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Letter from Lewis Pelly, Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm, Musandam], to The Officer Commanding Her British Majesty's Steamer Highflyer [‎4v] (1/2)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1 Jan 1866. 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 the need for Highflyer to be used to blockade the ports of Katiff [al-Qatif] and Ojair [Uqair] and detailing the fort on the island of Demaun [Darin] which is at the entrance to Katiff and which an attack on would require the use of boats owing to shallow shoals there.

The letter recommends that H ighflyer proceed to Bassidore for coal and then to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] where a pilot could be picked up before proceeding to Bahrein and then travelling along the coast past Debay [Dubai], Shargah [Sharjah] and Rass-ool-Khaimah [Ra's al Khaimah] where the demonstration of a British vessel of war in the coastal waters would potentially have an excellent effect.

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Letter from Lewis Pelly, Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm, Musandam], to The Officer Commanding Her British Majesty's Steamer Highflyer [‎4v] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/43, ff 4v-5, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024001980.0x00000d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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