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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Aden to Lewis Pelly [17v] (8/12)
The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 2 Apr 1866. 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 regarding copies of Pelly's correspondence on Muscat which Patrick Ryan had forgotten to send to Merewether; and his hopes of catching up with Pelly in Bombay.
The letter discusses in detail Merewether's views on the Muscat situation including the rumours that Sayed Salim [Said Salim II bin Thuwaini] murdered his father, questions of whether the Wahabees [Wahhabis] influenced it and the role that Britain could now play in both Muscat and for Majid [Majid bin Said] in Zanzibar.
The letter goes on to discuss operations in general in Arabia in 1865-1866 and their purpose in demonstrating Britain's influence and power; the need for another troop of horse to settle matters in neighbouring districts (in India); the lack of naval support in the Western seas from May to November; and news of Hormuzd Rassam, his success in being received by the King (of Abyssinia) and securing the release of the British prisoners there.
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- Mss Eur F126/3, ff 14-19
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Aden to Lewis Pelly
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- 14r:19v
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