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21. Mss Eur F126/56, f 5v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 5v
Title:
Letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to William Pears Johnstone
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Johnstone that he would not be able to take him to Riyath [Riyadh] and that he may have to travel very lightly or alone in order to make the journey.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 folio

22. Mss Eur F126/56, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 9
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to James Charles Edwards, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting a copy of his demi-official letter to Sir Bartle Frere on proceedings in Russia to be ready on his return to Bushire; regarding the accounts of the Residency Library; and making correspondence arrangements including details of who to write to him via in Koweit [Kuwait] and what...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 folio

23. Mss Eur F126/56, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 10
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to James Charles Edwards, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter making arrangements for any mail addressed to Pelly to accompany Captain Henry W Warner to Bahrain, and requesting two sowars and mounds of barley and grain. The letter goes on to request that his rooms are cleaned thoroughly during his absence and that Hajee [Haji] Ahmed translate vario...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 folio

24. Mss Eur F126/56, ff 16-17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, ff 16-17
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to James Charles Edwards, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's departure for Riyath [Riyadh] and providing sailing instructions for Captain Henry W Warner. The letter goes on to provide detailed instructions regarding the cleaning of his rooms in preparation for his return and on the packaging of some pistols which are gifts from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:
2 folios

25. Mss Eur F126/59, ff 42-47

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/59, ff 42-47
Title:
Draft pencil notes relating to Lewis Pelly's journey to Riadh [Riyadh]
Scope & Content:
Draft notes, written in faint pencil, giving sections and headings for Lewis Pelly's report on his journey to Riadh [Riyadh]. The notes contain details of comments and observations required for a sketch map of the route taken and make reference to the need to take notes on the country travelled...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
6 folios

26. Mss Eur F126/59, ff 75-76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/59, ff 75-76
Title:
Draft pencil sketches of Nejd [Najd] territory
Scope & Content:
The recto of folio 75 and the verso of folio 76 contain rough geographical pencil sketches. The first shows a particular area of Nejd [Najd] in relation to key villages and towns; the second appears to show a valley, or other similar geographic feature, with place names and travelling directions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
2 folios

27. Mss Eur F126/56, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 18
Title:
Letter from Edwin Dawes, Chief Officer, Government Steamer Berenice, Bombay Marine to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter providing Pelly with detailed information on how the Chronometer was prepared for the journey to Riyadh and how it was only six and a half miles out from their exact location at the end of the journey, and observing how wonderfully small the margin was considering the rough nature of its ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 folio

28. Mss Eur F126/56, ff 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, ff 11-12
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, at Koweit [Kuwait] to Hajee [Haji] Ahmed, Residency Arabic Mirza
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Ahmed accompany Captain Warner on the Residency Steamer to Bahrein [Bahrain], and on arrival communicate with the Sheikh [Muhammad bin Khalifah Al-Khalifah], including handing him an enclosed letter in Arabic. The letter goes on to instruct that Ahmed use his stay in Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1865
Extent:
2 folios

29. Mss Eur F126/59, ff 73-74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/59, ff 73-74
Title:
Part of memorandum about Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud of the Wahabees [Wahhabi]
Scope & Content:
Incomplete memorandum, written in pencil, regarding the tribute that Amir Faisaul ibn Turki al Sa'ud of the Wahabees [Wahhabi] pays to the Porte and the revenues he receives both in terms of money and horses as well as in military aid. The memorandum also refers to agreements with other tribes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
2 folios

30. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26
Title:
Correspondence between Pelly and Dr William Henry Colvill
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence between Pelly and Dr Colvill written on blue paper and in the handwriting of a third [unidentified] individual. Some of these letters are duplicates of other copies elsewhere in the file. The correspondence includes: Copy of a letter from Pelly to Colvill, 13 February ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:
4 folios