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21. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 17-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 17-18
Title:
Letter No.5 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter informing His Excellency that the Persian Army at Merve [Merv] had been 'utterly defeated' at the hands of the Turcomans. The letter goes on to describe a letter from Humza Mirza which had arrived by messenger from Ameer [Amir] Shah Nawaz Khan's camp informing them of the attack on the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

22. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 31-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 31-32
Title:
Letter No.11 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles John Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a despatch from Sir Henry Rawlinson to Lord John Russell, 17 May 1860 in which Pelly was instructed to travel Eastward to Herat and Caubul [Kabul] and then on to meet with his Lordship in India. The letter encloses copies of Pelly's previous despatches 1-10 (folios 11-30) showi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

23. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 33-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 33-34
Title:
Private letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles John Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
Scope & Content:
Private and unofficial letter explaining the lack of information in his accompanying despatch and the reason for his having forwarded a rough copy of his memorandum on the Persian defeat at Merv, which was owing to his horse having rolled on him in a river en route to the Persian Camp. The lett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

24. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 35-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 35-36
Title:
Letter No.12 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Charles Alison (British Minister at Tehran) forward the enclosed message as a telegram to Earl Canning (Viceroy of India). The telegram reported that the Persian Force at Merv, which consisted of 30,000 men, 27 guns, and 20,000 followers, had been defeated by the Tekkie [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

25. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 37-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 37-38
Title:
Letter No.14 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Excellency Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting that Sirdar Shir Ahmed Khan, third son of Sultan Ahmed Khan age 14, had died on 17 October of a wound to the mouth incurred a few days prior during action between his father's troops and the Jumsheedee [Jamshidi] tribe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

26. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 11-12
Title:
Notes by Lewis Pelly on Mr M Khamkoff's mission in Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Draft notes written by Lewis Pelly on the effects of the visit of Russian Officers to Herat, including the financial donations made, and the mission of M Khamkoff, a Russian whose route Pelly followed for a time. Mr Khamkoff's mission is discussed in detail in the notes, along with Pelly's own ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
2 folios

27. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 47-48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 47-48
Title:
Part of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Herat to an unknown recipient
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

28. Mss Eur F126/33, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, f 13
Title:
Letter No.2 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting how he had attempted to pass through Herat territory without much attention but intelligence had been received at Herat of his approach, and the sons of Sultan Ahmed Khan had been sent to accompany him into Herat. The letter goes on to give Pelly's reasons for having despatache...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
1 folio

29. Mss Eur F126/33, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, f 14
Title:
Letter No.3 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles Alison, British Minister at Tehran
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on a recent victory over the Jumsheedee [Jamshidi] tribe in which the Herat army was led by the eldest son of Sultan Ahmed Khan, and reporting that the late Chief of that tribe Abdullah Khan had been one of the key instigators of a plot to depose Sultan Ahmed Khan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
1 folio

30. Mss Eur F126/33, f 101

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, f 101
Title:
Copy of Telegram from the Secretary to Government, Punjab to Hugh Rees James, Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawar Division
Scope & Content:
Telegram stating that the Governor General had approved the orders issued to Major Lewis Pelly and further requested that he may be instructed to send his despatches through the Ameer [Amir]'s people to Peshawar or to bring them via Quetta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 folio