Correspondence and other Papers concerning the Duke of Argyll's Attack on Lewis Pelly in the House of Lords
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Correspondence between Lewis Pelly, Lord Elcho (Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss), Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury), the Duke of Argyll (George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll) and Sir Colin Campbell over a speech given by the Duk...
Sketch map of the route from Bunder Abbas to Cape Jask. 1864
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Sketch map attached to a report by Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly related to the proposed extension of telegraph line, dated 31st Dec 1864. Below title the note: Protracted by Mr [Edwin] Dawes, late Indian Navy, to accompany Colonel Pelly's de...
Extract of letter No. 94 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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The extract is from Paragraph 3 of letter No. 94 regarding the arrangements mediated by Colonel Pelly in which Sayed Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini, Imam of Muscat] is to pay Torkee [Turki bin Said, later Imam of Muscat] a pension provided Torkee agrees to reside in British India, and crediting C...
'No.8 Summary of memo relative to the defeat of the Persian Expeditionary Force at Merv'
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A summarised version of the account of the Persian Army's defeat to the Tekkie [Tekke] Turcomans at Merv which was given in detail in folios 21-24. The summary includes the account of how the Persians were defeated, the rumours of what happened to the captured forces, the Prince Governors fligh...
Printed letter No.6 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Second copy of a report by Pelly on his travels to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Bassidore, the Island of Kishm [Qeshm], Khumeer [Khamīr], Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Island of Hormuz documenting the places, their geographical locations, the local trades and the political allegiences of the vil...
Copy of letter No 6/4 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, On Special Duty, East African Special Mission, Zanzibar to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Calcutta
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Letter confirming receipt of Despatch No.184 of 24 January 1873 and of the instructions contained within that he should submit his views to Government regarding the establishment of a Tribunal for the adjudication of cases in which British Subjects are plaintiffs and Persians defendants, once he...
Copy of letter No 1662/694 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Viceroy's Camp, Bombay, to His Excellency Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Aden
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Letter enclosing a copy of a despatch (no longer enclosed) from the Under Secretary to the Government of India conveying to Pelly the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General that he proceed to Aden and place himself under Sir Bartle Frere's orders. The letter also informs Frere of his inten...
'Copy of Colonel Kemball's letter to Secretary to Government Bombay about Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Aboo Eso [Yas Island]'
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Copy of letter No. 56 of 1866 from Colonel Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad to the Secretary to Government of Bombay in the Political Department, Bombay written 26 June 1866. The Colonel's letter proposes that visits by the British India Steam Navigation Comp...