Folios three and four of a letter written by Lewis Pelly discussing Persian affairs, in particular attempts at making a complaint against the Bushire Foreign Moonshee and the difficult working conditions in Bushire before requesting that the recipient of the letter raise the issue with Lord Stan...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board May Frere, to Charles Alison
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Letter regarding a demand by the Persian Foreign Office that any individual who wishes to work as a servant at the Residency must have a certificate of good character signed by a competent authority and requesting that the Minister provide examples of instances where Residency servants have not ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
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Letter regarding Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said] and his intentions towards Muscat. The letter also discusses the Political Agent at Muscat, Lieutenant George Andrew Atkinson, who Pelly describes as being 'inclined to excitement' and who has on several occassions, which are described in the letter...
Letter regarding the recent decision of the Persian Foreign Office that all individuals of an 'exceptional character' must have a character reference signed by a competent authority before they can work for the Residency and the objectionable conduct of the Foreign Office Moonshee [Munshi] in Bu...
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat, to Charles Alison
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Letter containing further reports on the 'squabbles' between the Moonshee's [Munshi's] and the Persian Foreign Office and of Pelly's ongoing difficulties with the Persian authorities and the Persian Foreign Agent in Tehran.
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore, to Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
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Letter regarding a Dr I Williams who wishes to be appointed as the Assistant Surgeon at Muscat and giving his support to the application. The letter also reiterates the request for a vessel in the Gulf that can use sails in order to save on coal. The letter concludes by discussing a letter fro...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
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List thanking Way for his clear report regarding the Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] Chief (Zayid bin Khalifah) and discussing affairs in Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] including the Persian Government's appointment of the Naib ul Agalla as Governor, their desire for the British to protect the Gulf coast t...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Charles Alison
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Letter describing the maritime truce in the Gulf which Pelly arbitrates as Resident and explaining that the arab tribes of the littoral are bound by it and not Persia or Muscat. The letter details the Sultan of Muscat's desire to continue leasing Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas], that the Sultan wi...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
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Letter regarding the recent hot weather; the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] affair and the murder of a Puttawalla (Persian messenger or courier). The letter also informs Way of the Bombay Government's request that Pelly visit the Persian Governor-General at Shiraz; their approval of Pelly's reco...
