Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1863?-1865?. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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Letter in Arabic, with envelope, to Thuwaini bin Said al-Said, Sultan of Muscat. The letter is most likely from Lewis Pelly, as folio 16 contains a letter to Pelly from His Highness.
The letter is most likely written sometime between 1863 and 1865 as Lewis Pelly only commenced his position as Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in mid-1862 and Thuwaini bin Said was killed in February 1866.
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- 2 folios
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- 33 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/46
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- Arabic in Arabic script
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- Letter
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- 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.
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- Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15
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- 1863?-1865? (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15
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- Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
- Pages
- 14r:15v
- Author
- Unknown
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