Copies of personal letters from Pelly to various persons including colleagues in the Gulf.

Content

Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Gulf, including during periods of absence from Bushire for Lewis Pelly. Most of the copies have been written on Pelly's behalf by his assistant James Charles Edwards.

The correspondence is primarily with individuals who reported to Pelly including James Charles Edwards, Alfred Cotton Way and George Andrew Atkinson and discusses matters at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Pelly's movements around the Gulf and affairs in Muscat, Bahrain and Bandar Abbas. Also included with this correspondence is a report, possibly to the Governor of Bombay summarising many of the matters discussed in these letters.

There is also correspondence with Charles Alison which focuses on the working relationship between the Resident at Bushire and the Persian Authorities and the difficulties that often arose with this around communication. Matters in relation to Russia are also discussed in letters with Sir Bartle Frere and Philip Howard Colomb, and trade matters are discussed in letters with William Mackinnon and Messrs Coyle and Company.

Extent and format

1 file, 14 items (29 folios)

It is grouped into

Memorandum by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Chughudduk [Choghadak]

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, f 1

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 2-5

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bombay to an undisclosed recipient

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 6-7

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Burkeh [Barka, Oman] to [James Charles Edwards]

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, f 8

Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board May Frere, Muscat to 'Right Honourable Sir'

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 9-10

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat to Mr Alison

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 11-12

Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board Mail Steamer off Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] to Mr Alison

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 13-16

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to [James Charles Edwards]

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, f 17

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Subzabad en route to Shiraz to Alfred Cotton Way

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, f 18

Letter from Lewis Pelly, en route to Shiraz to George Andrew Atkinson

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, f 19

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to William Mackinnon

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 20-23

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Coyle and Company, 31 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 24-25

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Narrayen Wassadeojee

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 26-27

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Captain Philip Howard Colomb

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/42, ff 28-29

Arrangement

The contents of the file have been arranged chronologically, with the exception of folio seventeen which had its date misinterpreted as 1868 instead of 1865.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. Folios 9-29 have been re-foliated and the former foliation numbers have been crossed through.

Watermarks: A number of the items have watermarks and details of these have been given with each item description.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/42

History of this record

Date(s)

17 Jan 1863-24 Apr 1869 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Uncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian GulfHM Ambassador to IranAssistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf

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