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1451. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 76v-77

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 76v-77
Title:
Letter No. 1011 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a copy of letter No. 314 which is to be forwarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly: Letter No. 314 from William Muir, Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 24 March 1866 regarding Lewis Pelly's orders to travel to Maskat [Mus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1866
Extent:

2 folios

1452. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 77v-79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 77v-79
Title:
Letter No. 34 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 regarding the placing of gun-boats at the disposal of the Resident for the protection of the telegraph stations; the detachment of 30 marines protecting the telegraph station at Masendum [Musandam] which had been quartered on a boat so as to maintain the agreement regarding no troops bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1866
Extent:

2 folios

1453. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 124v-126

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 124v-126
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, On board Sind off Lingah [Bander-e-Lengeh], Persian Gulf, to Gerald Fitzgerald
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's visit to the telegraph stations, awaiting the arrival of Mr [William] Mackinnon who is touring the Gulf on behalf of the British India Steam Navigation Company; the treaties signed with Bahrain, Guttur [Qatar] and Abuthabee [Abu Dhabi] and of their being no sign of them ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1868
Extent:

3 folios

1454. Mss Eur F126/39, ff 61-62

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/39, ff 61-62
Title:
Copy of letter No. 10/7 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on Special Duty,East Coast African Special Mission, at Bombay to His Excellency Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, HM's Special Envoy to Zanzibar and Muscat
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing an authenticated translated section of a letter from the Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] acknowledging his engagement against the importation of slaves. The letter also reports that the Sultan of Muscat Seyyid Torkee [Turki bin Said Al-Said] had issued a proclamation and fully ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1455. Mss Eur F126/40, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, f 11
Title:
Letter No.347 from William Muir, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department Political, Simla to The Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding information supplied by Lewis Pelly on the practicality of the proposed extension of the Mekran line of Telegraph. The verso of the folio records that copies of the letter were made by Patrick Ryan, Assistant Secretary for the Secretary to Government and James Charles Edwards, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 folio

1456. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 1-4
Title:
Copies of letter Numbers 277, 279 and 623 of 1864 from Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Political Agent, Muscat to Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat: No. 277 of 1864, 3 December 1864 regarding His Highness the Sultan of Muscat who is engaged in an expedition against Ges bin Azar [Azzan bin Qais] of Rostock [Rustaq] and reporting that the alleged cause of the expedition is in owing to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1864
Extent:
4 folios

1457. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 30-37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 30-37
Title:
Letter No. 111 of 1868 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Kurrachee [Karachi] to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the recent affairs of Bahrain, Guttur [Qatar] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and their breaches of the peace at sea. The letter goes on to give details of a dispute between Persia and Muscat which had given rise to the Arab tribes and boats looking to plunder Persian ports and thei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1868
Extent:
8 folios

1458. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 58-61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 58-61
Title:
Letter No.498P from Charles E R Girdlestone, Officiating Junior Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a copy of a memorandum relating to the claims of the Turkish Government to the sovereignty of the island of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The memorandum details the history of the island of Bahrein from the sixteenth century onwards, including British recognition of the independence of Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1870
Extent:
4 folios

1459. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 24-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 24-25
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Coyle and Company, 31 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the settlement of an account for the purchase of alcohol; the minister to the Sultan of Muscat being interested in becoming a customer and the possibility of developing some trade on a small scale in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1868
Extent:
2 folios

1460. Mss Eur F126/43, f 183

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, f 183
Title:
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Messrs Coyle and Company, 31 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin
Scope & Content:
Letter placing an order for the purchase of alcohol for consumption at the Residency, including Whisky, Brandy, Champagne, Wine and Ale. The letter also gives the price per ounce of each item and the quantities ordered.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1868
Extent:

1 folio