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Copy of letter No 1637/679 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Muscat to Lieutenant Colonel Edward Charles Ross, HBM's Political Agent and Consul, Muscat [5r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Oct 1872. 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 informing Ross that Pelly has been summoned to Kurrachee [Karachi] to meet with the Viceroy and requesting that Ross co-operate with the Senior Naval Officer in the Gulf during his absence.
The letter goes on to request that if a vessel of war has not arrived in the Gulf by the time that the Lynx , under Commander Keats has been to Gwadur [Gwadar] and back that he will instruct the Commander to proceed to the Arab Coast and cruize the trucial ports from Ras-ul-Khymah [Ra's al Khaimah] to Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] before proceeding to Bahrain, or if a vessel of war arrives at Muscat its Captain should be instructed to take the same route.
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Copy of letter No 1637/679 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Muscat to Lieutenant Colonel Edward Charles Ross, HBM's Political Agent and Consul, Muscat [5r] (3/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/39, ff 4-5, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/universal-viewer/81055/vdc_100024051423.0x00000a> [accessed 19 July 2026]
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- Copy of letter No 1637/679 of 1872 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Muscat to Lieutenant Colonel Edward Charles Ross, HBM's Political Agent and Consul, Muscat
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- 4r:5v
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