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Letter from Lewis Pelly, On board Sind off Lingah [Bander-e-Lengeh], Persian Gulf, to Gerald Fitzgerald [‎126r] (4/5)

The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 6 Dec 1868. 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 Pelly's visit to the telegraph stations, awaiting the arrival of Mr [William] Mackinnon who is touring the Gulf on behalf of the British India Steam Navigation Company; the treaties signed with Bahrain, Guttur [Qatar] and Abuthabee [Abu Dhabi] and of their being no sign of them breaking down.

The letter goes on to discuss the possibility of Mr Fitzgerald vising the region; Pelly's desire to travel along the Russian frontier at the Caspian Sea; observations on Russian expansion, Herat and its key position with regards to India; and more generally with regards to the British in India and changes in Asia.

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Letter from Lewis Pelly, On board Sind off Lingah [Bander-e-Lengeh], Persian Gulf, to Gerald Fitzgerald [‎126r] (4/5), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/38, ff 124v-126, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023554717.0x000034> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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