Folios three and four of a letter written by Lewis Pelly discussing Persian affairs, in particular attempts at making a complaint against the Bushire Foreign Moonshee and the difficult working conditions in Bushire before requesting that the recipient of the letter raise the issue with Lord Stan...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
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Letter regarding an attack by the Gwuttur [Qatar] tribes on Bahrein and the actions of the Bahrein shaik (Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah) whom Pelly wishes to make an example of. The letter also discusses the movements of various vessels around the Gulf, the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abb...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding Pelly's work in settling the Muscat affair on the Oman coast and the question of the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] districts which has finally been settled. The letter also discusses the question of Aujam [Henjam], which Britain wishes to use as a telegraph station; Pelly's prob...
Letter from Melik ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter from Haj Muhammad 'Ali, Malik al-Tujjar at Bushire, dated 28 Suffur [Safar] 1280 / 12 July 1866 regarding a telegraph he had received from Addul Nubee, a Bushire merchant resiting in Busreh [Basra] regarding two of his slaves who had run away with some of his property and were on board th...
Letter from Captain Henry W Warner, Gwadur to Resident, Persian Gulf
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Letter regarding the urgent need for funds to pay the Government establishments at Gwadur [Gwadar], Mekran Coast and the Gun Boat and the Telegraph station being in immediate need of stores and Hugh Rose requiring some stores shortly too and suggesting that the Gun Boat could be sent to Kurrache...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a memo relating to Pelly's accounts and the sale of his stores, which has not been as succesful as he would have liked owing to the perishable stores having to be destroyed and the ability to purchase cheap wine and liquor from England impacting on local sellers. The letter go...
Letter from Farukh Khan, Tehran to Lewis Pelly, Bushire
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Letter in Persian, with English translation, from Farukh Khan (a Persian Government Official) thanking Pelly for his letter of friendly greetings following his arrival in Bushire and for the information provided by Pelly about his career and appointment as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf....
Letter from J R Latimer?, Malabar Point, India to Lewis Pelly
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Letter citing a letter which the Governor of Bombay had received from Patrick Stewart in which Stewart had expressed his gratitude for all Pelly's kindness and help towards him.
Letter from Patrick Ryan, Poona [Puna] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter enclosing a complete copy of Pelly's journal of his journey through Afghanistan (no longer enclosed) and stating the need for a map to accompany it. The letter also gives news from Muscat which was brought by Mahomed Baukr Khan [Muḥammad Bakr Khan]
Letter No.905 of 1865 from Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter thanking Pelly for the information he supplied in relation to the proposed extension of the Mekran line from Gwadar to Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and informing Pelly of the wider circulation he intended for the report.
