Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Oliver St. John
Mss Eur F126/43, f 65
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 4 Apr 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 Mr Clark who arrived in Bushire and then went on to Bagdad to meet Major Smith and Pelly's understanding that they would then return to Bushire before travelling on to Tehran.
The letter also discusses the Persian Foreign Office Moonshee [ Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. ] who Pelly wishes to see made an example of; the Nawabs and Pellys intentions of trying to reach some mutual arrangement with them when he visits Shiraz.
The letter concludes by reporting on Captain George Andrew Atkinson who is the new Consul at Muscat.
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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 F126/43, f 65
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- 4 Apr 1867 (CE, Gregorian)
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