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411. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 38-40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 38-40
Title:
Letter from Oliver St John, , Shiraz to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the news of the loss of the Berenice and Pelly's lucky escape. The letter goes on to discuss the Hissam-a-Sultaneh's decision to establish a Persian fort at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] in order to try and prevent smuggling from there to and from Shiraz. The letter also discusses...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1866
Extent:
3 folios

412. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 81-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 81-84
Title:
Letter from Arsham J Malcolm, Bushire to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the news of Pelly's health and steady recovering and sending him the detailed information he had requested on the state of agriculture, famine and trade in and around Bushire. The information, compiled from local enquiries, reports that the agricultural prospects of the area d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1871
Extent:
4 folios

413. Mss Eur F126/45, ff 85-86

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/45, ff 85-86
Title:
Letter from S? Malcolm, Bushire to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the news of Pelly's health and local matters relative to Bushire including: Orders from the Commissioner in Sind regarding charges for the shipping of opium from Kurrachee [Karachi] and enquiring whether the charges would apply if an opium cargo was aboard a ship passing through...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1871
Extent:
2 folios

414. Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15
Title:
Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with envelope, to Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely from Lewis Pelly, as folio 16 contains a letter to Pelly from His Highness. The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1863?-1865?
Extent:
2 folios

415. Mss Eur F126/36, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/36, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter from Pelly regarding a journal of his travels through Afghanistan that may be of interest to the Viceroy of India
Scope & Content:
The letter summarizes the journal kept by Pelly when travelling through Afghanistan on government duty in 1860, stating that it is based on personal observations and also includes letters Pelly wrote to Lord Canning (Charles John Canning) which may be of interest or relevance.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 May 1869
Extent:
2 folios

416. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 1-2
Title:
Printed letter No.6A from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter contains Pelly's arguments for relocating the residency to Cassab [Khaşab] on the Mussondoom [Musandam] Promontory, focusing on trade, relationships with local chiefs and support for the agencies in the area. Also included are Pelly's thoughts on the situation in Oman under the new S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1863
Extent:
2 folios

417. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 4-5
Title:
Printed letter No.132 of 1863 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident and Consul General, Persian Gulf , Bushireto Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a report by Henry W Warner, Commanding the Residency Schooner Georgiana, on the Bay of Shewoo and its village written 30 October 1863. The report gives details of the layout of the bay and its surrounding land and detailed information on the villagers, their trades and relatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Nov 1863
Extent:
2 folios

418. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 6-7
Title:
Printed letter No.148 of 1863 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident and Consul General in the Persian Gulf to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Remarks by Pelly regarding the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. The remarks give details of the type of slaves being brought to the Arabian coast, landing points being used, information regarding the slave trade being passed on to Pelly by his political agents, how the repositioning of naval f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
05 Dec 1863
Extent:
2 folios

419. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 8-17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 8-17
Title:
Printed letter No.6 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Report by Pelly on his travels to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Bassidore, the Island of Kishm [Qeshm], Khumeer [Khamīr], Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and the Island of Hormuz documenting the places, their geographical locations, the local trades and the political allegiances of the villages and tow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1864
Extent:
10 folios

420. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 28-29
Title:
Printed letter No.41 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident, Persian Gulf to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Account by Pelly of his enquiries, during a recent voyage from Bombay to Bushire, into the prospects of trade between the Persian Gulf and the coast of western India with particular emphasis on the Cotton and Wool trades and some reference to the Opium and Sugar trades. Pelly also offers possib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1864
Extent:
2 folios