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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 101-102
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding rumours that Syed Turki [Turki bin Said] has been invited to Muskat [Muscat] and that Syed Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini] will have to give up the Sultanship should he do so, but that Syed Turki has no finances in order to get him to Muskat, and further rumours that Khulug (Abu E...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Jul 1866
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 104-107
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the prince governor of Bushire suffering from gout and having gone to Bahmany Wells to recover and thanking Pelly for his opinion of the way in which Edwards handled the matter of the runaway slaves. The letter outlines matters in Government letters which require a response fr...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2 Aug 1866
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 146-151
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Pelly travelling to Muskat [Muscat] aboard Comorin and Edwards arranging for his letters to travel with Oriental and either meet with him or be left at Muskat. The letter informs Pelly of the Governor's return to Bushire having twice attempted to depart from Shiraz and reporti...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Mar 1870
Extent:: 6 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, f 23
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Middle folio of a letter regarding an [unnamed] clerk having handed in his resignation which had been accepted by the Bombay Government; Mr Lucas not having returned to Bushire; Edwards drawing Pelly's pay in order to meet the Residency's payments; and regarding whether or not Pelly wishes to se...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, f 93
Title:: Letter from the Laskerachee to Reay Moonshee
Scope & Content:: Letter, in Persian and translated into English, regarding Ghoolam Ali [Ghulam 'Ali], an inhabitant of Bushire who had agreed to serve on a steamer for one month in order to travel from Bombay to Bushire to visit his parents, however the Captain of the steamer was refusing to permit him to leave ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Persian
Date Range:: 12 Jul 1866
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 3-4
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Mr Hayward who is seeking a promotion; Jemant ood Deen, an Indian baker who is currently unemployed and who Edwards feels would make an excellent Butler for Pelly; and the benefits in having peons [orderlies] from Bombay rather than using Persian servants. A postscript to the l...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 21 Jan 1863
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 9-10
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding tending to Pelly's plants and arranging for cuttings to be given to various people in Bushire; matters of protecol and the use of escorts when leaving the Residency; explaining the situation with the Berenice following the resignation of Captain Low, allegations made by Mr Malco...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Apr 1866
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 15-16
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the Hugh Lindsay's arrival at Bushire; a medal for Ameer Khan and the lack of prize money to accompany the medals; payments from the Bushire accounts; and a list of gifts sent to Koweit [Kuwait].
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 21 Apr 1863
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 17-18
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Part of a letter regarding Pelly returning to England on leave and Edwards being temporarily in charge until the Government of India appoint someone to officially to take over during Pelly's absence and the likelihood this will be Doctor Wiliam Henry Colvill or Colonel Herbert Disbrowe. The le...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 May 1863
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/44, ff 21-22
Title:: Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Part of a letter regarding delays in receiving letters owing to a Mail Steamer breaking down; Edwards remaining in charge of the Residency as no-one has been sent to take over; and caring for Pelly's horses including their current value and an illness to one of them. The main body of the letter...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Jul 1863
Extent:: 2 folios

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