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1101. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 1-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 1-5
Title:
Copy of letter No.57 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding accusations that Dr Colvill assumed Pelly's duties and pursued lines of policy without Pelly's permission to do so, and corresponded with government under these assumptions without producing proof of his right to do so. The letter gives details of Pelly's previous exper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1865
Extent:
5 folios

1102. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 6-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 6-18
Title:
Letter No.58 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter regarding Pelly's expedition to Riyadh for which all correspondence and communications were for the secret department only, and his apprehensions about Dr Colvill accompanying him on the expedition. The letter goes on to give details of a journal and other correspondence which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
13 folios

1103. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 19-20
Title:
Letter No.100 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon in Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter dated 23 December 1865 concerning Dr Colvill's breach of privacy in relation to the publicity of their trip to Riyadh earlier that year. Pelly asks Colvill to submit to government an explanation of his conduct. A second letter dated 27 December 1865 is also enclosed in which Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
2 folios

1104. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter No.110 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, Residency Surgeon at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter in which Pelly accuses Dr Colvill of evading his questioning and requests that Colvill meet him at 2 p.m. to review the letters purported to have been written by him and to look at the passage from the Edinburgh Review. Enclosed with the letter are notes on the meeting between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
2 folios

1105. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26
Title:
Correspondence between Pelly and Dr William Henry Colvill
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence between Pelly and Dr Colvill written on blue paper and in the handwriting of a third [unidentified] individual. Some of these letters are duplicates of other copies elsewhere in the file. The correspondence includes: Copy of a letter from Pelly to Colvill, 13 February ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:
4 folios

1106. Mss Eur F126/63

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/63
Title:
Minute by Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, on the power of the Wahabees in Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
The minute by Sir Bartle Frere summarises the history of the Wahabee [Wahabi] power in Central Arabia, checks to their power about forty-five years ago and more recent incidents which are a cause for concern. Frere refers to visits made by William Palgrave and Lewis Pelly to the Wahabee Capital...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Oct 1865
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

1107. Mss Eur F126/64

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64
Title:
Papers relating to Pelly's expedition to Riyadh, including a draft of a talk given by him to the Royal Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The papers relate primarily to the Royal Geographical Society who published Pelly's account of his journey to Riyadh and invited him to submit a talk to be read on his behalf at a Society event. There is also correspondence relating to the botanical specimens collected during the expedition an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:

1 file, 7 items (12 folios)

1108. Mss Eur F126/64, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, f 1
Title:
Newspaper article on 'Wahabeeism'
Scope & Content:
Article printed in a Bombay newspaper, and originally taken from the Bengal Hurkaru, 30 December 1865 regarding the dangers of Wahabeeism [Wahhabism] and concerns over the British Government's attitude towards the potential threat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 folio

1109. Mss Eur F126/64, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, f 6
Title:
Handwritten note by Pelly regarding the contents of the file
Scope & Content:
The note states '1864-1866 Miscellaneous papers concerning Riadh trip and other papers concerning Riadh trip placed in my book containing my reports of travel'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:
1 folio

1110. Mss Eur F126/64, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter from Edward Weller to Pelly regarding a map for submission with an article in the Royal Geographical Society journal
Scope & Content:
Mr Weller requests that Pelly mark the places mentioned in his article on the map, encloses additional prints of the map which Pelly had requested and informs Pelly of the intention to also include a map of Arabia to show places mentioned by Pelly that are outside of the route the main map covers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
04 Sep 1865
Extent:
2 folios