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131. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 17-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 17-18
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly,Gwadur, to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's arrival in the Gulf with Pantaloon and Caromandel. The letter describes the geographical location of the telegraph station at Gwadur, along with the number of residents in the town, the method of construction of their homes and the location of the Political Agent's hous...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1866
Extent:

2 folios

132. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 25v-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 25v-26
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to William Mackinnon
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the sending of coal to Muskat and identifying possible alternative locations for coal depots in the Gulf. The letter also discusses the laying of bouys in the harbour at Bushire and the entrance to the Basrah river (Shatt al Arab) as well as discussing the gun-boats and assist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1866
Extent:

2 folios

133. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 40-41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 40-41
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's arrival at Muscat to recognise Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini] as Sultan, the Muscat people's loss of respect for the British, their detestation of Soulem and Pelly's expectation that attempts will be made on his life. Pelly goes on to report on a mutiny on board a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1866
Extent:

2 folios

134. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 53-54

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 53-54
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter giving full details of the fire on board Berenice on the morning of 31 October 1866 including the location in the Gulf it occured, the limited equipment on board for tackling such a fire, how the fire spread throughout the ship and how long it took for Berenice to sink. The letter then ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1866
Extent:

2 folios

135. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 55v-56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 55v-56
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly not having heard from Sir Bartle since October and his fears that recent incidents in the Gulf, including the loss of Berenice are the cause of this. The letter also refers to a rumour he heard from Hubert Walton that Sir Bartle had taken a fall from his horse but that h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1866
Extent:

2 folios

136. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 58v-59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 58v-59
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Sir Bartle's departure from his position as Governor of Bombay and his forthcoming role on the Council of India. The letter also discusses the need for a new agent at Muskat and the decision by the Government of India to view the question of Augam [Henjam] as one of purely tele...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1867
Extent:

2 folios

137. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 64v-65

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 64v-65
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Way that he has received a report from the Sharja agent that the Debai [Dubai] chief and the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Lieutenant at Beraymee [Buraimi] have been communicating with a view to aiding Syad Torkee [Turki bin Said] and requesting that he verify this information. The letter ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1867
Extent:

2 folios

138. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 67v-68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 67v-68
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Edward Charles Ross
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Ross for his offer of hospitality at Gwador and informing him that he has been to Bombay to meet the new Governor (William Seymour Fitzgerald) and therefore must continue on to Bushire. The letter goes on to discuss the Gwador Governor who wishes to visit Bombay and that althoug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1867
Extent:

2 folios

139. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 83-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 83-84
Title:
Part of a letter written by Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Folios three and four of a letter written by Lewis Pelly discussing Persian affairs, in particular attempts at making a complaint against the Bushire Foreign Moonshee and the difficult working conditions in Bushire before requesting that the recipient of the letter raise the issue with Lord Stan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:

2 folios

140. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 100v-101

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 100v-101
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an attack by the Gwuttur [Qatar] tribes on Bahrein and the actions of the Bahrein shaik (Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah) whom Pelly wishes to make an example of. The letter also discusses the movements of various vessels around the Gulf, the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1868
Extent:

2 folios