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'Testimonials to work of Lewis Pelly' [‎120v] (28/48)

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The record is made up of 24 folios. It was created in 11 Feb 1857-26 Aug 1873. 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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28
ment effected under the mediation of Colonel Pelly, but that the two lately contending parties
are on a footing of amity. This result appears to be, in a great measure, due to the exertions
of 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 to the tact and conciliatory demeanour which enable him to
impress on the Wahabees the conviction that the British Government had no wish for Oman,
but to see its people governed by its Chiefs of their own choice, and that theii onl\ object
in interfering in anv way is to prevent a possible return to the lawless and phatical pra( ti( ( >
of former times.
5. It is unnecessary for me, at the present time, to express my opinion upon certain
measures taken by Colonel Pelly, which have been the subject of much discussion between
your Government and 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. . But I cannot let this opportunity pass
without emphatically expressing my concurrence in the high estimate which both your
Excellency and the Governor of Bombay have formed ot the merits of that distinguished
officer.
fi. It only remains for Her Majesty's Government to refer to that port ion ot the corres
pondence under reply which relates to the island ot Bahrain, and to express their approval
of your having at once informed Mr. Alison that the British Government are not prepared
to admit the Persian pretensions to sovereignty over it.
Colonel PELLY.
Viceroy highly approves your action respecting Syud iorkee, and regards icsult
eminently successful.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) CRANBORNE.
(True Copy.)
(Signed) A. COWAN,
Assistant Secretary.
Telegram.
Dated 13th September 1867.
To
FOREIGN SECRETARY.

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Volume of printed and handwritten testimonials covering the period 1857 to 1873. The cover of the volume has a number of annotations in Pelly's handwriting including recording that this is his own copy of his testimonials dated 13 August 1873 and querying where certain recognitions are.

Some of the printed testimonials are copies of the volume of handwritten testimonials also included in the file.

The volume has been arranged according to positions held:

Assistant Commissionership in Sind (ff. 107-109):

Jagheer Commission (f. 110) - there are no testimonials under this heading.

Teheran [Tehran] Mission (ff. 111-113):

Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff. 116-125):

Handwritten testimonies - Sir Bartle Frere's Special Mission to Zanzibar and Muscat 1872 to 1873 (ff. 126-130):

  • Letter No. 1271P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 13 June 1873.
  • Letter from Granville (2nd Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary), Foreign Office, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 9 July 1873.
  • Extract from a letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Earl Granville, 30 June 1873.
  • Letter No. 5289 of 1873 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo, 26 August 1873.
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24 folios
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Binding: The volume was originally tied together with red and yellow thread, which has been removed for conservation purposes and placed at the back of the volume in a plastic sleeve. The plastic sleeve may cause a loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

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