Part of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to an unknown recipient
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Final folio of a letter from Lewis Pelly to either Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran, or Earl Canning, Viceroy of India reporting on news from Mermenah [Maīmanah] that the Wallee has come under attack from Feroosekohees and threats from Shibbergan [Shibirghān]. The letter goes on to st...
Draft of letter No.6A from Pelly to Henry Lacon Anderson, regarding possible alternative locations for the Political Residency of the Persian Gulf
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Pelly's draft, primarily written in pencil, regarding a possible alternative location for the Political Residency and its benefits and disadvantages. Pelly proposes a possible location at Cassab [Khussub] on the Mussundoom [Musandam] Promontory which would put the Residency, Telegraph and Coal...
Copy of letter No 6/4 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly to an undisclosed recipient
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Letter acknowledging receipt of despatch No 184 P of 24 January 1873 which informs Pelly that following his conference with Sir Philip Francis he is requested to submit his views concerning the establishment of a Tribunal for the adjudication of cases in which British Subjects are Plaintiffs and...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board H M S Berenice to Commander Hillyer
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Letter regarding the need to await a telegram from Government (Bombay) regarding the proposal to send a steam transport to Muscat to remove British subjects from there. The letter also discusses Commander Hillyer's remarks to Government on Pellys decision not to have accompanied Highflyer on he...
Letter from Faysul ibn Torky Al Saood [Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'ud] to Colonel Pelly, Resident Persian Gulf
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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...
Letter No.58 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Copy of a letter regarding Pelly's expedition to Riyadh for which all correspondence and communications were for the secret department only, and his apprehensions about Dr Colvill accompanying him on the expedition. The letter goes on to give details of a journal and other correspondence which ...
Letter No.35 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda to Andrew Scoble, Advocate General of Bombay
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Letter enclosing a letter Pelly had sent to the Government of India regarding the prisoners and witnesses in custody or under police surveillance on account of their alleged involvement with the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly having refrained f...
Letter No.58 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda State to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla
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Letter forwarding a list of all persons now under arrest or detention or released by the orders of or with the cognizance of the present Baroda Administration. The list consists of thirty-six individuals, of which twenty are under detention or surveillance and lists the locations of these indi...