Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly [102v] (4/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 19 Jul 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 rumours that Syed Turki [Turki bin Said] has been invited to Muskat [Muscat] and that Syed Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini] will have to give up the Sultanship should he do so, but that Syed Turki has no finances in order to get him to Muskat, and further rumours that Khulug (Abu Esau) is attempting to raise it for him.
The letter goes on to report on a telegram received from the Moonshee of the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). of Shiraz enquiring as to the delay in Pelly's arrival there; regarding Edwards having given Captain Atkinson an order for 40 tons of coal at Bassidore; and regarding the satisfaction of the Persian authorities with the actions taken by Edwards regarding the Persian subject who had engaged himself as a sailor on Euphrates and had been reported to have been retained against his will.
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This letter is an enclosure to folios 96-97.
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 101-102
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- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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- 101r:102v
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