Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer]; Colonel William Beynon, Political Agent Jeypoor [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Political Agent Oodeypoor [Udaipur]; Colonel William Carnell, Political Agent, Sirohie [Sirohi]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Political Agent Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Captain James Berkeley, Officiating Political Agent Harotee [Hāroti]-Deolee [Deoli]; Captain Charles Burton, Assistant to the Agent Governor General, Bikaneer [Bīkāner]; Officiating Political Agent Marwar and Jeysulmere [Jaisalmer], Jodhpoor [Jodhpur]
Mss Eur F126/69, ff 27-28
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 15 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.
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Letter enclosing a note from Captain Philip Durham Henderson concerning the forthcoming Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). at Agra:
- Letter from Captain Philip Henderson, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General, Rajpootana [Rājasthān], 7 August 1873 informing Pelly that those Chief's who do not wish to attend, or cannot afford to do so should not be forced to and neither should those Chief's that His Excellency the Viceroy saw during his last tour. Also that retinues for those attending should be reduced as much as possible.
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Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer]; Colonel William Beynon, Political Agent Jeypoor [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Political Agent Oodeypoor [Udaipur]; Colonel William Carnell, Political Agent, Sirohie [Sirohi]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Political Agent Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Captain James Berkeley, Officiating Political Agent Harotee [Hāroti]-Deolee [Deoli]; Captain Charles Burton, Assistant to the Agent Governor General, Bikaneer [Bīkāner]; Officiating Political Agent Marwar and Jeysulmere [Jaisalmer], Jodhpoor [Jodhpur], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/69, ff 27-28, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023876554.0x00000e> [accessed 7 July 2026]
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- Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer]; Colonel William Beynon, Political Agent Jeypoor [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Political Agent Oodeypoor [Udaipur]; Colonel William Carnell, Political Agent, Sirohie [Sirohi]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Political Agent Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Captain James Berkeley, Officiating Political Agent Harotee [Hāroti]-Deolee [Deoli]; Captain Charles Burton, Assistant to the Agent Governor General, Bikaneer [Bīkāner]; Officiating Political Agent Marwar and Jeysulmere [Jaisalmer], Jodhpoor [Jodhpur]
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- 27r:28v
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