Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Alfred Cotton Way

Mss Eur F126/43, f 93v

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 21 Dec 1867. It was written in English. 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 requesting that Way travel to the arab coast to look into some proceedings involving the Sheikh of Shargah [Sharjah] (Khalid bin Sultan al-Qasimi) and informing him that he has written to Government for instructions regarding the Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] Chief (Shaikh Zayid bin Khalifah).

The letter also reports that Aujam [Henjam] is to be a telegraph station and general station and that Way's headquarters will have to be moved there and that Mr Gaspar de Rozario will be his Doctor there.

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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 F126/43, f 93v

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21 Dec 1867 (CE, Gregorian)

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