Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere, London
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Letter Captain Oliver St. John, who is employed with the Persian Telegraph Department, his work mapping southern Persia and his ability to provide information about that part of the world.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Oliver St. John
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Letter regarding Mr Clark who arrived in Bushire and then went on to Bagdad to meet Major Smith and Pelly's understanding that they would then return to Bushire before travelling on to Tehran. The letter also discusses the Persian Foreign Office Moonshee [Munshi] who Pelly wishes to see made an...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Brief letter regarding a recommendation from Sir Bartle Frere that Pelly should become acquainted with Mr William Fitzgerald (the new Governor of Bombay) and asking that Ellis submit on Pelly's behalf a request to meet with him should an opportunity present itself.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Letter regarding Captain George Atkinson at Muscat who is suffering from ill health and news of Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s failed attack on Muscat. The letter also discusses Pelly's intentions of travelling to Shiraz and arrangements with regards to Dr Abraham Hojel's pay. The letter also ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Alfred Cotton Way
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Letter thanking him for the careful way he has looked into the Debai [Dubai] cases and enclosing letters to both the Debai Chief and other local Chiefs which Way may deliver to them at his discretion if the circumstances of the case require it. The letter also suggests operatingly the telegrap...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to George Andrew Atkinson
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Letter regarding Atkinson's recovering health at Bassidore and Pelly's intention to remain at Bushire until the mail steamer arrives before heading to Shiraz. The letter also discusses the possibility of the British occupying Augam [Henjam]; the question of whether or not a Sepoy guard is requi...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore, to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Letter, marked private, regarding the ongoing difficulties with the Persian authorities and Mr Charles Ailson's tendency to concede to them in order to avoid conflict which has been causing Pelly complications in Bushire.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Letter regarding the annoyances that the Persian authorities are causing to commerce in the Gulf and the difficulties caused by the India Office ruling that the Resident should ony communicate with a Persian Foreign Agent as there is not currently one in the Gulf area and that hinders Pelly's ab...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Alfred Cotton Way
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Letter requesting that Way travel to the arab coast to look into some proceedings involving the Sheikh of Shargah [Sharjah] (Khalid bin Sultan al-Qasimi) and informing him that he has written to Government for instructions regarding the Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] Chief (Shaikh Zayid bin Khalifah). ...
