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Mss Eur F126/46
- Record Id:
- 040-002311333
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003b9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023416650.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/46
- Title:
- Letters to Lewis Pelly from local rulers and shaikhs, with translations in English.
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence in Arabic, mostly with translations in English, from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat; Zayid I bin Khalifah Al-Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi; Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, Ruler of Najd; Majid bin Said Al-Busair, Sultan of Zanzibar; the British native agent at Sharjah, Haji Ya'qub; and other individuals.
The topics discussed in the letters includes the historic rights of ownership of the Arab Coast by individual tribes; movements of Arab tribes and their choice of settlement; attempts by the Wahhabis to extend their influence along the Arab Coast; allegations of acts of piracy on merchant vessels; and the British Government's attack on al-Qatif in response to disturbances which led to damage to British subjects property.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311322
040-002311333 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/36-47 : Correspondence and Papers relating to Lewis Pelly's role as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Mss Eur F126/46 : Letters to Lewis Pelly from local rulers and shaikhs, with translations in English. - Contains:
- Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3 : Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah…
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 4-5 : Letter from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lieutenant…
Mss Eur F126/46, f 6 : Letter from Farukh Khan, Tehran to Lewis Pelly, Bushire
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8 : Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 9-10 : 'Translated purport of a letter from Abdullah ben Fysul [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud] Ruler of Nedjd [Najd]…
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 11-12 : 'Translated purport of a letter from Khumees ibn Esau Seyhatee, an inhabitant of Bahrein [Bahrain] to Colonel Lewis…
Mss Eur F126/46, f 13 : Note, possibly written in Mahajani.
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15 : Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
Mss Eur F126/46, f 16 : Letter from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur F126/46 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0004]/036-002311322[0011]/040-002311333
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file, 9 items (17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003b9
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
English - Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1870
- Date Range:
- 1863-1870
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The file has been foliated using small pencil numbers located in the bottom right hand corner of the recto of each folio
- Arrangement:
- There does not appear to be any discernable arrangement to the file
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)