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Letter from Lewis Pelly to Alfred Cotton Way [‎70v] (1/1)

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The record is made up of 2 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 the agent Abdool Rahman's statements before officers onboard the ship Penguin with regards to Muscat and his support of Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s intentions to attack it.

The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's journey to Shiraz; whether Way would prefer to go to Bushire or Bassidore or whether he would prefer to spend 1868 in Bushire in which case he will need to procure a house.

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The correspondence within the volume has been arranged chronologically and twelve folios of loose correspondence have been inserted in to the volume following folio seventy, in order to maintain this chronology, and foliated consecutively resulting in the letter to Alfred Cotton Way which commences on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio seventy to conclude on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of folio 85 even though it is on the next folio of the volume.

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Letter from Lewis Pelly to Alfred Cotton Way [‎70v] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/43, ff 70v, 85, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024001980.0x000090> [accessed 27 April 2024]

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