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Mss Eur F126/39, ff 55-56
- Record Id:
- 041-002737174
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022562604.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024195008.0x000027
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/39, ff 55-56
- Title:
- Copy of a letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, On Special Duty, to Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Special envoy to Zanzibar and Muscat
- Scope & Content:
-
Letter regarding the Anti-Slavery engagements which the various Sovereigns and Trucial Chiefs of the Countries near the Persian Gulf had agreed to; the understanding that these engagements were personal ones signed by the Trucial Chiefs and would not be applicable to any heirs or successors; and the renewed assurances from these Chiefs of their intentions to abide by the engagements.
The letter also reports that the British Agent on the Arab Coast had personally visited several of these Chiefdoms following these renewed assurances and had found them to be free of imported slaves.
The letter concludes by enclosing the reply from the Sultan of Muscat on being approached regarding the engagement as well as correspondence with the Persian Slave Commissioner at Bushire.
None of the correspondence referred to in the letter as enclosed is contained within.
- 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
040-002311326
041-002737174 - 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 F126/39 : Copy correspondence from Lewis Pelly relating to matters in the Persian Gulf
Mss Eur F126/39, ff 55-56 : Copy of a letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, On Special Duty, to Sir Henry… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0004]/036-002311322[0004]/040-002311326[0039]/041-002737174
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003b2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1873
- End Date:
- 1873
- Date Range:
- 31 Mar 1873
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)