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21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 19-20
Title:
'No.6 Memo: On the conspiracy to supplant Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan, Barucksye [Barakzai] in favor of Shahzadeh Mahomed Rizoo [Muhammad Reza] Suddozyee [Sadozai] in the Government of Herat'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum regarding a conspiracy to replace Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan as Governor of Herat which Pelly became aware of on arrival at Meshed [Mashhad] and which had allegedly occured in about June or July 1860. The memorandum discusses reports that the Shahzadeh Mahomed Riza [Muhammad Reza] had...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

25. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 25-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 25-26
Title:
'No.8 Summary of memo relative to the defeat of the Persian Expeditionary Force at Merv'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 folios

26. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 39-46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 39-46
Title:
Letter No.16 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to His Lordship Earl Canning (Charles John Canning), Viceroy of India
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a letter for his Lordship from Sultan Ahmed Khan (letter no longer enclosed) and making, as promised, some remarks on the political condition and prospects of the portion of Afghanistan comprising of Herat and its territories, and also the attitude of the Herat people towards th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1860
Extent:
6 folios

27. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 118-119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 118-119
Title:
Draft of a letter from Earl Canning, Viceroy of India to Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan, Governor of Herat
Scope & Content:
Draft letter in pencil, possibly written by Lewis Pelly for the Viceroy's approval, in response to a letter from Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan to the Viceroy which had been transmitted by Lewis Pelly. The letter thanking the Sirdar for his 'friendly sentiments' towards India and expressing his pleas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1861
Extent:
2 folios

28. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 1-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 1-10
Title:
Copy of letter No.34 of 1860 from Jonathan Duncan Inverarity, the Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Camp Nuggur Parhur to The Right Honourable Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Copy made in April 1860 of a letter from the Commissioner in Sind to the Governor at Bombay, originally dated 16 February 1860, commencing on folio 2v, which enclosed translations of letters sent by Colonel Frederick Goldsmid, Political Superintendent of the North West Frontier, relating to inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1860
Extent:
10 folios

29. Mss Eur F126/33, ff 21-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 21-24
Title:
'No.8 Memo: On the defeat of the Persian Force at Merv: and on the present condition and prospects of the Persian Eastern and Herat Northern Frontiers'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum regarding the defeat by the Turcomans of the Persian Force at Merv, describing the Persian Force's movements and tactics in the five days prior to their final defeat including their decision to retreat from their position in order to acquire more provisions and the Turcoman's success ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1860
Extent:
4 folios

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