Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Seymour John Blaine
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Letter regarding the purchase of horses for Sir John Lawrence and an additional two horses for the Viceroy which are gifts from the Sultan of Muscat and preparations to have them sent initially to Bombay and then on to Calcutta. The letter goes on to describe each horse being given to the Vicer...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding a blood feud against Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] which has broken out even earlier than Pelly had anticipated and reporting on the lack of following for Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said]. The letter goes on to discuss British Indian politics and despatches from Sir John L...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding photographs of the Bushire residency which have been taken by Abraham Nickson Hojel and reporting on Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s attack on Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini]. The letter goes on to discuss arrangements for Pelly to meet Sir John Lawrence; and trade and com...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Edward Charles Ross
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Letter regarding Ross having returned to Gwadur and being satisfied with matters there, and a letter of acknowledgement that Pelly has written to Henry W Warner, who had been acting in Ross's place and whose former ship Berenice had recently burnt at sea. The letter also discusses the vacant po...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter requesting that an English officer be assigned to Muskat and the need to settle amicably the questions between Muskat and Persia regarding Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas]. The letter goes on to discuss matters of Politics, the Government of India, Russian Advances, the value of trade in the ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
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Letter regarding the Governorship of Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Pelly's intention of travelling to Bassidore in April to meet Way and discuss his future movements around the south of the Gulf. The letter also discusses Way's potential movements in visiting the arab coast should a ship of ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding an article in the Edinburgh Review which contains a personal attack on Pelly and asking for Sir Bartle's thoughts on it. The letter also discusses recent observations on Central Asia and in particular the movements of Turkey, Russia and Persia; The good progress of Captains Geo...
Letter regarding the agent Abdool Rahman's statements before officers onboard the ship Penguin with regards to Muscat and his support of Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s intentions to attack it. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's journey to Shiraz; whether Way would prefer to go to Bushire or...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Shiraz to [Messrs Remington and Company]
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Letter regarding Pelly's ten shares in the Colaba Land Reclamation company, which is now the Elphinstone Land Reclamation Company and whether they have signed new articles of association on his behalf in relation to these shares
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
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Letter regarding the thirty six shares they have purchased on Pelly's behalf in the New Bank of Bombay, the money paid into the bank by Narayn Wussadeojee as a deposit for the new shares and enclosing a note for 4,000 rupees to cover the full cost of the shares. The letter also refers to enclo...