Letters to Lewis Pelly from local rulers and shaikhs, with translations in English.

Content

Correspondence in Arabic, mostly with translations in English, from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat; Zayid I bin Khalifah Al-Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi; Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, Ruler of Najd; Majid bin Said Al-Busair, Sultan of Zanzibar; the British native agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Sharjah, Haji Ya'qub; and other individuals.

The topics discussed in the letters includes the historic rights of ownership of the Arab Coast by individual tribes; movements of Arab tribes and their choice of settlement; attempts by the Wahhabis to extend their influence along the Arab Coast; allegations of acts of piracy on merchant vessels; and the British Government's attack on al-Qatif in response to disturbances which led to damage to British subjects property.

Extent and format

1 file, 9 items (17 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3

Letter from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 4-5

Letter from Farukh Khan, Tehran to Lewis Pelly, Bushire

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, f 6

Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8

'Translated purport of a letter from Abdullah ben Fysul [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud] Ruler of Nedjd [Najd] to Colonel Lewis Pelly Political Resident Persian Gulf

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 9-10

'Translated purport of a letter from Khumees ibn Esau Seyhatee, an inhabitant of Bahrein [Bahrain] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 11-12

Note, possibly written in Mahajani.

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, f 13

Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15

Letter from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, f 16

Arrangement

There does not appear to be any discernable arrangement to the file

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated using small pencil numbers located in the bottom right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio

Written in

Arabic, English and Persian in Arabic and English script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/46

History of this record

Date(s)

1863-1870 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military operations

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