Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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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...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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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...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Gerald Fitzgerald
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Draft of a letter regarding Fitzgerald's movements in coming to the Gulf and Pelly's intention to take three months leave following his visit. The letter goes on to discuss the frontier between Beloochistan [Baluchistan] and Persia, the precise position of the current Russian frontier and how ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Ronald Thomson
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Letter to Ronald Thomson, Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran, regarding a request from the Governor of Bushire that he be permitted to send his personal letters via the English Courier; the arrival of the Netherlands Consul; a request to send a case of cigars to the Residency and Pelly's desire to trav...
Handwritten draft by Pelly of Political Department letter No. 63
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Letter from Pelly citing a letter received by a local Sheik [Shaikh] who wishes to meet with him when he calls at Bassidore (British Naval Base on Qeshm Island) to further the Sheik's territory's friendship with the British Government.
Draft letter from Pelly regarding affairs in Muscat and Bushire
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Draft letter in pencil from Pelly to 'his excellency' (most likely the governor of Bombay) regarding his visits to Muscat, the progression of the Telegraph Station at Jashk [Jask], a misunderstanding Colonel Disbrowe had which needed to be resolved by Pelly and other matters in Muscat and Bushir...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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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...
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 ...