter enclosing a despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India No. 16 dated 28 February 1867, along with enclosures to the despatch for the attention of the Political Resident. The cover letter is signed as a true copy by James Charles Edwards, Assistant Resident Persian Gulf...
