Letter No.1 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Mss Eur F126/40, ff 12-15
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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 9 Jan 1866. 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 a letter that Pelly had sent to the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer [Amir Faisal ibn Turki al Sa'ud] and his thoughts that the demands made in the letter will be ignored and that therefore naval action against their forts may be required.
The letter goes on to detail Pelly's intentions of viewing the character, resources and temper of the tribes on the Muskat frontier and reporting on the Sultan (Thuwaini bin Said)'s intentions of gathering tribes and support for an assault on the Wahabee stronghold of Beraymee [Al Buraymī].
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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 F126/40, ff 12-15
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- 9 Jan 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter No.1 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/40, ff 12-15, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024102587.0x000006> [accessed 14 January 2025]
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- Mss Eur F126/40, ff 12-15
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- Letter No.1 of 1866 from Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Muskat to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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- 12r:15v
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