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91. Mss Eur F126/22, f 41v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, f 41v
Title:
Letter No.825 of 1869 from Sir William Lockyer Merewether, the Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Camp Kanhur to Colonel Robert Phayre, the Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Colonel Phayre provide him with information regarding the nature of the regular force maintained by the Khan, including what countrymen it is composed of and exact numbers of Artillery, Cavalry or Infantry; Information relating to the cost of the force and its maintenance,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1869
Extent:
1 folio

92. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 42-44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 42-44
Title:
Letter No.57 of 1869 from Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent, Kelat, at Jacobabad to Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind
Scope & Content:
Letter supplying the information requested by Sir William Merewether in relation to the regular force maintained by the Khan of Kelat [Kalāt]; and the allegiences of the Chiefs of Beloochistan [Baluchistan]. The letter details the strength and composition of the Khan's forces, details how reve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1869
Extent:
3 folios

93. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 68-79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 68-79
Title:
Letter No.528 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter relating to matters which had recently occured on the Frontier of Sind. The letter commences by stating Merewether's original assumptions that his comments on Colonel Phayre's narrative of events in Khelat [Kalāt] should have been sufficient to resolve the wrong impressions of affairs he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1870
Extent:
12 folios

94. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 80-87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 80-87
Title:
Letter No.159 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing correspondence on the arrangements entered into with the Murree tribe in February 1869 for the protection of Kafilahs (convoys of travellers) on the route from Affghanistan [Afghanistan] to Sind [Sindh]. The letter reports on the failure of the scheme owing to its limited scope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1870
Extent:
8 folios

95. Mss Eur F126/22, f 143

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, f 143
Title:
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre
Scope & Content:
Demi-official letter regarding the Colonel's response, dated 1 September 1870, to Merewether's letter of 28 August and again expressing his despair at the Colonel's inability to view his position 'in the proper light'. The letter goes on to remind Colonel Phayre that as his superior all communi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1870
Extent:
1 folio

96. Mss Eur F126/13, f 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 22
Title:
Excerpts of despatch No.31 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:
The excerpts are from Paragraphs six and seven of the despatch and credit Colonel Pelly with the settling of differences between the Sultan of Muscat and the Wahabees [Wahabis] and approving Pelly's recommendations should any future disagreements arise between them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1865
Extent:
1 folio

97. Mss Eur F126/13, f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 12
Title:
Letter No. 2228 of 1863 from Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for his report on the tribes, trade and resources of the shoreline of the Gulf, which the Governor considers to be a valuable contribution.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1863
Extent:
1 folio

98. Mss Eur F126/13, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 13
Title:
Letter No. 1062 from the Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Extract of a letter on behalf of the Viceroy and Governor General in Council approving of the measures adopted by Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly in restoring the maritime peace in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1869
Extent:
1 folio

99. Mss Eur F126/13, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 14
Title:
Letter No. 1066A from the Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Extract of a letter on behalf of the Viceroy and Governor General in Council conveying their thanks for Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly's 'interesting report'' on trade in the Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1869
Extent:
1 folio

100. Mss Eur F126/13, f 32 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 32 2
Title:
Extract of despatch No. 5 of 1864 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:
Extract from the despatch regarding the report by Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly on the tribes, trades and resources of the Persian Gulf and concurring with the Government of Bombay's sense of its value.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1864
Extent:
1 folio