Letter regarding Pelly's decisive actions against the Wahabees [Wahhabi] and proceedings at Bahrein [Bahrain] along with the effect they are having on Bombay pearl merchants. The letter goes on to discuss Fysul [Faisal ibn Turki al Sa'ud]'s death and the improved political position of Syed Thow...
Letter informing Hojel that the Home Government have sanctioned the two assistantships in the Persian Gulf and advising him to think carefully before accepting a permanent appointment in the Gulf rather than remaining in Bombay. The letter goes on to discuss the assistantships and advising tha...
Letter from Robert Brown, Alexandra Hotel, Matheran to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the benefits Brown is finding to his health from the air at Matheran. The letter proceeds by discussing an extract that appeared in the Sindian which Brown believes Captain George Andrew Atkinson gave to them; and rumours that Syud Azam bin Ghes [Azzan bin Qais] and his ministe...
Memorandum by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Chughudduk [Choghadak]
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Memorandum regarding an irregularity with regards to carriage arrangements in the Bushire Residency and reminding Residency employees that the Civil Service rules state that when officicial establishments travel by land all the members of that establishment who travelled are entitled to battas (t...
Letter from Edward Charles Ross, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding his departure from Gwadur [Gwadar] to Bombay, his handing over charge of Gwadur to Mr Warner and his intention to wait on Sir Bartle Frere, at Pelly's request, on arriving in Bombay. The letter continues by reporting that all is quiet in Gwadur and Muscat and gives Ross his ini...
Letter from Beresford Lovett, Cheiraz [Shiraz], to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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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...
Letter from Charles Grant, Bahrein, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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Letter regarding difficulties with communications into and out of Bahrein owing to the lack of native boats and the Vulture having called at Ras el Head [Ras-al Had] instead. The letter also discusses Mr Alwan, who has been detained by the Sheikh as he is a Bahrainee [Bahraini], and Grant's obs...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Poonah [Pune] to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Letter requesting instructions on whether to recognise Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] as Sultan of Muskat [Muscat] and whether whomever is appointed as Native Agent at Muskat may hoist a flag.
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter is a duplicate of folios 46 to 53: " Letter regarding the precarious state of affairs between the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat and the Wahabee [Wahabi] Ameer [Amir]and the Ameer's indirect attempts to suggest that British mediation would be unacceptable. The letter also contains news from ...
