Letter enclosing a bill for a pump which was purchased by Pelly for the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer [Amir] and arranging for its payment by the Foreign Office. The letter also discusses the growing importance of Russia's movements in Central Asia.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding Pelly's disdain at the British Government's apparent policy of protecting peoples of other religions and races at the expense of their own subjects, who in the Guld are being left unprotected and molested so that African races on the East coast can instead be protected. The let...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat to an undisclosed recipient
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Letter making arrangements for four horses to be shipped to Calcutta on the British India Steam Navigation Company vessel Penang. The letter also provides details of each horse and informs the recipient of the letter that a member of Pelly's residency staff will accompany the horses.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat to The Manager, Oriental Bank, Bombay
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Letter requesting that the bank authorise a cheque for rupees 2,400 for Sayed Thowainee [Thuwaini bin Said], to be taken from the rupees 5,000 deposited there by Sir John Lawrence.
Letter enclosing Pelly's letter to Seymour John Blane for Clerk and Percivals perusal and requesting they forward it on to Blane once read. The letter also refers to Pelly's recent work in Muskat and the completion of his Muskat Wahabee [Wahhabi] mission and his hopes of being able to rest en-r...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] opposite Shaik Shaab Island, to James Charles Edwards, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident, Bushire
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Letter regarding Berenice having caught fire and the pasengers (including Pelly) having taken to the boats to escape and that all persons on board and the treasure chest were saved but all other belongings lost. The letter goes on to inform Edwards that they are en-route to Bassidore and askin...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] inside the Island of Shaik Shaab, to the Officer Commanding Gun Boat Clyde.
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Letter requesting that the Clyde travel with all practicable speed to Bassidore anf then on to Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] to collect all those persons previously on-board Berenice.
