Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding rumours that Syed Turki [Turki bin Said] has been invited to Muskat [Muscat] and that Syed Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini] will have to give up the Sultanship should he do so, but that Syed Turki has no finances in order to get him to Muskat, and further rumours that Khulug (Abu E...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the prince governor of Bushire suffering from gout and having gone to Bahmany Wells to recover and thanking Pelly for his opinion of the way in which Edwards handled the matter of the runaway slaves. The letter outlines matters in Government letters which require a response fr...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bombay
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Letter regarding the Governor Bushire having taken offence at some of the Hissam-es-Sulteneh's proceedings and having gone to Shiraz threatening not to return unless he is placed in a better position with regards to Bushire affairs, and informing Pelly that the Melik [Malik al-Tujjar] had now be...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bombay
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Draft of the letter at folios 108-111. Letter regarding the Governor of Bushire having taken offence at some of the Hissam-es-Sulteneh's proceedings and having gone to Shiraz threatening not to return unless he is placed in a better position with regards to Bushire affairs, and informing Pelly...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the success of Pelly's visit to Muskat [Muscat] and Edwards hope that Government will agree to the affairs of the Muskat agency being communicated to Pelly and not direct to Government in order to prevent similar situations occuring in future. The letter goes on to discuss mat...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's work in preventing disturbances in Muskat [Muscat] and summarising the response from the Secretary of State approving of Pelly's decision that the British Government should not get involved with the affairs of Syed Turkee [Turki bin Said], unless there is a threat to mar...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding an attack of fever which Edwards has been suffering with for two weeks and news on other friends in Bushire who have also suffered from fever. The letter updates Pelly on the ongoing obstructions and difficulties being caused by various Persian officials in Bushire in blocking...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding news from Muskat [Muscat] of a fight between the Ghafirce [Beni Ghafir] and Herawee [Harasis] tribes and concerns from the inhabitants of Muskat who had requested to leave, and whom Hajee Ahmed had prevented, stating that Syed Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini], who was reportedly st...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Mirza Mehdy Khan's [Mirza Mehdi Khan] arrival at Bushire and the Nusseer ool Moolk [Nasir ul-Mulk] taking the opportunity of his arrival to press the Foreign Agent for responses to letters. The letter proceeds with news from Bahrein [Bahrain] from 16 January regarding the Waha...
Letter regarding a letter from Mr Elton reporting on the Wahabee [Wahabi] Ameer [Amir] remaining at Lahsah [Hasa] and reports from Sheikh Esou [Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al-Khalifah] that Nassir ben Mobarek [Nasir bin Mubarak] and his bedouins are also there and that several eye witnesses have reported...
