Printed letter No.6 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay

Mss Eur F126/37, ff 18-27

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The record is made up of 10 folios. It was created in 16 Jan 1864. 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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Second copy of a report by Pelly on his travels to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Bassidore, the Island of Kishm [Qeshm], Khumeer [Khamīr], Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Island of Hormuz documenting the places, their geographical locations, the local trades and the political allegiences of the villages and towns.

These travels had been proposed in letter No. 147 of 1863.

The report gives detailed descriptions of Pelly's visits to the salt mines and naptha springs on the Island of Kishm and the Sulphur and Red Ochre mines on the Island of Hormuz. It also goes in to significant details of the trade at Bunder Abbas and the difficulties being faced by those importing goods from neighbouring areas, particularly in terms of customs duties being imposed by various governors.

Alongside the report there are maps of the gulf area that Pelly visited and statements of the annual export and import trades of the various places that Pelly visited.

Another copy of this report can be found within the file at folios 18-27.

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10 folios
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Item foliated in the top right corner of each page 18-28.

The letter has original printed foliation on both sides of each page, numbering 1-15

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English in Latin script
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Letter

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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 F126/37, ff 18-27

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16 Jan 1864

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Printed letter No.6 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/37, ff 18-27, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023377933.0x00000e> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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