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1411. Mss Eur F126/81, ff 52-100

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Mss Eur F126/81, ff 52-100
Title:
Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William
Scope & Content:
The enclosures relate to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, formerly Political Resident at Baroda, including the Colonels interviews with the staff at the Residency on duty the day of the poisoning, and the implication that the Gaekwar of Baroda had ordered it. Also discussed are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1875
Extent:
50 folios

1412. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 80-87

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Mss Eur F126/22, ff 80-87
Title:
Letter No.159 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner in Sind, 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 enclosing correspondence on the arrangements entered into with the Murree tribe in February 1869 for the protection of Kafilahs (convoys of travellers) on the route from Affghanistan [Afghanistan] to Sind [Sindh]. The letter reports on the failure of the scheme owing to its limited scope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1870
Extent:
8 folios

1413. Mss Eur F126/50, ff 1-12

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Mss Eur F126/50, ff 1-12
Title:
'Hajee Ahmed, Residency Arabic Moonshee's, Statement of Trade carried on at Koweit, Busreh, Mahomereh, Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein, Bunder-Abbass and Lingeh. The goods exported and imported and the duties levied on them.'
Scope & Content:
Detailed statements by Hajee Ahmed [Haji Ahmed], in Arabic and English, of trade carried out in the towns of Koweit [Kuwait], Busreh [Basra], Mahomereh [Khorramshahr], Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein [Bahrain], Bunder-Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Lingeh [Lengeh]; the goods exported and imported; and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
12 folios

1414. Mss Eur F126/44, ff 160-161

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Mss Eur F126/44, ff 160-161
Title:
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly having decided to take a period of rest in Calcutta; the sale of Pelly's garden and a further plot of ground in Bushire to Mrs McKertich; a full statement of the sale of Pelly's property in Bushire; the ongoing work to translate the scenes of Pelly's play; news of Mr Lucas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1415. Mss Eur F126/8, f 2

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Mss Eur F126/8, f 2
Title:
Extract from Sir James Outram's letter to the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Extract from a letter written by Sir James Outram supporting a commendation for Lewis Pelly for his work in Persia as Political Secretary to the Persian Field Force.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 folio

1416. Mss Eur F126/10, ff 32-35

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Mss Eur F126/10, ff 32-35
Title:
Letter from Lord Elcho, 23 St James's Place, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that he will call on him the day after tomorrow and referring to a letter from Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Elcho's reply to which is enclosed: Letter acknowledging receipt of copies of letters which Sir Colin has sent to The Times and regarding the language the Duke has used ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1879
Extent:
4 folios

1417. Mss Eur F126/11, ff 1-4

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Mss Eur F126/11, ff 1-4
Title:
List of scenes from the play the tragedy of Imaum Houssein
Scope & Content:
The scenes on the list are numbered one to fifty-four in the order in which they are supposed to be rehearsed. Some of the numbered scenes have pencil ticks against them, some of which match up to those scenes which feature in the published work. The reverse of the list includes a separate list...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
4 folios

1418. Mss Eur F126/13, f 22

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Mss Eur F126/13, f 22
Title:
Excerpts of despatch No.31 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:
The excerpts are from Paragraphs six and seven of the despatch and credit Colonel Pelly with the settling of differences between the Sultan of Muscat and the Wahabees [Wahabis] and approving Pelly's recommendations should any future disagreements arise between them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1865
Extent:
1 folio

1419. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 11-12

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Mss Eur F126/33, ff 11-12
Title:
Notes by Lewis Pelly on Mr M Khamkoff's mission in Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Draft notes written by Lewis Pelly on the effects of the visit of Russian Officers to Herat, including the financial donations made, and the mission of M Khamkoff, a Russian whose route Pelly followed for a time. Mr Khamkoff's mission is discussed in detail in the notes, along with Pelly's own ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
2 folios

1420. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 47-48

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Mss Eur F126/33, ff 47-48
Title:
Part of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to an unknown recipient
Scope & Content:
Final folio of a letter from Lewis Pelly to either Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran, or Earl Canning, Viceroy of India reporting on news from Mermenah [Maīmanah] that the Wallee has come under attack from Feroosekohees and threats from Shibbergan [Shibirghān]. The letter goes on to st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios