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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Mussourie [Mansuri] to Lewis Pelly [29v] (8/10)
The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 2 Jan 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 further happenings in Muscat; the loss of 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. Steamer Berenice and attempts by the finance committee in Calcutta to take away steam vessels.
The letter also includes an account of Sayyida Salme (known as Emily Ruete), sister of Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, including her liaison with a German man (Rudolph Ruete) and her escape to Aden on Highflyer as well as her intention to travel to Europe.
The letter also reports on Merewether's work in attempting to secure the release of Hormuzd Rassam and the British missionaries held prisoner in Abyssinia; news that the steamer service from Muscat to Aden may restart; and Sir Bartle Frere's appointment to the Council of India.
A postscript to the letter informs Pelly that the additional troop of horse Merewether had been requesting has been sanctioned.
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- Mss Eur F126/3, ff 26-30
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Mussourie [Mansuri] to Lewis Pelly
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- 26r:30v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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