Personal and official letters to Lewis Pelly from colleagues and friends in India.

Content

Ccorrespondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from colleagues and friends in India and Britain, including Patrick Ryan, Abraham Hojel Nickson and Robert Brown.

Other correspondents of note include Hubert Izaak Walton (Director of the Indo-European Telegraph Company), Sir Bartle Frere (Governor of Bombay), and Pelly's brother Saville Marriot Pelly.

The correspondence focuses primarily on affairs in Muscat from 1863-1866 discussing the Muscat and Wahabee [Wahhabi] dispute; Syed Thoweynee [Thuwaini bin Said]'s position and attempts by Azzan ben Ghes [Azzan bin Qais] to seize power. Also discussed are developments in the extension of the Telegraph through Persia; Persian attempts to claim Gwadur [Gwadar]; Pelly's journey to Riyadh; and affairs in Bahrain.

The correspondence with Abraham Hojel Nickson relates to the creation of two new posts as assistants to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and his interest in being appointed either as an assistant or as 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. Surgeon. Hojel's letters also contain information regarding Pelly's family as his wife Catherine Frances Hojel is the sister of Deborah Elizabeth Pelly and Jane Billings Pelly, the wives of Lewis Pelly's brothers Henry Joseph and Saville Marriot.

Extent and format

1 file, 29 items (70 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

6 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 1-3

Letter from J R Latimer?, Malabar Point, India to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 4-5

Letter from Robert Grant Watson, Blackhouse, Ayr, Scotland to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 6-7

Letter from Hubert Izaak Walton, Indo-European Telegraph Department, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly

16 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 8-15

Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 16-17

Letter from Herbert Edward Jacomb, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 18-19

Letter from Henry? Taylor, Guzeroom [Kāzerūn?] to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 20-21

Letter from Saville Marriot Pelly , Gulan? to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 22-23

Letter from Ronald Campbell, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 24-25

Letter from Abraham Nickson Hojel, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 26-27

Letter from George T Robinson, Office of the Superintendent of Marine, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 28-29

Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 30-33

Letter from Abraham Nickson Hojel, Bombay to Edward Hope Percival, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 34-37

Letter from George T Robinson, Office of the Superintendent of Marine, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 38-39

Letter from Abraham Hojel Nickson, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur f126/47, ff 40-41

Letter from Abraham Hojel Nickson, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 42-43

Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 44-47

Letter from Austen Henry Layard, Foreign Office to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 48-49

Letter from George T Robinson, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 50-51

Letter from Patrick Ryan, Poona [Puna] to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 52-53

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Abraham Nickson Hojel

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 54-55

Letter from Abraham Nickson Hojel, Poonah [Puna] to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 56-57

Letter from Patrick Ryan, Poona [Puna] to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 58-59

Letter from Godfrey Clerk to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 60-61

Letter from Robert Brown, Alexandra Hotel, Matheran to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 62-63

Letter from Robert Brown, Matheran to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 64-65

Letter from Robert Brown, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 66-67

Letter from Patrick Ryan to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 68-69

Letter from Patrick Ryan to Lewis Pelly

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/47, f 70

Arrangement

The correspondence has been arranged chronologically using both known and presumed dates for the letters. Those letters that are undated have been placed at the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The folios towards the rear of the file, from folio 59 onwards have been refoliated several times, and the numbers no longer in use have been crossed through.

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 F126/47

History of this record

Date(s)

20 Mar 1863-5 Feb 1869 (CE, Gregorian)

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