Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter is a duplicate of folios 46 to 53: " Letter regarding the precarious state of affairs between the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat and the Wahabee [Wahabi] Ameer [Amir]and the Ameer's indirect attempts to suggest that British mediation would be unacceptable. The letter also contains news from ...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bombay
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Draft of the letter at folios 108-111. Letter regarding the Governor of Bushire having taken offence at some of the Hissam-es-Sulteneh's proceedings and having gone to Shiraz threatening not to return unless he is placed in a better position with regards to Bushire affairs, and informing Pelly...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the success of Pelly's visit to Muskat [Muscat] and Edwards hope that Government will agree to the affairs of the Muskat agency being communicated to Pelly and not direct to Government in order to prevent similar situations occuring in future. The letter goes on to discuss mat...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's work in preventing disturbances in Muskat [Muscat] and summarising the response from the Secretary of State approving of Pelly's decision that the British Government should not get involved with the affairs of Syed Turkee [Turki bin Said], unless there is a threat to mar...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding an attack of fever which Edwards has been suffering with for two weeks and news on other friends in Bushire who have also suffered from fever. The letter updates Pelly on the ongoing obstructions and difficulties being caused by various Persian officials in Bushire in blocking...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steamer Euphrates
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Letter regarding a complaint from the Persian authorities that the Captain has prevented Goolam Ali ben Houssein [Ghulam 'Ali] from landing at Bushire and that he has been restrained to prevent him leaving the steamer, and that they are requesting he be released and permitted to land at Bushire....
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Uncovenented Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Cholera which has been in the vicinity of Bushire and is now spreading towards Busreh [Basra]; Pelly's horses and Edwards inability to sell any owing to the state of the Bombay market; a statement drawn up by Edwards of the modifications which could be made to the establishment ...
Letter from Melik ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter from Haj Muhammad 'Ali, Malik al-Tujjar at Bushire, dated 28 Suffur [Safar] 1280 / 12 July 1866 regarding a telegraph he had received from Addul Nubee, a Bushire merchant resiting in Busreh [Basra] regarding two of his slaves who had run away with some of his property and were on board th...
Letter from Captain Henry W Warner, Gwadur to Resident, Persian Gulf
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Letter regarding the urgent need for funds to pay the Government establishments at Gwadur [Gwadar], Mekran Coast and the Gun Boat and the Telegraph station being in immediate need of stores and Hugh Rose requiring some stores shortly too and suggesting that the Gun Boat could be sent to Kurrache...
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a memo relating to Pelly's accounts and the sale of his stores, which has not been as succesful as he would have liked owing to the perishable stores having to be destroyed and the ability to purchase cheap wine and liquor from England impacting on local sellers. The letter go...