Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/44, ff 114-115
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 18 Sep 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 success of Pelly's visit to Muskat [Muscat] and Edwards hope that Government will agree to the affairs of the Muskat agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. being communicated to Pelly and not direct to Government in order to prevent similar situations occuring in future.
The letter goes on to discuss matters in Bushire including difficulties that the Melik [Malik al-Tujjar] is having with the Taskerachee and a recent robbery at the house of the Shroff's which the Taskerachee would not act on, so a telegram was sent to the Persian Foreign Agent at Shiraz requesting that action be taken in the matter and a response ordering reparations to be made was received, however it had not at the time of writing been acted on.
Enclosed with the letter is a copy of a letter No. 13 from Mr Alison in Tehran regarding the grandson of a British Subject who was born in Persia and that Mr Alison considers him to be a British Subject but that he will seek advice from Her Majesty's Government on the matter.
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- 2 folios
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 114-115
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- 18 Sep 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 114-115
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- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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- 114r:115v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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