Copy of letter No 5/3 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, On Special Duty, East African Special Mission, Zanzibar to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Calcutta

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Letter confirming that once the East African Special Mission is concluded he will proceed to Constantinople to confer with Sir Philip Francis in order to prepare a draft of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. on the subject of consular jurisdiction in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The letter goes on to confirm that the framing of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. will take into account the views of the Government of India, laid out in Despatch No.10 of 24 January 1873 and regarding his having learned from the Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Zanzibar that the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has been placed under the direct control of the Government of India.

The letter concludes by reporting that he and Sir Bartle Frere are expected to reach Muscat about the 9 April 1873.

Extent and format

2 folios

It is part of

Copy correspondence from Lewis Pelly relating to matters in the Persian Gulf

140 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/39

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/39, ff 52-53

History of this record

Date(s)

16 Mar 1873 (CE, Gregorian)

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Copy of letter No 5/3 of 1873 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, On Special Duty, East African Special Mission, Zanzibar to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Calcutta, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/39, ff 52-53, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024195008.0x000025> [accessed 19 July 2026]

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