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1361. Mss Eur F126/45, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, f 8
Title:
Letter from Hajee [Haji] Ahmed, Bushire to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding recent murders in Muscat and the methods that the 'Arabs' guilty of committing them have for obtaining protection from prosecution.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 folio

1362. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 38-40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 38-40
Title:
Letter from Oliver St John, , Shiraz to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the news of the loss of the Berenice and Pelly's lucky escape. The letter goes on to discuss the Hissam-a-Sultaneh's decision to establish a Persian fort at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] in order to try and prevent smuggling from there to and from Shiraz. The letter also discusses...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1866
Extent:
3 folios

1363. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 81-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 81-84
Title:
Letter from Arsham J Malcolm, Bushire to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the news of Pelly's health and steady recovering and sending him the detailed information he had requested on the state of agriculture, famine and trade in and around Bushire. The information, compiled from local enquiries, reports that the agricultural prospects of the area d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1871
Extent:
4 folios

1364. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 85-86

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 85-86
Title:
Letter from S? Malcolm, Bushire to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the news of Pelly's health and local matters relative to Bushire including: Orders from the Commissioner in Sind regarding charges for the shipping of opium from Kurrachee [Karachi] and enquiring whether the charges would apply if an opium cargo was aboard a ship passing through...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1871
Extent:
2 folios

1365. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15
Title:
Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with envelope, to Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely from Lewis Pelly, as folio 16 contains a letter to Pelly from His Highness. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1863?-1865?
Extent:
2 folios

1366. Mss Eur F126/50, ff 29-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 29-32
Title:
Memo: by Abol Cassim Moonshee concerning the district of Guttur [Qatar]
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, in Arabic and English, written by Abol Cassim, Residency Moonshee [Munshi] detailing the recent history of Guttur [Qatar] from 1218 Hijri (c.1803). The history includes details of the principal settlements of Al Bida'a [Doha], Al Wakrah and Al Zabarah, the tribes that occupied them ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 May 1872
Extent:
4 folios

1367. Mss Eur F126/50, ff 33-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 33-38
Title:
'Memorandum - from Ebrahim ben Rujeb: What I know about Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum written in Arabic by Ebrahim ben Rujeb [Ibrahim bin Rajab] and translated into English 17 February 1872 detailing what he knows of the history of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The dates in the history are given using the Hijri calendar and have been given in this description, with the Gregorian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1872
Extent:
6 folios

1368. Mss Eur F126/55, ff 13-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/55, ff 13-18
Title:
Draft of a letter from Lewis Pelly, possibly to the Political Department Bombay
Scope & Content:
Extended version of the draft letter at folios one to twelve regarding Pelly's visit to Riyath [Riyadh] to meet with the Wahabee Ameer [Wahhabi Amir] (Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'ud), with annotations and corrections. The letter refers to a sketch map of the route taken from Kowait [Kuwait] to Riyat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
6 folios

1369. Mss Eur F126/56, f 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 15
Title:
Letter from Eusef Ben Beder [Yusuf bin Bedr], Koweit [Kuwait] to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident
Scope & Content:
Letter, in Arabic and English, informing Pelly that the bearer of the letter, Abdool Assis Ben Assass [Abdul Aziz bin Aziz], will be his guide into the interior of Nejd if Pelly is still willing to employ him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 folio

1370. Mss Eur F126/86, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 43
Title:
Letter No.38 of 1875 from Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner Acting the Baroda State to Lieutenant-Colonel L C Barton, Political Agent, Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kāntha]
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Barton that the individuals he is enquiring about are in the charge of Frank Henry Souter and requesting he arrange the matter directly with Souter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio