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Printed letter No.6 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay [14r] (13/20)
The record is made up of 10 folios. It was created in 16 Jan 1864. 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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Report by Pelly on his travels to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Bassidore, the Island of Kishm [Qeshm], Khumeer [Khamīr], Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and the Island of Hormuz documenting the places, their geographical locations, the local trades and the political allegiances of the villages and towns. These travels had been proposed in letter No.147 of 1863.
The report gives detailed descriptions of Pelly's visits to the Salt mines and Naphtha Springs on the Island of Kishm and to the Sulphur and Red Ochre mines on the Island of Hormuz. It also goes into significant detail on the trade at Bunder Abbass and the difficulties being faced by those importing goods from neighbouring areas, particularly in terms of customs duties being imposed by various governors.
Alongside the report there are maps of the area that Pelly visited, statements of the annual export and import trades for them, and a report from William Henry Colvill, Civil Surgeon to 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. at Bushire.
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Printed letter No.6 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay [14r] (13/20), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/37, ff 8-17, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023378365.0x00001c> [accessed 14 March 2025]
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- Printed letter No.6 of 1864 from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to William Henry Havelock, the Officiating Secretary to Government, Bombay
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- 8r:17v
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