Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, [Borleajee?] to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/3, ff 9-11
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 1867?. 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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Letter regarding Syed Salim's [Said Salim II bin Thuwaini] exertions in Muscat, the Omanites selecting a new Sultan, the appearance of Torkee [Said Turki bin Said] as their favourite candidate, and the possibility of an opportunity to separate Zanzibar from Muscat and create a new treaty with Abdoul Majeid [Majid bin Said].
The letter also discusses Pelly awaiting instructions with regard to the Telegraph and Colonel Frederic Goldsmid's return; the decision to send Hubert Isaak Walton to the Charliar factory An East India Company trading post. and then Augaum [Henjam] with a steamer of workers and materials; Merewether's own movements in Hyderabad and Kurachee [Karachi]; and not being able to assist Pelly's brother's brother in law (Abraham Hojel Nickson).
The letter is dated 20 November and was written sometime between 1866-1868 as this was the period that Said Salim was Sultan of Muscat.
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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 F126/3, ff 9-11
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- 1867? (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, [Borleajee?] to Lewis Pelly
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- 9r:11v
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