Copy of letter No. 363 of 1856 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Muskat to Captain George Andrew Atkinson, Acting Political Agent, Muskat
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Copy of a letter regarding George Atkinson's violation of Government orders in having sent a telegram direct to Government which the Government had assumed that Pelly had been either the author of or had approved of, and reminding Atkinson that all correspondence must go through him.
Copy of Political Despatch No.50 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to the Political Resident Persian Gulf and The Acting Political Agent, Muscat
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Copy Political despatch No. 50 which encloses Political despatch No. 94 from the Secretary of State for India (Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh) to the Governor in Council, Bombay (William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald). The despatch expresses the Secretary of State's satisfact...
Letter No. 111 of 1868 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Kurrachee [Karachi] to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding the recent affairs of Bahrain, Guttur [Qatar] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and their breaches of the peace at sea. The letter goes on to give details of a dispute between Persia and Muscat which had given rise to the Arab tribes and boats looking to plunder Persian ports and thei...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to His Excellency Charles Alison
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Letter regarding a request for assistance from Charles Alison in regards to a pension for the sons of a late agent, and Pelly's opinion that the wording of a recent Government resolution may prevent him providing assistance. The letter also discusses the pension in relation to two unmarried daug...
Confidential letter No.1399 of 1869 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
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Letter enclosing a confidential letter from the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department regarding affairs at Bahrain and asking for information on the visit of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] and the circumstances connected with it. Enclo...
Letter No.2583 from Charles Gonne, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
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Letter enclosing letter No.1066A from Charles E R Girdlestone, Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 31 July 1869 conveying the thanks of the Government of India to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly...
Letter No.2583 from Charles Gonne, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
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Letter enclosing letter No.1062 from Charles E R Girdlestone, Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 31 July 1869 conveying the approval of the Government of India to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pell...
Letter No.498P from Charles E R Girdlestone, Officiating Junior Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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Letter enclosing a copy of a memorandum relating to the claims of the Turkish Government to the sovereignty of the island of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The memorandum details the history of the island of Bahrein from the sixteenth century onwards, including British recognition of the independence of Ba...
Folder entitled 'Guttur [Qatar] Sovereignty' enclosing letter No. 5147 of 1871 from William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department regarding the question of the sovereignty...
Letter from Henry Le Poer Wynne to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bushire
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Letter confidentially enclosing papers which the Bombay Government had been due to send Pelly on 15 January 1871 and regarding their recent grevious loss. Enclosed with the letter are: Letter from Sir John William Kaye, Secretary, Political and Secret Department, India Office to Charles Umphers...
