Letter from Charles Bean Euan-Smith, India Office, London, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding the confidential blue book which hebeen printed and which he is arranging to be sent to Pelly and which the Foreign Office has checked through and removed any 'items of real consequence'. The letter also gives news of the current parliament and that Sir Bartle Frere's proposit...
Letter from Arsham J Malcolm, Bushire, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter thanking Pelly for all his work and assistance in Bushire during his time as Resident and detailing the troubles that have befallen his family since Pelly's departure, asking for his assistance in acquiring Residency protection from them and explaining that they may have to sell up and le...
Letters to Lewis Pelly from local rulers and shaikhs, with translations in English.
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Correspondence in Arabic, mostly with translations in English, from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat; Zayid I bin Khalifah Al-Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi; Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, Ruler of Najd; Majid bin Said Al-Busair, Sultan of Zanzibar; the British native agent at Sharjah, Ha...
Letter from Farukh Khan, Tehran to Lewis Pelly, Bushire
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Letter in Persian, with English translation, from Farukh Khan (a Persian Government Official) thanking Pelly for his letter of friendly greetings following his arrival in Bushire and for the information provided by Pelly about his career and appointment as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf....
Unidentified note, with no translation, which appears to have been written in Mahajani, an Indian script used in accounting and banking which was most commonly used by the Indian peoples from Sindh to Bengal.
Letter from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter in Arabic from Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in mid-1862 and Thuwaini bin Said was killed in February 1866.
Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]
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Letter in Arabic, with English translation, from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] to Ameer Abdullah [Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]. The letter discusses Ameer Abdullah's ownership of the Arab coastline of the Persian Gulf, and stating that Guttur [Qatar] does not belong to...
Letter from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter in Arabic, with English translation, from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lewis Pelly, dated 19 Ramadhan 1287 (13 December 1870) and received by Pelly at Bushire 19 December 1870. Letter regarding the Ghobaysat [Qubaisat] trib...
Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
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Letter in Arabic, with English translation, sent 28 Ramadan 1281 (25 February 1865) and received at the Bushire Residency 20 Mar 1865. Letter reporting that the Chief of Jaalan [Ja'alan] had paid a visit to Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisal bin Turki al Saud] and that he had returned accompanied by a Wa...
'Translated purport of a letter from Abdullah ben Fysul [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud] Ruler of Nedjd [Najd] to Colonel Lewis Pelly Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Letter informing Pelly that he had replied to his letter immediately but that the messenger tasked with bringing the letter to Pelly from Kateef [al-Qatif] had experienced problems with his camels wearing out and had been delayed. The letter also informs Pelly of an exchange between the Captain...
