Letter from Patrick Ryan, Poona [Puna] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's report on his journey to Riyadh which is now with the printers and the Governor of Bombay's desire that references to William Gifford Palgrave's journey be expunged from the report. The letter also refers to the life-like pictures and interview with the ruler of Najd (...
Letter from Robert Brown, Matheran to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Brown's attempts to meet with the Governor of Bombay (Sir Bartle Frere); the destruction of a fort in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Muscat affairs.
Letter from Robert Brown, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Brown's impressions of Captain Philip Howard Colomb and his support of Captain Elton for the vacant position on Dalhousie. The letter also asks Pelly for a copy of the response from Government to his letter on proceedings at Muscat; and discusses the evening entertainments in ...
Letter from J R Latimer?, Malabar Point, India to Lewis Pelly
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Letter citing a letter which the Governor of Bombay had received from Patrick Stewart in which Stewart had expressed his gratitude for all Pelly's kindness and help towards him.
Letter from Patrick Ryan, Poona [Puna] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter enclosing a complete copy of Pelly's journal of his journey through Afghanistan (no longer enclosed) and stating the need for a map to accompany it. The letter also gives news from Muscat which was brought by Mahomed Baukr Khan [Muḥammad Bakr Khan]
Letter from Hubert Izaak Walton, Indo-European Telegraph Department, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the ongoing work on the telegraph line and the need for another line via Gwadur [Gwadar], Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Shiraz and Teheran [Tehran] in order to join up with the Russian telegraph system. The letter goes on to discuss the delays that have been occuring in message ...
Letter from George T Robinson, Office of the Superintendent of Marine, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Clyde's departure for Mussendom [Musandam] and the lack of available steamers which has prevented it from towing one to the Gulf. The letter also reports on Hugh Rose's anticipated departure for Gwadur [Gwadar] and coal supplies for Bassidore.
Letter from Abraham Nickson Hojel, Bombay to Edward Hope Percival, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay
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Letter informing Percival that should the Governor of Bombay be willing to appoint him as Residency Surgeon he would gladly go to the Persian Gulf, with the hope of obtaining one of the Assistanship positions later should they be sanctioned. The letter notes however that in taking up the positio...
Letter from George T Robinson, Office of the Superintendent of Marine, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly of the gunboat Hugh Rose's departure for Gwadur [Gwadar] and of Dalhousie's presence in the area. The letter also discusses the availability of coal for the Gulf and the proposal that it be kept at Bassidore until matters at Muscat calm down.