Letter from Robert Brown, Matheran to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Brown's attempts to meet with the Governor of Bombay (Sir Bartle Frere); the destruction of a fort in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Muscat affairs.
Letter from Robert Brown, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Brown's impressions of Captain Philip Howard Colomb and his support of Captain Elton for the vacant position on Dalhousie. The letter also asks Pelly for a copy of the response from Government to his letter on proceedings at Muscat; and discusses the evening entertainments in ...
Handwritten draft of official letter No.2A from Lewis Pelly, Chagudduck [Choghādak] to the Secretary of Government, Bombay
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Letter regarding his previous correspondence on the benefits of having the Persian Gulf political residency, main telegraph station and coal depot at a free port in a central location between the slave channel at the entrance to the Gulf and the Pirate Coast, ideally near Cape Mussondoom [Musand...
Telegram from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident to the Secretary to Government in the Political Department, Bombay
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Telegram regarding the affairs of Muskat in relation to the Wahabees [Wahhabi] requiring careful consideration and requesting permission to proceed in the Berenice to Muskat and from there to Bombay.
Letter from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf and The Government of India
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Letter informing the Political Resident of the Government of India's approval of his proceedings in relation to the bombardment of Sohar following Ibrahim bin Gais' [Ibrahim bin Qais] refusal to comply with demands.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board May Frere, Muscat to 'Right Honourable Sir'
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Letter regarding the conclusion of recent difficulties with Syed Torkee [Said Turki]; Pelly's decision to remain longer in Muscat owing to the recent actions of the acting Political Agent, Lieutenant George Andrew Atkinson and outlining the Sultan of Muscat's disposition, current military and fi...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to James Ferguson, 20 Longhorn Place, London
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Brief letter regarding a ground plan, elevations and coloured sketch of the Achamænican tomb which Pelly discovered in Autumn 1844 and which were being sent to Feguson in the outgoing mail.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Kurrachie [Karachi] en route to Bushire, to 'My dear Sir'
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Letter, possibly to William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay, regarding an appointment in Bagdad which Pelly is unable to accept owing to the current state of affairs with Persia, Arabia, East Africa and Afghanistan. The letter goes on to discuss the new Political Arrangement...