Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Seymour John Blaine
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Letter regarding the purchase of horses for Sir John Lawrence and an additional two horses for the Viceroy which are gifts from the Sultan of Muscat and preparations to have them sent initially to Bombay and then on to Calcutta. The letter goes on to describe each horse being given to the Vicer...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding a blood feud against Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] which has broken out even earlier than Pelly had anticipated and reporting on the lack of following for Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said]. The letter goes on to discuss British Indian politics and despatches from Sir John L...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding photographs of the Bushire residency which have been taken by Abraham Nickson Hojel and reporting on Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s attack on Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini]. The letter goes on to discuss arrangements for Pelly to meet Sir John Lawrence; and trade and com...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] opposite Shaik Shaab Island, to Hubert Izaak Walton, Director of Telegraphs
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Letter providing an account of the fire on board Berenice and asking Clyde to sail up the Gulf with Dalhousie to pick up the stranded passengers and give them a lift to Bushire.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to Henry Christopher Mance, Superintendent of Telegraph Station, Mussendum [Musandam]
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Letter requesting that Mance ask the Superintendent at Bushire to thank Captain Oliver St. John and request that he convey Pelly's thanks to the Prince Governor of Shiraz, along with his willingness to co-operate with him. The letter also requests that Mr James (Superintendent at Bushire?) make ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter giving full details of the fire on board Berenice on the morning of 31 October 1866 including the location in the Gulf it occured, the limited equipment on board for tackling such a fire, how the fire spread throughout the ship and how long it took for Berenice to sink. The letter then ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Edward Charles Ross
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Letter regarding Ross having returned to Gwadur and being satisfied with matters there, and a letter of acknowledgement that Pelly has written to Henry W Warner, who had been acting in Ross's place and whose former ship Berenice had recently burnt at sea. The letter also discusses the vacant po...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding Pelly not having heard from Sir Bartle since October and his fears that recent incidents in the Gulf, including the loss of Berenice are the cause of this. The letter also refers to a rumour he heard from Hubert Walton that Sir Bartle had taken a fall from his horse but that h...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding Sir Bartle's departure from his position as Governor of Bombay and his forthcoming role on the Council of India. The letter also discusses the need for a new agent at Muskat and the decision by the Government of India to view the question of Augam [Henjam] as one of purely tele...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter requesting that an English officer be assigned to Muskat and the need to settle amicably the questions between Muskat and Persia regarding Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas]. The letter goes on to discuss matters of Politics, the Government of India, Russian Advances, the value of trade in the ...
