Letter from Robert Brown, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Brown's impressions of Captain Philip Howard Colomb and his support of Captain Elton for the vacant position on Dalhousie. The letter also asks Pelly for a copy of the response from Government to his letter on proceedings at Muscat; and discusses the evening entertainments in ...
Letter, marked private, regarding the 'supreme Government's' decision to uphold Pelly's censure whilst agreeing with his vindication, acknowledging his excellent service and forwarding the discussion to the Secretary of State for India. The letter goes on to discuss the disasters of the financi...
Report No.67 of 1863 by Pelly on the tribes, trade and resources of the Gulf littoral; with related statements, maps and appendices
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Political Department report No. 67 of 1863 from Lewis Pelly to the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, giving specific details based on his personal observation and hearsay concerning the tribes, trade and resources of the Gulf littoral which are divided into seven areas according to politica...
Reports, Treaties and Papers relating to the Persian Gulf Written or Compiled by Lewis Pelly
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The series comprises reports, treaties and other papers relating to Lewis Pelly's time in the Persian Gulf and covers proposed extensions to the telegraph network through Persia and Muscat; trade in and around the Persian Gulf; and compiled knowledge of the local tribes in the area. The papers ...
Approximate statement of the principal exports from Bushire to Bombay
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Statement of the principal exports from Bushire to Bombay during the season 1862 to 1863 contrasted with that of 1863 to 1864, and the probable exports of the season 1864 to 1865 with explanatory remarks. The statement includes: cotton, opium, silk, wool-Arab, wool-Persian, gallnuts and horses.
‘SKETCH of the GULF OF PERSIA Showing the seven Classes of Jurisdictions enumerated in my letter No. 67 of 13th April 1863’
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Imprint: Lithographed in the Quarter Master Generals Office, Poona, 2 June 1863. Distinctive Features: The sketch map shows the rough boundaries and areas of responsibility of the seven principal groups of tribes and peoples living around the coast of the Gulf as given in Lewis Pelly's report...
Report No.67 of 1863 detailing the tribes, trades and resources of the Gulf Littoral
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Report from Pelly to the Chief Secretary to Government in the Political Department, Bombay, compiled in Bushire 13 April 1863. The report details the tribes, trade and resources of the Gulf Littoral which is divided into seven areas according to their political administration. The report also i...
Handwritten appendices detailing annual imports and exports, each appendix is labelled A-F
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The appendices include: A. Approximate annual imports by sea from India to Busreh [Basra] and Baghdad B. Approximate annual imports by sea from England to Busreh and Baghdad C. Approximate annual imports by sea from Europe overland to Baghdad D. Approximate annual imports from Persia to Baghdad ...
The memo contains information in Persian, with English translation, regarding the Dashtee [Dashti] tribe and the villages that are subordinate to it. For the town of Dashtee (folio 8) the memo gives details of the tribute paid to the Governor of Bushire; for each subordinate village the followi...
