Letter No. 48 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Mss Eur F126/38, ff 83v-84
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 4 May 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 enclosing a written declaration of peace, given to Pelly by the Wahabee [Wahhabi] envoy and confirming that the Wahabees were agreeable to the conditions of the British Government.
- Enclosed letter from Lewis Pelly, to Abdellah bin Faysal [Abdullah ibn Faisal], Ameer [Amir] of the Wahabee tribe, dated Zilhaj 1282 / 4 May 1866, outlining the British Government's wishes not be involved in matters between the Wahabees and Maskat [Muscat] in terms of payment, with the exception of using Pelly's office to arrange the details of any agreement. The letter also emphasises that the Wahabee religion is a matter for the Wahabees, their Imaum [Imam] and God only and not the British Government.
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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 F126/38, ff 83v-84
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- 4 May 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter No. 48 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/38, ff 83v-84, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024174347.0x00002a> [accessed 28 June 2026]
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- Mss Eur F126/38, ff 83v-84
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- Letter No. 48 of 1866 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Agent, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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- 83v:84v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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