Mss Eur F126/42

Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Gulf, including during periods of absence from Bushire for Lewis Pelly. Most of the copies have been written on Pelly's behalf by his assistant James Charles Edwards.

The correspondence is primarily with individuals who reported to Pelly including James Charles Edwards, Alfred Cotton Way and George Andrew Atkinson and discusses matters at the Residency, Pelly's movements around the Gulf and affairs in Muscat, Bahrain and Bandar Abbas. Also included with this correspondence is a report, possibly to the Governor of Bombay summarising many of the matters discussed in these letters.

There is also correspondence with Charles Alison which focuses on the working relationship between the Resident at Bushire and the Persian Authorities and the difficulties that often arose with this around communication. Matters in relation to Russia are also discussed in letters with Sir Bartle Frere and Philip Howard Colomb, and trade matters are discussed in letters with William Mackinnon and Messrs Coyle and Company.