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1. Mss Eur F126/42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42
Title:
Copies of personal letters from Pelly to various persons including colleagues in the Gulf.
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Gulf, including during periods of absence from Bushire for Lewis Pelly. Most of the copies have been written on Pelly's behalf by his assistant James Charles Edwards. The correspondence is primarily with individuals who reported to Pelly inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1863-24 Apr 1869
Extent:

1 file, 14 items (29 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 2-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 2-5
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding recent despatches from Tehran which related to the proceedings of Russia in Southern Central Asia. The letter goes on to debate whether the proceedings are a ruse on Russia's part of the first steps in 'a wave destined to break on British India' and to outline the current facts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1865
Extent:
4 folios

3. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 11-12
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat to Mr Alison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the difficulties being caused by the Resident only being permitted to communicate with the Persian Passport and Foreign Office Monshee [Munshi], who is about to be removed from Bushire owing to his conduct, and regarding the possibility of Persian servants spying on the residenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1867
Extent:
2 folios

4. Mss Eur F126/42, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, f 1
Title:
Memorandum by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Chughudduk [Choghadak]
Scope & Content:
Memorandum regarding an irregularity with regards to carriage arrangements in the Bushire Residency and reminding Residency employees that the Civil Service rules state that when officicial establishments travel by land all the members of that establishment who travelled are entitled to battas (t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1863
Extent:
1 folio

5. Mss Eur F126/42, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, f 17
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to [James Charles Edwards]
Scope & Content:
Letter giving instructions on the handling of affairs at the Residency and in Bushire whilst Pelly is travelling to Riyadh. The instructions outline which letters should be opened and which should be left until he returns and also what to do with any matters of interest that arise in the letters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 folio

6. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 6-7
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bombay to an undisclosed recipient
Scope & Content:
Written instructions by Pelly on the organisation of his personal affairs during his six months leave including making arrangements for stores and wine to be sold; transport of his letters and personal papers; and leaving instructions regarding some horses he has purchased from the Ameer of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1865
Extent:
2 folios

7. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 20-23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 20-23
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to William Mackinnon
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's success in getting the Persian authorities to lease Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] to Muscat for eight years and the quieting down and re-establishing of trade in Muscat after three years upheaval. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's further success in getting the Shah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1868
Extent:
1 folio

8. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 26-27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 26-27
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Narrayen Wassadeojee
Scope & Content:
Letter asking for Narrayen's assistance in obtaining a cheap return ticket to England so that Pelly's uncovenanted assistant James Charles Edwards can return home during his six months leave.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1868
Extent:
2 folios

9. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 28-29
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Captain Philip Howard Colomb
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Colomb for his assistance in the Gulf and informing him that Hugh Rose departs shortly for Bombay and that Dalhousie is being sent there in her place. The letter goes onto discuss a meeting that Colomb had with some Russians and requesting the full facts of the meeting and matt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1869
Extent:
2 folios

10. Mss Eur F126/42, ff 9-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/42, ff 9-10
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board May Frere, Muscat to 'Right Honourable Sir'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1867
Extent:
2 folios

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