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1371. Mss Eur F126/52

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Mss Eur F126/52
Title:
Report No. 73 of 1864 by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bandar Abbas to Cape Jask reconnoitering the route of the proposed telegraph line
Scope & Content:
Report by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] through Minow [Minab] to Cape Jashk [Jask] to examine what effect the shore-line of the area and the nature of the local inhabitants may have on the proposed extension of the telegraph line through the region. The report gi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1864
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

1372. Mss Eur F126/8, ff 6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/8, ff 6-7
Title:
Letter from Captain Lewis Pelly, 17th Regiment Native Infantry, Dapoorie [Dapuri] to the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's application to the Staff Corps, which he had completed whilst on special duty in Calcutta and over which some confusion had arisen regarding the forms that had been sent to Pelly and the ones that had been submitted.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1861
Extent:
2 folios

1373. Mss Eur F126/13, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 6
Title:
Letter No. 1296A from William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lewis Pelly, The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter detailing papers which are to be sent to the Government of India in relation to proceedings concerning His Highness Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said, later Imam of Muscat] and approving the proceedings of Colonel Pelly in acting 'promptly but with caution and judgment'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1871
Extent:
1 folio

1374. Mss Eur F126/13, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 7
Title:
Letter No. 2901 from Charles Gonne, Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to Lewis Pelly, The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter documenting a resolution of the Government at Bombay approving of Colonel Pelly's proceedings and thanking both Pelly and Captain R A Brown for 'the way in which they have vindicated the position of the British Government in the Persian Gulf'. The letter was also sent to Captain R A Brow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1868
Extent:
1 folio

1375. Mss Eur F126/13, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/13, f 8
Title:
Letter No. 1228 from Walter Scott Seton Karr, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter detailing the Viceroy and Governor General in Council's approval of the actions taken by Lewis Pellys in punishing the Chiefs of Bahrain and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] for disturbing the peace of the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1868
Extent:
1 folio

1376. Mss Eur F126/22, f 41v

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Mss Eur F126/22, f 41v
Title:
Letter No.825 of 1869 from Sir William Lockyer Merewether, the Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Camp Kanhur to Colonel Robert Phayre, the Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Colonel Phayre provide him with information regarding the nature of the regular force maintained by the Khan, including what countrymen it is composed of and exact numbers of Artillery, Cavalry or Infantry; Information relating to the cost of the force and its maintenance,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1869
Extent:
1 folio

1377. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 42-44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 42-44
Title:
Letter No.57 of 1869 from Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent, Kelat, at Jacobabad to Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind
Scope & Content:
Letter supplying the information requested by Sir William Merewether in relation to the regular force maintained by the Khan of Kelat [Kalāt]; and the allegiences of the Chiefs of Beloochistan [Baluchistan]. The letter details the strength and composition of the Khan's forces, details how reve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1869
Extent:
3 folios

1378. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 68-79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 68-79
Title:
Letter No.528 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter relating to matters which had recently occured on the Frontier of Sind. The letter commences by stating Merewether's original assumptions that his comments on Colonel Phayre's narrative of events in Khelat [Kalāt] should have been sufficient to resolve the wrong impressions of affairs he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1870
Extent:
12 folios

1379. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 15-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 15-16
Title:
Letter No.4 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan's concerns that Dost Mahomed Khan intends to take Mermenah [Maīmanah] and to invade Herat territory, that he receives secret information through one of his wives who is the daughter of Dost Mahomed Khan, and that he believes the Indian Government to b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

1380. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 17-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 17-18
Title:
Letter No.5 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter informing His Excellency that the Persian Army at Merve [Merv] had been 'utterly defeated' at the hands of the Turcomans. The letter goes on to describe a letter from Humza Mirza which had arrived by messenger from Ameer [Amir] Shah Nawaz Khan's camp informing them of the attack on the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios