Letter No.110 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, Residency Surgeon at Bushire

Content

Copy of a letter in which Pelly accuses Dr Colvill of evading his questioning and requests that Colvill meet him at 2 p.m. to review the letters purported to have been written by him and to look at the passage from the Edinburgh Review .

Enclosed with the letter are notes on the meeting between Pelly and Colvill, dated 27 December 1865 which took place 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. in Bushire.

Extent and format

2 folios

It is part of

Copies of correspondence concerning the conduct of Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon, during the expedition to Riadh [Riyadh] and after

52 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/62

Physical characteristics

The letter with enclosures has been foliated in the top right corner of each page as 21-22

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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 F126/62, ff 21-22

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Dec 1865 (CE, Gregorian)

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Places

East AfricaArabian PeninsulaCentral AsiaBaroda StateIranKalat StateMysore StatePersian GulfRajputanaRiyadhRussiaSindUdaipur StateZanzibarGohadMuscat

People & organisations

Bombay ArmySir Lewis Pelly, KnightMalhar Rao Gaekwad, Maharaja Gaekwad of BarodaWilliam Henry ColvillClement Joseph Philip Pen De BodeSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightEdward Brodie HoareJohn JacobSir Robert Phayre, KnightSir Dinkar Rao, KnightHenry WillockSir Owen Tudor Burne, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightArthur William RobertsSir Edward Charles Ross, KnightÁrmin VámbéryCharles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter

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Letter No.110 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, Residency Surgeon at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023122245.0x000002> [accessed 2 August 2026]

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