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51. Mss Eur F126/56, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter from Faysul ibn Torky Al Saood [Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'ud] to Colonel Pelly, Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with an English translation on the verso, of a letter from Faysul ibn Torky Al Saood [Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa-ud] sent 2 Ramathan [Ramadhan] 1281 (29 or 30 January 1865) and received by Lewis Pelly 7 February 1865 informing Pelly that he may come on to Riyadh from 'the Sirkar' a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Ram 1281
Extent:
2 folios

52. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 6-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 6-18
Title:
Letter No.58 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter regarding Pelly's expedition to Riyadh for which all correspondence and communications were for the secret department only, and his apprehensions about Dr Colvill accompanying him on the expedition. The letter goes on to give details of a journal and other correspondence which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
13 folios

53. Mss Eur F126/64, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from H W Bates to Pelly regarding Dr Colvill's journal
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that Dr Colvill's journal would not be published by the Royal Geographical Society and reassuring Pelly that Dr. Colvill had not sent the journal to the society himself, and most likely had not had any intention of making it public.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1865
Extent:
2 folios

54. Mss Eur F126/64, ff 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, ff 11-12
Title:
Handwritten account by Pelly of his travels to Riadh [Riyadh] and their relevance to the Royal Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The account provides background on the various travels across South Eastern Asia undertaken by Pelly as part of his duties to the British Government, his hope that his account could help the society with their desire to determine 'with scientific accuracy' the position of Riadh [Riyadh], the Capi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
2 folios

55. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 19-20
Title:
Letter No.100 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon in Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter dated 23 December 1865 concerning Dr Colvill's breach of privacy in relation to the publicity of their trip to Riyadh earlier that year. Pelly asks Colvill to submit to government an explanation of his conduct. A second letter dated 27 December 1865 is also enclosed in which Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
2 folios

56. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter No.110 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, Residency Surgeon at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter in which Pelly accuses Dr Colvill of evading his questioning and requests that Colvill meet him at 2 p.m. to review the letters purported to have been written by him and to look at the passage from the Edinburgh Review. Enclosed with the letter are notes on the meeting between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
2 folios

57. Mss Eur F126/64, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter from Edward Weller to Pelly regarding a map for submission with an article in the Royal Geographical Society journal
Scope & Content:
Mr Weller requests that Pelly mark the places mentioned in his article on the map, encloses additional prints of the map which Pelly had requested and informs Pelly of the intention to also include a map of Arabia to show places mentioned by Pelly that are outside of the route the main map covers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
04 Sep 1865
Extent:
2 folios