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861. Mss Eur F126/44, ff 154-155

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Mss Eur F126/44, ff 154-155
Title:
Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his awaiting Pelly's arrival, and the assumption that the strong shemaul [wind] has detained him. The letter goes on to report on Mohurrum [Muharram] which had recently been celebrated in Bushire and that although the artillery walking the streets with drawn swords and bleedin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1870
Extent:
2 folios

862. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 1-3
Title:
Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Captain Felix Jones who has returned to Bombay with the expectation of resuming his telegraph position in the Gulf, but that the Bombay Government has received no instructions in relation to an appointment for him. The letter goes on to give news of Captain Robert Lambert Play...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1863
Extent:
3 folios

863. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 6-7
Title:
Letter from Robert Grant Watson, Blackhouse, Ayr, Scotland to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter providing Pelly with advice on travelling to Tehran via the Volga including where to obtain horses, where to catch the steamer and places that would be worth visiting en route.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1865
Extent:
2 folios

864. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 16-17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 16-17
Title:
Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the arrival of Commander Montresor and HMS Severn in Bombay and the Commander's arrangements to assist Pelly in the Gulf and send steam tenders to Muscat. The letter also discusses the situation in Muscat including the various scenarios that could arise if Sultan Thoweynee [Say...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1865
Extent:
2 folios

865. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 18-19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 18-19
Title:
Letter from Herbert Edward Jacomb, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding obtaining a consignment of pearl oysters from the Persian Gulf in order to replenish existing exhausted pearl beds in Ceylon [Sir Lanka].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1865
Extent:
2 folios

866. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 20-21
Title:
Letter from Henry? Taylor, Guzeroom [Kāzerūn?] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Pelly assist his friend Mr R Helme to get to Busreh [Basra] and Baghdad.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1866
Extent:
2 folios

867. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 22-23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 22-23
Title:
Letter from Saville Marriot Pelly , Gulan? to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his departure from Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and his safe arrival in Gulan? and requesting that Pelly inform Kitty [Catherine Frances Hojel, his sister-in-law] that he will write to her the following day. The letter also discusses a conversation he had with the Governor of Bomba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1866
Extent:
2 folios

868. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 44-47

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 44-47
Title:
Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's decisive actions against the Wahabees [Wahhabi] and proceedings at Bahrein [Bahrain] along with the effect they are having on Bombay pearl merchants. The letter goes on to discuss Fysul [Faisal ibn Turki al Sa'ud]'s death and the improved political position of Syed Thow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1866
Extent:
4 folios

869. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 54-55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 54-55
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Abraham Nickson Hojel
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Hojel that the Home Government have sanctioned the two assistantships in the Persian Gulf and advising him to think carefully before accepting a permanent appointment in the Gulf rather than remaining in Bombay. The letter goes on to discuss the assistantships and advising tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1866
Extent:
2 folios

870. Mss Eur F126/47, ff 60-61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 60-61
Title:
Letter from Godfrey Clerk to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the 'mémoires du Roi Joseph' which Pelly has sent him; Pelly's letters to Bombay; and Edward Hope Percival's health.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1866
Extent:
2 folios