Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Narayn Wussadeojee
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Letter, marked private, regarding Pelly's recent bout of fever; his seventy-two shares in the new Bank of Bombay and arrangements to cover the cost of their purchase. The letter also discusses the sale of his shares in the old Bank of Bombay.
Correspondence from James Charles Edwards, Uncovenanted Assistant in the Persian Gulf
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Correspondence from James Charles Edwards written to Lewis Pelly during his absences from Bushire to visit other areas of the Persian Gulf, visiting India and returning to England. The main subject of the correspondence is the day to day running of the Residency and Edwards reports on the appoi...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Middle folio of a letter regarding an [unnamed] clerk having handed in his resignation which had been accepted by the Bombay Government; Mr Lucas not having returned to Bushire; Edwards drawing Pelly's pay in order to meet the Residency's payments; and regarding whether or not Pelly wishes to se...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that the superintendent at Mussendom [Musandam] has reported that the Chief of Rasulkhymah [Ras al Khaima] is believed to be preparing an attack on Bokha [Barka], a dependency of Muskat [Muscat].
Letter from Melik ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter from Haj Muhammad 'Ali, Malik al-Tujjar at Bushire, dated 28 Suffur [Safar] 1280 / 12 July 1866 regarding a telegraph he had received from Addul Nubee, a Bushire merchant resiting in Busreh [Basra] regarding two of his slaves who had run away with some of his property and were on board th...
Copy letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain A Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steamer Euphrates, Bushire Roads
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Letter regarding a telegram sent to the Melik-ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] from Adbul Nubbey relating to slaves who had run away with stolen belongings on the steamer Euphrates and asking Captain Atkinson what he knows of the slaves and whether he believes the charges to be true so that he can ...
Letter, in Persian and translated into English, regarding Ghoolam Ali [Ghulam 'Ali], an inhabitant of Bushire who had agreed to serve on a steamer for one month in order to travel from Bombay to Bushire to visit his parents, however the Captain of the steamer was refusing to permit him to leave ...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steamer Euphrates
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Letter regarding a complaint from the Persian authorities that the Captain has prevented Goolam Ali ben Houssein [Ghulam 'Ali] from landing at Bushire and that he has been restrained to prevent him leaving the steamer, and that they are requesting he be released and permitted to land at Bushire....
Letter from J H Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company Steam Ship Euphrates, Bushire Roads to James Charles Edwards, Assistant Political Resident, Persian Gulf
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Letter enclosing the articles of agreement for crew members which is for Bombay to the Persian Gulf and back to Bombay for a period of not more than three months and informing Edwards that Goolam Ali [Ghulam 'Ali] has not been restrained and has been seen and questioned by the Residency moonshee...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain H Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steam Ship Euphrates
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Letter thanking the Captain for his explanations with regards to the runaway slaves and Goolam Ali [Ghulam 'Ali]. A postscript to the letter returns the articles of agreement for crew, an order for 40 tons of coal which he can collect at Bassidore and requesting that he deliver a packet to Colo...
