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1531. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 1-3
Title:
Letter No.1579 of 1869 from Colonel Robert Phayre, C.B., Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Sir William Lockyer Merewether, the Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karachi]
Scope & Content:
Letter submitting Phayre's views on the aim and scope of proposed alterations in arrangements for the Upper Sind part of the frontier. The letter refers to a sketch map (which is no longer enclosed) that detailed the area of the frontier in question and showed the boundaries of the various tri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1869
Extent:
3 folios

1532. Mss Eur F126/33, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, f 13
Title:
Letter No.2 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting how he had attempted to pass through Herat territory without much attention but intelligence had been received at Herat of his approach, and the sons of Sultan Ahmed Khan had been sent to accompany him into Herat. The letter goes on to give Pelly's reasons for having despatache...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
1 folio

1533. Mss Eur F126/33, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, f 14
Title:
Letter No.3 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on a recent victory over the Jumsheedee [Jamshidi] tribe in which the Herat army was led by the eldest son of Sultan Ahmed Khan, and reporting that the late Chief of that tribe Abdullah Khan had been one of the key instigators of a plot to depose Sultan Ahmed Khan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
1 folio

1534. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 30-42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 30-42
Title:
Printed letter No.58 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident, Persian Gulf to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Report by Pelly of his visit to the plateau of Gusakan along with a sketch map of the area and itineraries showing the estimated distances, in fursacks, of Pelly's route. The report gives details of the geographical layout of the plateau including altitudes for the various villages and landmark...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1864
Extent:
13 folios

1535. Mss Eur F126/39, f 58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/39, f 58
Title:
Letter No 8/4 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on special duty East African Special Mission, on board HMSG Enchantress to Lieutenant Colonel Edward Charles Ross, HBM's acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of Ross's letter dated 8 February 1873 and forwarding copies of the documents requested.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1873
Extent:
1 folio

1536. Mss Eur F126/39, f 59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/39, f 59
Title:
Copy of letter No. 8A/5 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at the Muskat Political Agency and Consulate, to Commander R B Coy, Senior Officer of Persian Gulf Squadrdon
Scope & Content:
Letter providing the Commander with his opinion that during the hot months of July and August the vessels of Her Majesty's Navy should be relieved of duty from Bahrein, provided the Senior Naval Officer ensures telegraphic communications there are maintained, and offering to forward his opinion ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1873
Extent:
1 folio

1537. Mss Eur F126/39, ff 52-53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/39, ff 52-53
Title:
Copy of letter No 5/3 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, On Special Duty, East African Special Mission, Zanzibar to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
Letter confirming that once the East African Special Mission is concluded he will proceed to Constantinople to confer with Sir Philip Francis in order to prepare a draft of an Order in Council on the subject of consular jurisdiction in Persia and the Persian Gulf. The letter goes on to confirm ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1538. Mss Eur F126/40, f 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, f 21
Title:
Letter No. 88 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, British Residency Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a report from the native agent at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] that Sayed Torkee [Sayyid Turki bin Said] had proceeded to the Muskat coast with the intention of landing and that he had hostile intentions towards Sayed Soulem [Sayyid Soulim bin Thuwaini]. The letter also contains P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 folio

1539. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 12-15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 12-15
Title:
Letter No.1 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a letter that Pelly had sent to the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer [Amir Faisal ibn Turki al Sa'ud] and his thoughts that the demands made in the letter will be ignored and that therefore naval action against their forts may be required. The letter goes on to detail Pelly's intention...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1866
Extent:
4 folios

1540. Mss Eur F126/40, ff 26-27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 26-27
Title:
Copy of letter No. 363 of 1856 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Muskat to Captain George Andrew Atkinson, Acting Political Agent, Muskat
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter regarding George Atkinson's violation of Government orders in having sent a telegram direct to Government which the Government had assumed that Pelly had been either the author of or had approved of, and reminding Atkinson that all correspondence must go through him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1867
Extent:
2 folios