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1401. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 48v-49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 48v-49
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] opposite Shaik Shaab Island, to Hubert Izaak Walton, Director of Telegraphs
Scope & Content:
Letter providing an account of the fire on board Berenice and asking Clyde to sail up the Gulf with Dalhousie to pick up the stranded passengers and give them a lift to Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1866
Extent:

1 folio

1402. Mss Eur F126/44, f 95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/44, f 95
Title:
Letter from J H Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company Steam Ship Euphrates, Bushire Roads to James Charles Edwards, Assistant Political Resident, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing the articles of agreement for crew members which is for Bombay to the Persian Gulf and back to Bombay for a period of not more than three months and informing Edwards that Goolam Ali [Ghulam 'Ali] has not been restrained and has been seen and questioned by the Residency moonshee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1866
Extent:
1 folio

1403. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 9-11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 9-11
Title:
Letter from Edwin Dawes, HM Gunboat Clyde, Bombay Harbour to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing Dawes' best attempt at a portrait of Ameer Fysul [Emir Faisul] (drawn during Pelly's recent visit to Riyadh). The portrait is no longer enclosed with the letter. The letter also discusses Dawes new appointment on the gunboat Clyde; the location and duties of the Berenice and an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1865
Extent:
3 folios

1404. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 28-29
Title:
Letter from Edwin Dawes, HMS Berenice, Muscat Cove to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the rumours that Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said] had left Bushire with the intention of going to Kowait [Kuwait] and speculation regarding his intentions towards Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] and Muscat which could require the Berenice remaining there. The letter also disc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1866
Extent:
2 folios

1405. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 38-39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 38-39
Title:
Letter from George T Robinson, Office of the Superintendent of Marine, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly of the gunboat Hugh Rose's departure for Gwadur [Gwadar] and of Dalhousie's presence in the area. The letter also discusses the availability of coal for the Gulf and the proposal that it be kept at Bassidore until matters at Muscat calm down.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1866
Extent:
2 folios

1406. Mss Eur F126/55, f 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/55, f 19
Title:
Letter No.3933 of 1864 from Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter forwarding some correspondence between the Political Agent, Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat (Thuwaini bin Said Al-Said) for Pelly's information and requesting a report from him on his opinion of the differences between the Sultans of Muscat and the Wahabees [Wahhabi] (Faisal ibn Turki al ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1864-9 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 folio

1407. Mss Eur F126/55, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/55, ff 20-21
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Koweit [Kuwait], to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter in response to No. 3933 of 1864 (folio nineteen) reporting on the differences, as Pelly sees them, between the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat] (Thuwaini bin Said) and the Sultan of the Wahabees [Wahhabi] (Faisal ibn Turki Al-Sa'ud]. The letter also outlines what Pelly believes to be the full s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1865
Extent:
2 folios

1408. Mss Eur F126/55, ff 25-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/55, ff 25-26
Title:
Letter No. 148 from William Muir, The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William to Charles Gonne, The Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Lewis Pelly submit a detailed account of all he saw, heard and did in the course of his visit to Riadh [Riyadh] for the Governor-General in Council as requested as it had not yet been received.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1866
Extent:
2 folios

1409. 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

1410. Mss Eur F126/64, ff 9-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, ff 9-10
Title:
Correspondence from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew regarding specimens sent to them
Scope & Content:
Letter from Daniel Oliver, Keeper of the Kew Herbarium, to Pelly regarding the examples of Arabian Plants Pelly had sent to them and Pelly's request for a list of the specimens he sent.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1865
Extent:
2 folios