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1331. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 56-60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 56-60
Title:
Letter No. 928 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter referring to the position of affairs at Muskat [Muscat] and enclosing letters on the matter which contain instructions for Pelly to undertake: Letter No. 65 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1866
Extent:
5 folios

1332. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 65v-67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 65v-67
Title:
Letter No. 33 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to the Secretary of the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Forth William
Scope & Content:
Letter remarking on Commodore Hillyar's report on the operations undertaken; the difficulties caused by Pelly being the only British Officer in the Persian Gulf and the challenges caused by having Naval Officers who are not familiar with the region. Enclosure No. 572 of 1866 from Charles Gonne ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1866
Extent:

3 folios

1333. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 70-72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 70-72
Title:
Letter No. 821 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing letter No.266 of 14 March 1866 giving the views of the Governor-General in Council on the British Governments involvement in the Maskat [Muskat] and Wahabee [Wahhabi] quarrel and suggesting that Pelly refer to Government records for 1833 to 1834 before adding anything to his rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1866
Extent:

3 folios

1334. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 72v-73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 72v-73
Title:
Letter No. 949 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that no further steps will be taken by the Government to recover the property of British Subjects from Maskat [Muscat] and requesting that he inform Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] that strict retribution would be exacted for any lawless plunder of the remaining prope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1866
Extent:

2 folios

1335. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 73v-74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 73v-74
Title:
Letter No. 841 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter forwarding a telegram from the Commissioner in Sind regarding adopting precautionary measures at Gwadar and asking Pelly for his thoughts on the matter. Pelly's response can be found on folio 53. Enclosed telegram from the Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karachi] to the Chief Secretary o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1866
Extent:

2 folios

1336. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 79v-81

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 79v-81
Title:
Letter No. 42 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter submitting translations of letters from the Wahabee Ameer [Wahhabi Amir] and reporting on his meeting with the Ameer's envoy during which they authorised Pelly to act as medium in their pursuit of friendship with the British Government and gave assurances that they would not attack Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1866
Extent:

3 folios

1337. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 83v-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 83v-84
Title:
Letter No. 48 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a written declaration of peace, given to Pelly by the Wahabee [Wahhabi] envoy and confirming that the Wahabees were agreeable to the conditions of the British Government. Enclosed letter from Lewis Pelly, to Abdellah bin Faysal [Abdullah ibn Faisal], Ameer [Amir] of the Wahabee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1866
Extent:

2 folios

1338. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 85-86

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 85-86
Title:
Letter No. 50 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a draft of a letter for Maskat [Muscat] which will be delivered by Mr Rozario who will be tasked, whilst in Maskat, to ascertain who the de-facto government is in order to correspond on commercial matters and on British commercial interests and property there. The letter goes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1866
Extent:

2 folios

1339. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 96-97

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 96-97
Title:
Letter No. 55 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Her British Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the resumption of trade and the relative quiet in the Persian Gulf. The letter highlights the changes in the region since 1846, focusing particularly on the increase in trade, the shift in duties of the resident to primarily focus on the Arab coast, arbitration of the maritime t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1866
Extent:

2 folios

1340. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 99v-100

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 99v-100
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Her Majesty's Political Resident Persian Gulf to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the delivery of the letter for Muskat [Muscat] to the de-facto Government, the apparent calming of matters in Muskat and the resumption of trade there. The letter goes on to recommend not appointing Gaspar Rozario to Muskat but to select the head Arabic Mirza of the Muskat res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1866
Extent:

2 folios