Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly [‎100r] (3/4)

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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/3, ff 99-100

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 2 Nov 1871. 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 Pelly's illness whilst visiting Muscat, and expressing Merewether's regret that Pelly could not come to Kurrachee [Karachi] to rest and recover there.

The letter also discusses the recent death of [Sidney?] Smith, who had been serving as an Assistant to Pelly in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; a rebellion taking place in northern Beloochistan [Baluchistan]; and Frederic Goldsmid having departed England for Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] in order to continue his work on the Seistan [Sīstān] boundary issue.

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Reference: Mss Eur F126/3, ff 99-100
Title: Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
Pages: 99r:100v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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