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1451. Mss Eur F126/43, f 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, f 99
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter asking if one of the steamers from the Abyssinia expedition could be sent for use in the Gulf as May Frere is unsuited to the work in the Gulf and suggesting that should a steamer be available it could bring barrack material and tanks for use at Bassidore and elsewhere. The letter also ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1868
Extent:

1 folio

1452. Mss Eur F126/43, f 190 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, f 190 1
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board May Frere, Muscat Harbour to Messrs Remington and Company
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking them for the manner in which they have handled Pelly's financial affairs and requesting that should any calls or demands be made on the banks shares which cannot be met with the finances already with them that they pay them on his behalf and he would immediately arrange their rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1867
Extent:

1 folio

1453. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 4v-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 4v-5
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm, Musandam], to The Officer Commanding Her British Majesty's Steamer Highflyer
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the need for Highflyer to be used to blockade the ports of Katiff [al-Qatif] and Ojair [Uqair] and detailing the fort on the island of Demaun [Darin] which is at the entrance to Katiff and which an attack on would require the use of boats owing to shallow shoals there. The let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1866
Extent:
2 folios

1454. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 119v-120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 119v-120
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Britain's failure to to enforce their decisions of the previous yearwhich has led to the need for ships in the Gulf to be sent to East Africa to prevent the slave trade. The letter goes on to discuss the difficulties in undertaking work and supporting expanding trade in the Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1869
Extent:

2 folios

1455. Mss Eur F126/44, ff 60-61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/44, ff 60-61
Title:
Copies of despatches sent under flying seal to the Governor General of India by his Excellency Mr Alison
Scope & Content:
Copies of 2 despatches from Tehran to The Right Honourable, The Earl Russell, Governor General of India: Copy of despatch No. 102, 1 October 1865, regarding British suspicions of a 'secret understanding' between the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Russian Minister regarding reducing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1865
Extent:
2 folios

1456. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 30-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 30-31
Title:
Letter from George Lucas, on board HMS Berenice, Bombay Harbour, to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an Indian man and a small boy who were brought to Bombay from Muskat [Muscat] on board the Berenice in order to prevent the boy from being sold and seeking advice from Pelly on how to handle the situation. The letter goes on to outline a second situation in which the Muskat Apo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1866
Extent:
2 folios

1457. Mss Eur F126/46, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, f 16
Title:
Letter from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic from Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in mid-1862 and Thuwaini bin Said was killed in February 1866.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1863?-1865?
Extent:
1 folio

1458. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3
Title:
Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with English translation, from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] to Ameer Abdullah [Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]. The letter discusses Ameer Abdullah's ownership of the Arab coastline of the Persian Gulf, and stating that Guttur [Qatar] does not belong to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
?1870
Extent:
3 folios

1459. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with English translation, from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lewis Pelly, dated 19 Ramadhan 1287 (13 December 1870) and received by Pelly at Bushire 19 December 1870. Letter regarding the Ghobaysat [Qubaisat] trib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Ram 1287
Extent:
2 folios

1460. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 9-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 9-10
Title:
'Translated purport of a letter from Abdullah ben Fysul [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud] Ruler of Nedjd [Najd] to Colonel Lewis Pelly Political Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that he had replied to his letter immediately but that the messenger tasked with bringing the letter to Pelly from Kateef [al-Qatif] had experienced problems with his camels wearing out and had been delayed. The letter also informs Pelly of an exchange between the Captain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1866
Extent:
2 folios