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Letter No.596 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor and President in Council, Bombay [‎125r] (1/34)

The record is made up of 17 folios. It was created in 15 Sep 1870. 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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No, 390 of 18/0.
Political Depaktmkxt.
From,
COLONEL SIR W. L. MEREWETHER/k. c. s. i. & c. b.
Commissioner in Sind.
To,
His Excellency the Right Honorable
SIR W. R. SEYMOUR V. FITZGERALD, g. c. s. i.,
Governor and President in Council,
BOMBAY.
Commissioner's Office,
Kurrachee, \~ytlt September 1870.
Right Honorable Sir,
It is with extreme regret I have to submit to your Excellency
copy of a further letter received from Colonel Phayre, c. B., Political Su
perintendent on the Frontier of Sind, and of my reply thereto.
2. This letter is, I consider, so exceedingly improper in tone, and
disiespectful to me, that I have felt precluded entering into any further
discussion with that officer, on subjects regarding which he has assumed
such an unbecoming attitude. While acting so, however, it is necessary
I should remark on the letter for the information of your Excellency,
and to show how grievously Colonel Phayre continues to misunderstand
the situation, and the different documents he has quoted from. I would
take this opportunity of begging that I may be favored with early de
cision in these matters, and with your Excellency's instructions on the
course you wish followed, as I cannot help feeling that, under the pre
sent circumstances, the most serious complications may any day be
brought about, causing results which may not be readily rectified.
3. I trust that the correspondence which has been previously
submitted, will have already proved to your Excellency that, bearing
in mind Colonel Phayre's lengthened service, his well known zeal and

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Letter enclosing a letter from Colonel Robert Phayre which Merewether feels is exceedingly improper and disrespectful in its tone and that he has felt it necessary to add remarks to the letter to demonstrate the Colonel's continued misunderstanding of the situation and the different documents he has quoted from.

Enclosed with the letter is No.1260 of 1870 from Colonel Phayre, to Colonel Merewether, 3 September 1870, in which the Colonel defends his position and his attitudes towards Khelat [Kalāt] and Captain Charles Henry Harrison (The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Khelat) including giving his understanding of the history of Khelat and how that applied to the present situation. Alongside each paragraph is a counter-explanation from Colonel Merewether, most of which either give fuller explanations of the correspondence cited or highlight areas where the Colonel has made assumptions and suppositions without having any evidence to support them.

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Letter No.596 of 1870 from Colonel Sir William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Commissioner's Office, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor and President in Council, Bombay [‎125r] (1/34), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/22, ff 125-141, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024195160.0x000030> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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