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Mss Eur F126/33, ff 31-32
- Record Id:
- 041-002748551
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022698294.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023882889.0x00000c
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/33, ff 31-32
- Title:
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Letter No.11 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles John Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India
- Scope & Content:
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Letter regarding a despatch from Sir Henry Rawlinson to Lord John Russell, 17 May 1860 in which Pelly was instructed to travel Eastward to Herat and Caubul [Kabul] and then on to meet with his Lordship in India.
The letter encloses copies of Pelly's previous despatches 1-10 (folios 11-30) showing the seriousness of the Persian defeat at Merv and the present crisis in Persia following the destruction of the force which had been responsible for protecting the Eastern Persian frontier.
The letter also gives Pelly's thoughts and opinions on the Governor of Herat, Sultan Ahmed Khan, describing the difficulties that he has faced as Governor and suggesting that a treaty of friendship between Herat and the Indian Government could be beneficial to both parties.
The letter also discusses a subsidy that had previously been proposed to be granted to the Governor, and suggesting instead that guns and ammunition would be much more helpful; and concurring with Sir Henry Rawlinson that an English Officer should be stationed in Afghanistan, and that such an officer's duty should be to observe events there.
The letter concludes by relaying Sultan Ahmed Khan's message to the Viceroy that he is ready to obey whatever orders the Viceroy may wish to send him.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311314
040-002311319
041-002748551 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/29-35 : Sir Lewis Pelly's journey from Persia to Afghanistan, 1860
Mss Eur F126/33 : Drafts and copies of letters from Lewis Pelly to the Viceroy, Lord Canning, and the British Minister at Tehran, Charles Alison,…
Mss Eur F126/33, ff 31-32 : Letter No.11 from Lewis Pelly, Herat to Charles John Canning, Earl Canning, Viceroy of India - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0003]/036-002311314[0005]/040-002311319[0012]/041-002748551
- 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_100000001524.0x0003ac
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1860
- Date Range:
- 20 Oct 1860
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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