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23401. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 43-44
Title:
Letter from Edwyn Sandys Dawes, Bushire, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the possibility of producing a report on trade in the Gulf using his own observations and Pelly's personal papers and the potential publishing of a memorandum by Pelly. The letter goes on to discuss the differences between trade developments in the Gulf compared with Burmah [M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1867
Extent:
2 folios

23402. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 45-46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 45-46
Title:
Letter from Oliver St John, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a response from the Hissam y Sultana over the conduct of the Persian authorities in Bushire and enclosing a despatch relating to the right to possess property in Persia (the despatch is not enclosed). The letter concludes with general news of Tehran and the King of Persia's pi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1867
Extent:
2 folios

23403. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 47-53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 47-53
Title:
Letter from George Andrew Atkinson, Acting Political Agent, Muscat, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter No. 199 of 1867 with enclosed telegrams to Government regarding the recent crisis in Muscat. The letter discussses correcting the Government's error in attributing Atkinson's telegrams to Pelly; the threat of an attack on Muscat from Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said] and the Sultan's request...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1867
Extent:
7 folios

23404. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 54-55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 54-55
Title:
Letter from Robert Marcham, Shiraz, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the hospitality shown to Marcham by the Nawab in Shiraz; Marcham's journey from Shiraz to Bushire invluding a recently discovered cave of Crystals and Salt Stalactitites near Kemavrez and his onward travels to Isfahan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1868
Extent:
2 folios

23405. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 57-58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 57-58
Title:
Letter from Beresford Lovett, Cheiraz [Shiraz], to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding relations between British representatives and the Persian authorities in the Gulf and discussing recent events between Abd-al-Kasim and Zilzilah Khan and how these might affect the appointment of an Agent (the Persian Foreign Agent at Bushire). The letter also notes that altho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1869
Extent:
2 folios

23406. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 59-60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 59-60
Title:
Letter from Phillip Howard Columb, HMS Dryad, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that HMS Dryad is available for Gulf service until 10 April (1869).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1869
Extent:
2 folios

23407. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 61-62

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 61-62
Title:
Letter from Herbert Isaak Walton, Kurrachee [Karachi], to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the recent state of affairs on the Mekran Coast and the misreporting of facts in relation to the sovereignty of Gwadar which could jeopardise telegraph communications from there. The letter also references an enclosed letter to Colonel Frederick John Goldsmid, which is no long...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1869
Extent:
2 folios

23408. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 63-64

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 63-64
Title:
Letter from Charles Herbert, Baghdad, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding affairs in Muscat; Pelly's disappointment at not being able to go to England and Herbert's thoughts on the new Governor-General in Baghdad and his suitability for the role.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1869
Extent:
2 folios

23409. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 65-68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 65-68
Title:
Letter from Alfred Cotton Way, Bassidore, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding affairs on the arab coast including a defensive treaty that the Chiefs of Ras-ool Khyma [Ra's al Khaymah], Ejman [Ajman] and Amulgavine [Umm al Qaywayn] have entered in to with the Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]and investigating reports of new forts being built. The letter als...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1869
Extent:
4 folios

23410. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter from Ronald Thompson, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Thompson's intention to travel to England via the Caspian, Caucasus and Crimea. The letter also reports on the movements of Grand Duke Constantine [Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia] and the Emperor (Alexander II) and thanks Pelly for sending him the cigars, which he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1870
Extent:
2 folios

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