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31. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 68-79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 68-79
Title:
Letter No.528 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter relating to matters which had recently occured on the Frontier of Sind. The letter commences by stating Merewether's original assumptions that his comments on Colonel Phayre's narrative of events in Khelat [Kalāt] should have been sufficient to resolve the wrong impressions of affairs he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1870
Extent:
12 folios

32. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 80-87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 80-87
Title:
Letter No.159 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karachi] to His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing correspondence on the arrangements entered into with the Murree tribe in February 1869 for the protection of Kafilahs (convoys of travellers) on the route from Affghanistan [Afghanistan] to Sind [Sindh]. The letter reports on the failure of the scheme owing to its limited scope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1870
Extent:
8 folios

33. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 1-3
Title:
Letter No.1579 of 1869 from Colonel Robert Phayre, C.B., Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Sir William Lockyer Merewether, the Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karachi]
Scope & Content:
Letter submitting Phayre's views on the aim and scope of proposed alterations in arrangements for the Upper Sind part of the frontier. The letter refers to a sketch map (which is no longer enclosed) that detailed the area of the frontier in question and showed the boundaries of the various tri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1869
Extent:
3 folios

34. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 54-67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 54-67
Title:
Letter No.52 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner's Office, Camp the Tanda to His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Colonel Robert Phayre's report 'outline of Khelat [Kalāt] affairs from 1857 to 1869' and providing comments on each of the points made by Colonel Phayre. Sir William Merewether's observations include explanations of terms used in the report; the influences around the young Khan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1870
Extent:
14 folios

35. Mss Eur F126/22, ff 3v-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 3v-7
Title:
Letter No.785 of 1869 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, K.C.S.I. & C.B., Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Camp Mora to Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier
Scope & Content:
Letter in response to Colonel Phayre's letter No. 1579 of 1869 drawing attention to certain points made in Phayre's observations. The points made by Merewether relate to the practicalities or otherwise of militaty positions proposed by Phayre; the limitations of some of Phayre's proposals such ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1869
Extent:
5 folios

36. Mss Eur F126/22, f 143

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, f 143
Title:
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre
Scope & Content:
Demi-official letter regarding the Colonel's response, dated 1 September 1870, to Merewether's letter of 28 August and again expressing his despair at the Colonel's inability to view his position 'in the proper light'. The letter goes on to remind Colonel Phayre that as his superior all communi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1870
Extent:
1 folio

37. Mss Eur F126/22, f 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, f 108
Title:
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Colonel Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi], to His Highness Meer Khodadad Khan [Mir Khudadad Khan], Khan of Khelat [Kalāt]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the letter from His Highness, along with the enclosed copies of intercepted correspondence, and stating that the actions of Captain Robert Sandeman were done without any authority or approval from Merewether and that the matter had been referred to the Government at Bombay. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1870
Extent:
1 folio

38. Mss Eur F126/22, f 142

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/22, f 142
Title:
Letter No.585 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind
Scope & Content:
Letter informing the Colonel that he considered his letter No.1260 of 3 September (received 11 September) to be of an improper tone and style and disrespectful to Merewether as head of the province and that as has failed to take Merewether's recorded opinions as instructions and chosen to disrega...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1870
Extent:
1 folio