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1551. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 11-12
Title:
'Translated purport of a letter from Khumees ibn Esau Seyhatee, an inhabitant of Bahrein [Bahrain] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an attack on one of his boats at sea between Kuteef [Al-Qatif] and Bahrein [Bahrain] in which the men on board the ship were murdered and the boat destroyed and accusing of Fysul [Faisal bin Turki bin Saud] of having been responsible for the actions as the sail from the boat was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1866
Extent:
2 folios

1552. Mss Eur F126/64, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from H W Bates to Pelly regarding Dr Colvill's journal
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that Dr Colvill's journal would not be published by the Royal Geographical Society and reassuring Pelly that Dr. Colvill had not sent the journal to the society himself, and most likely had not had any intention of making it public.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1865
Extent:
2 folios

1553. Mss Eur F126/81, ff 1-51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/81, ff 1-51
Title:
Enclosures of Letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.213, dated 27 November 1874: Nos. 3 to 31 of Abstract of Contents, from Foreign Department, Fort William
Scope & Content:
Enclosures 3-31 that accompanied letter No.213 to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, with a list of abstracts to the enclosures, comprising mainly correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, the Resident at Baroda, the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Secretary to the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1874
Extent:
51 folios

1554. Mss Eur F126/86, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 8
Title:
Letter No.27 of 1875 from Frank Henry Souter, on Special Duty, Foreign Department, Baroda to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner Baroda
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding certain individuals who had been under police surveillance for some time in regards to the charges against the Maharajah Gaekwar (Malharrao), and informing Pelly that they have now been permitted to return home, but that the witnesses had requested to remain under police protect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio

1555. Mss Eur F126/86, f 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 27
Title:
'Letter No.652 of 1875 containing an Extract from the report on Native Papers for the Week ending 27 February 1875'
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing an extract of a report which appeared in the native papers regarding the arrest of Bulwuntrao Auant Deo, late Nyayadhish of Baroda who it is alleged was arrested and imprisoned without being charged with any crime, and that although his alleged crime is having received bribes th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio

1556. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 54-67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 54-67
Title:
Letter No.52 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner's Office, Camp the Tanda 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 regarding Colonel Robert Phayre's report 'outline of Khelat [Kalāt] affairs from 1857 to 1869' and providing comments on each of the points made by Colonel Phayre. Sir William Merewether's observations include explanations of terms used in the report; the influences around the young Khan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1870
Extent:
14 folios

1557. Mss Eur F126/33, f 101

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, f 101
Title:
Copy of Telegram from the Secretary to Government, Punjab to Hugh Rees James, Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawar Division
Scope & Content:
Telegram stating that the Governor General had approved the orders issued to Major Lewis Pelly and further requested that he may be instructed to send his despatches through the Ameer [Amir]'s people to Peshawar or to bring them via Quetta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 folio

1558. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 19-20
Title:
'No.6 Memo: On the conspiracy to supplant Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan, Barucksye [Barakzai] in favor of Shahzadeh Mahomed Rizoo [Muhammad Reza] Suddozyee [Sadozai] in the Government of Herat'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum regarding a conspiracy to replace Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan as Governor of Herat which Pelly became aware of on arrival at Meshed [Mashhad] and which had allegedly occured in about June or July 1860. The memorandum discusses reports that the Shahzadeh Mahomed Riza [Muhammad Reza] had...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

1559. Mss Eur F126/38, f 116v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 116v
Title:
Letter No. 90 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter repeating the request made in No. 40 of 1866 to sell the Bughla that had belonged to the Shaikh of Bahrain and regarding the ongoing charges that are being incurred in keeping it as it is leaking.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
03 Oct 1866
Extent:

1 folio

1560. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 6v-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 6v-12
Title:
Letter No. 55 of 1865 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Lewis Pelly's meeting with the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat] (Thuwaini bin Said) at Burkah [Barka] and the Sultan's request for assistance in terms of money, guns and muntions in order to defend his inland frontiers from the Wahabees [Wahhabi] and to take the Wahabee stronghold of B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1865
Extent:
7 folios