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261. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 6v-9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 6v-9
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat, to Sir Bartle Frere KCB
Scope & Content:
Letter detailing the latest news with regard to the Wahabee [Wahhabi] and Muskat dispute, that the Sultan of Muskat has moved to within two days march of Baraimee [al-Buraymi], the actions that have been taken to prevent the Chiefs of the Arab Coast from getting involved and how these have cause...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1866
Extent:
4 folios

262. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 15v-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 15v-16
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Incomplete draft of a letter to Sir Bartle Frere, lacking a start or end which is a copy of some parts of Pelly's letter to Sir Bartle on folios fourteen to fifteen. The letter includes the desire of the crew of Highflyer to re-attack the fort at Demaum; a list of sizes of pearls with their pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1866
Extent:

2 folios

263. 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

264. 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

265. 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

266. 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

267. 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

268. 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

269. 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

270. 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