'Translated purport of a letter from Khumees ibn Esau Seyhatee, an inhabitant of Bahrein [Bahrain] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
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Letter regarding an attack on one of his boats at sea between Kuteef [Al-Qatif] and Bahrein [Bahrain] in which the men on board the ship were murdered and the boat destroyed and accusing of Fysul [Faisal bin Turki bin Saud] of having been responsible for the actions as the sail from the boat was...
Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
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Letter in Arabic, with envelope, to Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely from Lewis Pelly, as folio 16 contains a letter to Pelly from His Highness. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as ...
Personal and official letters to Lewis Pelly from colleagues and friends in India.
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Letters to Lewis Pelly, relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, from colleagues and friends in India and Britain, including Patrick Ryan, Abraham Nickson Hojel and Robert Brown. Other correspondents of note include Hubert Izaak Walton (Director of the Indo-European Telegraph Company), Sir Bar...
Letter regarding Captain Felix Jones who has returned to Bombay with the expectation of resuming his telegraph position in the Gulf, but that the Bombay Government has received no instructions in relation to an appointment for him. The letter goes on to give news of Captain Robert Lambert Play...
Letter from J R Latimer?, Malabar Point, India to Lewis Pelly
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Letter citing a letter which the Governor of Bombay had received from Patrick Stewart in which Stewart had expressed his gratitude for all Pelly's kindness and help towards him.
Letter from Robert Grant Watson, Blackhouse, Ayr, Scotland to Lewis Pelly
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Letter providing Pelly with advice on travelling to Tehran via the Volga including where to obtain horses, where to catch the steamer and places that would be worth visiting en route.
Letter from Hubert Izaak Walton, Indo-European Telegraph Department, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the ongoing work on the telegraph line and the need for another line via Gwadur [Gwadar], Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Shiraz and Teheran [Tehran] in order to join up with the Russian telegraph system. The letter goes on to discuss the delays that have been occuring in message ...
Letter regarding the arrival of Commander Montresor and HMS Severn in Bombay and the Commander's arrangements to assist Pelly in the Gulf and send steam tenders to Muscat. The letter also discusses the situation in Muscat including the various scenarios that could arise if Sultan Thoweynee [Say...
Letter from Herbert Edward Jacomb, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding obtaining a consignment of pearl oysters from the Persian Gulf in order to replenish existing exhausted pearl beds in Ceylon [Sir Lanka].
