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Mss Eur F126/47

Record Id:

040-002311334

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002311283

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003ba

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023416334.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F126/47

Title:

Personal and official letters to Lewis Pelly from colleagues and friends in India.

Scope & Content:

Letters to Lewis Pelly, relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, from colleagues and friends in India and Britain, including Patrick Ryan, Abraham Nickson Hojel and Robert Brown.

Other correspondents of note include Hubert Izaak Walton (Director of the Indo-European Telegraph Company), Sir Bartle Frere (Governor of Bombay), and Pelly's brother Saville Marriot Pelly.

The letters focus primarily on affairs in Muscat from 1863-1866 discussing the Muscat and Wahabee [Wahhabi] dispute; the position of Syed Thoweynee [Thuwaini bin Said] and attempts by Azzan ben Ghes [Azzan bin Qais] to seize power. Also discussed are developments in the extension of the telegraph through Persia; Persian attempts to claim Gwadur [Gwadar]; Pelly's journey to Riyadh; and affairs in Bahrain.

The letters from Abraham Nickson Hojel relate to the creation of two new posts as assistants to the Political Resident and his interest in being appointed either as an assistant or as the Residency Surgeon (there is one letter from Pelly to Hojel). Hojel's letters also contain information regarding Pelly's family as his wife Catherine Frances Hojel is the sister of Deborah Elizabeth Pelly and Jane Billings Pelly, the wives of Lewis Pelly's brothers Henry Joseph and Saville Marriot.

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
040-002311334

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 F126/47 : Personal and official letters to Lewis Pelly from colleagues and friends in India.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002311283[0004]/036-002311322[0012]/040-002311334

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file, 29 items (70 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003ba

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1863

End Date:

1869

Date Range:

20 Mar 1863-5 Feb 1869

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. The folios towards the rear of the file, from folio 59 onwards have been refoliated several times, and the numbers no longer in use have been crossed through.

Arrangement:

The correspondence has been arranged chronologically using both known and presumed dates for the letters. Those letters that are undated have been placed at the rear of the file.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)