Copies and Translations of letters in Persian sent to Lewis Pelly.

Content

Letter containing a bundle of letters in Persian for Lewis Pelly's information. The letters are primarily between Persian and Afghani officials and include a forwarding letter from William Lockyer Merewether who initially received them. Many of the letters in Persian are written in an illegible hand.

• Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Jacobabad to Lewis Pelly, 26 December 1860 informing him that a packet had been received from Kandahar for Pelly with an accompanying note in Persian (folio 1).
• Note in Persian, possibly written by Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Murat Khan enclosing a bundle of fourteen letters and notes written by officials of the Governor of Persia, including Farukh Khan, and individuals in Afghanistan including Sultan Ahmed Khan, Governor of Herat.
• Note in Persian, possibly addressed to Lewis Pelly
• Petition in Persian, possibly the Petition of Maulay Mūsā
• Petition in Persian, containing the seals of Ghulām Rasūl and Ghulām Rizā 'Abduh who may be the petitionees. There is a partial date of 10 Rabi' II, but no year is given.

Extent and format

1 file (12 folios)

Arrangement

This file has no discernable arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

Written in

Persian and English in Arabic and Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/34

History of this record

Date(s)

1860 (CE, Gregorian)

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Copies and Translations of letters in Persian sent to Lewis Pelly., British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/34, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003ad> [accessed 16 April 2024]

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