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1. Mss Eur F126/37

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Mss Eur F126/37
Title:
Printed copies of official letters from Pelly chiefly to the Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Eleven letters from Pelly primarily to Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay, but also to William Henry Havelock, Officiating Secretary, and Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary relating to his work as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The letters relate primarily t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1872
Extent:

1 file, 11 items (65 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/37, f 3

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Mss Eur F126/37, f 3
Title:
Printed letter No.54 of 1863 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Chief Secretary to Government, in the Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter from Pelly providing further information to the Government in Bombay on the manner in which the territories and interests of Muscat are interlaced with those of the Maritime Arabs and others of the Persian Gulf. The letter references previous correspondence Nos. 1A, 3A and 6A all of 1863 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1863
Extent:
1 folio

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

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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

7. 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

8. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 43-53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 43-53
Title:
Printed letter No.73 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, H.B.M's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government at Bombay
Scope & Content:
Report by Pelly of his travels from Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] to Cape Jashk [Jask], via Minow [Minab], to view the shorelines and local inhabitants along the route of the proposed extension of the telegraph. Pelly believed he was the first European to traverse this route and therefore his r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1864
Extent:
11 folios

9. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 54-59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/37, ff 54-59
Title:
Printed letter No.1294/344 of 1872 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, H.B.M.'s Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Secretary of Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses a translation and account of the Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of 'Oman' taken from a manuscript Arabic work entitled 'The Keshf-ul-Ghummeh of the Sheikh Sirhân bin Mohammed-el-Alawi, a native of 'Oman'. The translation and notation was undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Aug 1872
Extent:
6 folios

10. Mss Eur F126/37, ff 60-65

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Mss Eur F126/37, ff 60-65
Title:
Printed letter No.1294/344 of 1872 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly,H.B.M.'s Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Secretary of Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses is a translation and account of the Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of 'Oman' taken from a manuscript Arabic work entitled 'The Keshf-ul-Ghummeh of the Sheikh Sirhân bin Mohammed-el-Alawi, a native of 'Oman'. The translation and notation was undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Edwar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Aug 1872
Extent:
6 folios