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Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly [22r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 28 Jul 1863. 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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Part of a letter regarding delays in receiving letters owing to a Mail Steamer breaking down; Edwards remaining in charge 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. as no-one has been sent to take over; and caring for Pelly's horses including their current value and an illness to one of them.
The main body of the letter discusses arbitration between the Sultan of Muskat [Muscat] and the Wahabee [Wahabi] Ameer [Amir] including extracts of letters from the Bombay Government on the matter and Edward's reply to them. The letter discusses delays incurred through His Highness Syed Soweynee [Thuwaini bin Said]'s envoy being detained on route to Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and therefore missing the connection to Bushire.
Other matters discussed include the Telegraph Department taking control of the Cable House at Reshire; instructions with regards to the island of Angaum [Henjam]; Edwards letter to the Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain]'s brother regarding promises made to Pelly that he has not yet kept; Hajee Ahmed's death on 8 July 1863 following several months of illness; and a shortage of establishment staff, partly owing to a nasty fever that has been spreading in Bushire.
There appears to be at least one folio missing as the letter stops abrubtly mid sentence and has not been signed.
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 21-22
- Title
- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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- 21r:22v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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