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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Charbua Ghat, opposite Mittunhkote [Mithan Koat] to Lewis Pelly [77r] (1/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 1 Feb 1871. 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 affairs in Kelat and a telegram from Sir Seymour Fitzgerald (Viceroy of India), concurring with Merewether's views and opinions on the matter and disapproving of Colonel Robert Phayre's policy and proceedings.
The letter goes on to discuss a meeting Merewether is having with Mr Robert Davies, the new Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, in which they will be discussing frontier affairs and referring to the untimely death of the previous Governor, Sir Henry Durand, whom Merewether had respected and would have preferred to have resolved the frontier question with.
Also discussed are Afghan affairs, including news of a night attack on the camp of Yakoob Khan [Mohammad Yaqub Khan] which has dispersed his army and left him a fugitive.
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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Charbua Ghat, opposite Mittunhkote [Mithan Koat] to Lewis Pelly [77r] (1/8), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/3, ff 77-80, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023442311.0x00009a> [accessed 3 March 2025]
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- Mss Eur F126/3, ff 77-80
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Charbua Ghat, opposite Mittunhkote [Mithan Koat] to Lewis Pelly
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- 77r:80v
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