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141. Mss Eur F126/38, f 117

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 117
Title:
Letter No. 3098 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing letter No.958 from William Muir, Secretary to the Government of India regarding the sale of the Bughla. The enclosed letter requests further details on the subordination of Bahrain to the Wahabees [Wahhabis] and seeks assurances that Pelly did not officially intend to confiscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1866
Extent:

1 folio

142. Mss Eur F126/38, f 118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 118
Title:
Letter No. 105 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter confirming that Pelly had not intended to officially confiscate the Bughla and had immediately applied to Government for instructions on the matter. Also enclosed is letter No.2, Secret Department, from the India Office to the Governor in Council, Bombay (William Robert Seymour Vesey Fi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1866
Extent:

1 folio

143. Mss Eur F126/38, f 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 119
Title:
Letter No. 3573 of 1866 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that his report is not as full as the Government would require and asking for exact information on the extent to which Bahrain is subordinate to the Wahabees [Wahhabis].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1866
Extent:

1 folio

144. Mss Eur F126/38, f 121

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 121
Title:
Letter No. 7 of 1867 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Government that he has communicated with the Shaikh of Bahrain regarding the return of the Bughla. Enclosed with the letter is a copy of a telegram from the Government in Bombay, dated 20 December 1866, instructing Pelly to return the Bughla.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1867
Extent:

1 folio

145. Mss Eur F126/38, f 121v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 121v
Title:
Letter No. 27 of 1867 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter giving Pelly's remarks on the suppression of the slave trade which exists between Muskat [Muscat] and Mussendom [Musandam] which was mentioned in Lieutenant Colonel Disbrowe's journal. Pelly's observations include that the slavers transport slaves during the hot season in the Gulf, April...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1867
Extent:

1 folio

146. Mss Eur F126/38, f 122

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 122
Title:
Letter No. 28 of 1867 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a Government resolution requiring Pelly to advise on the means of supplying knowledge of native languages to the Naval service; supporting Government's thoughts on introducing an interpreters' allowance and giving some more general thoughts on the Naval presence in the East.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1867
Extent:

1 folio

147. Mss Eur F126/38, f 127v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, f 127v
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Colonel Herbert Disbrowe
Scope & Content:
Draft of a letter regarding an article in Colonel Herbert Disbrowe's overland summary journal which states that the attacks made on Lewis Pelly at Muscat had personal motives, and Pelly's desire to acknowledge this fact publicly given that it is being published in the press.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1869
Extent:

1 folio

148. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 5-6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 5-6
Title:
Letter No. 50 of 1865 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muscat, to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter informing the Government in Bombay of his arrival in Muscat (also given as Muskat), his meeting with His Highness' Vezeer [Vizier] and is intention to travel to Burkeh [Barka] in order to meet the Sultan there. The letter also includes Pelly's initial thoughts on the quarrel between Mus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1865
Extent:
2 folios

149. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 6v-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 6v-12
Title:
Letter No. 55 of 1865 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Lewis Pelly's meeting with the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat] (Thuwaini bin Said) at Burkah [Barka] and the Sultan's request for assistance in terms of money, guns and muntions in order to defend his inland frontiers from the Wahabees [Wahhabi] and to take the Wahabee stronghold of B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1865
Extent:
7 folios

150. Mss Eur F126/38, ff 13-23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 13-23
Title:
Letter No. 3 of 1866 from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter updating the Government in Bombay on the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat]'s progress in gathering tribes for an assault on Berainee [Al Buraimi], and the expectation that they would be marching on it within days. The letter also discusses Pelly's work in ensuring the pirate chiefs who are host...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1866
Extent:
11 folios