Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 100v-101
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 21 Jun 1868. 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 an attack by the Gwuttur [Qatar] tribes on Bahrein and the actions of the Bahrein shaik (Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah) whom Pelly wishes to make an example of.
The letter also discusses the movements of various vessels around the Gulf, the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] affair; Muscat's claims to Aujam [Henjam]; the weather on the Indian Coast and Russia's claims of a victory over Bokhara [Bukhara].
The letter concludes by discussing the possibility of Way travelling to the arab coast if Pelly is called to Shiraz.
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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, ff 100v-101
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- 21 Jun 1868 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
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