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Mss Eur F126/3, ff 77-80
- Record Id:
- 041-002739621
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022573015.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023517966.0x000018
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/3, ff 77-80
- Title:
- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Charbua Ghat, opposite Mittunhkote [Mithan Koat] to Lewis Pelly
- Scope & Content:
-
Letter regarding affairs in Kelat and a telegram from Sir Seymour Fitzgerald (Viceroy of India), concurring with Merewether's views and opinions on the matter and disapproving of Colonel Robert Phayre's policy and proceedings.
The letter goes on to discuss a meeting Merewether is having with Mr Robert Davies, the new Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, in which they will be discussing frontier affairs and referring to the untimely death of the previous Governor, Sir Henry Durand, whom Merewether had respected and would have preferred to have resolved the frontier question with.
Also discussed are Afghan affairs, including news of a night attack on the camp of Yakoob Khan [Mohammad Yaqub Khan] which has dispersed his army and left him a fugitive.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311284
040-002311287
041-002739621 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1-11 : Personal and official correspondence and papers to and from Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/3 : Correspondence from Sir William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Mss Eur F126/3, ff 77-80 : Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Charbua Ghat, opposite Mittunhkote [Mithan Koat] to Lewis Pelly - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0001]/036-002311284[0003]/040-002311287[0024]/041-002739621
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 4 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00037b
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1871
- End Date:
- 1871
- Date Range:
- 1 Feb 1871
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)