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Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly [155v] (4/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 13 Apr 1870. 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 his awaiting Pelly's arrival, and the assumption that the strong shemaul [wind] has detained him.
The letter goes on to report on Mohurrum [Muharram] which had recently been celebrated in Bushire and that although the artillery walking the streets with drawn swords and bleeding heads, which had been recreated through small cuts with a razor, no accidents or incidents of any kind had been reported.
The letter concludes by reporting that Mehdy Khan [Mehdi Khan] and Syed Abdool Azeez [Sayyid Abdu'l-Aziz bin Said al-Said] are still in Bushire.
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Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly [155v] (4/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/44, ff 154-155, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023377987.0x000071> [accessed 5 February 2025]
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 154-155
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- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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- 154r:155v
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