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41. Mss Eur F126/55, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/55, f 24
Title:
Letter from Charles Gonne Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay, Political Department to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that the Government of Bombay concurs with his opinions on the differences betwen the Sultan of Muscat and the Sultan of the Wahabees [Wahhabi] and informing him that he may communicate personally with the Sultan of Muscat on the matter en route to Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 folio

42. Mss Eur F126/55, ff 22-23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/55, ff 22-23
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:
Draft letter to the Political Department, Bombay in continuation of his letter of 21 January 1865 (folios twenty to twenty-one). giving further information on the particulars of the dispute between Muscat and the Wahabees [Wahhabi] and confirming the information he has already provided in the pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1865
Extent:
2 folios

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. Mss Eur F126/56, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter from Faysul ibn Torky Al Saood [Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'ud] to Colonel Pelly, Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with an English translation on the verso, of a letter from Faysul ibn Torky Al Saood [Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa-ud] sent 2 Ramathan [Ramadhan] 1281 (29 or 30 January 1865) and received by Lewis Pelly 7 February 1865 informing Pelly that he may come on to Riyadh from 'the Sirkar' a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Ram 1281
Extent:
2 folios