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1. Mss Eur F126/45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45
Title:
Letters to Lewis Pelly from colleagues in the Gulf and others.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to Lewis Pelly's work as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, including a few letters written after Pelly's departure from the Gulf providing him with news and updates on situations as he was, until late 1873, expected to return to his position at Bushire. The corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1873
Extent:
1 file, 53 items (132 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 18-19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 18-19
Title:
Letter from Edward Charles Ross, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his departure from Gwadur [Gwadar] to Bombay, his handing over charge of Gwadur to Mr Warner and his intention to wait on Sir Bartle Frere, at Pelly's request, on arriving in Bombay. The letter continues by reporting that all is quiet in Gwadur and Muscat and gives Ross his ini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1866
Extent:
2 folios

3. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 57-58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 57-58
Title:
Letter from Beresford Lovett, Cheiraz [Shiraz], to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding relations between British representatives and the Persian authorities in the Gulf and discussing recent events between Abd-al-Kasim and Zilzilah Khan and how these might affect the appointment of an Agent (the Persian Foreign Agent at Bushire). The letter also notes that altho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1869
Extent:
2 folios

4. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 115-116

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 115-116
Title:
Letter from Charles Grant, Bahrein, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding difficulties with communications into and out of Bahrein owing to the lack of native boats and the Vulture having called at Ras el Head [Ras-al Had] instead. The letter also discusses Mr Alwan, who has been detained by the Sheikh as he is a Bahrainee [Bahraini], and Grant's obs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1872
Extent:
2 folios

5. Mss Eur F126/45, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, f 4
Title:
Letter from Herbert Disbrowe, Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting copies of the treaties with Muscat and Turkey regarding the suppression of the slave trade and asking for any hints or advice that Pelly might have on how to handle these matters. The letter goes on to outline a case of a ship flying the Turkish flag loading with slaves at Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1863
Extent:
1 folio

6. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 24-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 24-25
Title:
Letter from Charles H McGill, Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding runaway slaves from Busreh [Basra] who are believed to have hidden aboard a steamer or landed at Muscat, the searches that have been conducted for them and that no evidence of them has been found. Also enclosed is a letter from L A Atkinson, Captain of the Steamer they are bel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1866
Extent:
2 folios

7. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 36-37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 36-37
Title:
Letter from Edwin Dawes, Berenice, Bombay Harbour, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding possible dates for the departure of Pelly's boat and recommending delaying the departure by a few days in order to allow the paint to dry.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1866
Extent:
2 folios

8. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 54-55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 54-55
Title:
Letter from Robert Marcham, Shiraz, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the hospitality shown to Marcham by the Nawab in Shiraz; Marcham's journey from Shiraz to Bushire invluding a recently discovered cave of Crystals and Salt Stalactitites near Kemavrez and his onward travels to Isfahan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1868
Extent:
2 folios

9. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 61-62

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 61-62
Title:
Letter from Herbert Isaak Walton, Kurrachee [Karachi], to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the recent state of affairs on the Mekran Coast and the misreporting of facts in relation to the sovereignty of Gwadar which could jeopardise telegraph communications from there. The letter also references an enclosed letter to Colonel Frederick John Goldsmid, which is no long...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1869
Extent:
2 folios

10. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter from Ronald Thompson, Tehran, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Thompson's intention to travel to England via the Caspian, Caucasus and Crimea. The letter also reports on the movements of Grand Duke Constantine [Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia] and the Emperor (Alexander II) and thanks Pelly for sending him the cigars, which he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1870
Extent:
2 folios