Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay concerning Pelly's visit to Riyadh.
Mss Eur F126/55
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The record is made up of 1 file, 9 items (28 folios). It was created in Dec 1864-Mar 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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Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Secretary to Government in the Political Department Bombay, some of which is in draft form regarding reports by Lewis Pelly on his trip to Riyadh, and his opinions on the ongoing dispute between the Sultans of Muscat and the Wahhabi.
The correspondence from Lewis Pelly gives accounts of the journey to Riyadh; the challenges of collecting specimens and readings owing to the constant supervision of their travelling companions; and his opinions on both the differences between the Sultans of Muscat and the Wahhabi and the ongoing dispute between the two peoples.
The correspondence from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. comprises requests for information, both on the Muscat-Wahhabi dispute, and also forwarding requests from the Government of India for a full account of Pelly's time in Riyadh which had been requested from him but had not been received.
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- 1 file, 9 items (28 folios)
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- 24 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, ff 1-1212 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, ff 13-182 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, f 194 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, ff 20-214 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, ff 22-232 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, f 244 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, ff 25-262 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, f 272 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/55, f 28
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Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated 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 with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. Some of the folios contain a previous foliation sequence, identical to the one in use except that the circled numbers have been crossed through.
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- English in Latin script
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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 F126/55
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- Dec 1864-Mar 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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- KoweitBaroda StateIranPersian GulfRajputanaRiyadhRussiaSindMuscatZanzibarAl-Hasa
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- Government of Bombay, Chief SecretaryAmir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa'ūdSir Lewis Pelly, KnightWilliam Henry ColvillSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightSir Robert Phayre, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightWahabi (Tribe)
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- Mss Eur F126/55, ff 1-12
- Title
- Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, most likely to the Political Department Bombay
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, ff 13-18
- Title
- Draft of a letter from Lewis Pelly, possibly to the Political Department Bombay
- Pages
- 13r:18v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, f 19
- Title
- Letter No.3933 of 1864 from Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 19r:19v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, ff 20-21
- Title
- Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Koweit [Kuwait], to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
- Pages
- 20r:21v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, ff 22-23
- Title
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Koweit [Kuwait], to The Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
- Pages
- 22r:23v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, f 24
- Title
- Letter from Charles Gonne Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay, Political Department to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 24r:24v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, ff 25-26
- Title
- Letter No. 148 from William Muir, The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William to Charles Gonne, The Secretary to the Government of Bombay
- Pages
- 25r:26v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, f 27
- Title
- Memorandum No. 637 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 27r:27v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/55, f 28
- Title
- Memorandum from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf
- Pages
- back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence