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'Testimonials to work of Lewis Pelly' [‎119r] (25/48)

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The record is made up of 24 folios. It was created in 11 Feb 1857-26 Aug 1873. 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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The Secretary to the Government of India, JSo. 34 1, dated 'I'Mh April 1<SG5
" I am to state, in reply, that the information submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly is
" very interesting, and may, as the Bombay Government remark, prove usetul at a future
" time. Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly has shewn much enterprise and judgment in successfully
" accomplishing his expedition, and is entitled to the thanks of the Government,
Extract from a despatch from Her Majesty s Secretary of State for India,
dated Ibth October 1865, Xo. 31.
" Tlie successful negotiation of this Convention is creditable to Colonel Pelly, whose
" report on the tract of country traversed by him in the course of these proceedings contains
" much valuable information."
The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , No. 1364, dated 3rd June 1865—
" I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 58, dated 16th October
1864, narrating the result of your visit to the plateau of Geesakoon and its adjacent hills,
" and to convey to you the thanks of His Excellency the Governor in Council for this
" interesting report."
Extract paras. 6 and 7 from a despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India,
dated 16/A October 1865, No, 31.
" The settlement of the differences between the Sultan of Muscat and the Wahabees is
" creditable to the tact and energy of Colonel Pelly. The views
M u sea t ^a dTh eT W a ha bees Sul ^ of " of that officer, which are concurred in by your Excellency's
" Government, as to the course to be adopted by the British
" Government, should any further disagreement arise, meet with my approval.
" A copy of Colonel Pelly's memorandum on the Wahabee territory has, in accordance
" with your suggestion, been forwarded to the Royal Geographical Society."

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Volume of printed and handwritten testimonials covering the period 1857 to 1873. The cover of the volume has a number of annotations in Pelly's handwriting including recording that this is his own copy of his testimonials dated 13 August 1873 and querying where certain recognitions are.

Some of the printed testimonials are copies of the volume of handwritten testimonials also included in the file.

The volume has been arranged according to positions held:

Assistant Commissionership in Sind (ff. 107-109):

Jagheer Commission (f. 110) - there are no testimonials under this heading.

Teheran [Tehran] Mission (ff. 111-113):

Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff. 116-125):

Handwritten testimonies - Sir Bartle Frere's Special Mission to Zanzibar and Muscat 1872 to 1873 (ff. 126-130):

  • Letter No. 1271P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 13 June 1873.
  • Letter from Granville (2nd Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary), Foreign Office, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 9 July 1873.
  • Extract from a letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Earl Granville, 30 June 1873.
  • Letter No. 5289 of 1873 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo, 26 August 1873.
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24 folios
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Binding: The volume was originally tied together with red and yellow thread, which has been removed for conservation purposes and placed at the back of the volume in a plastic sleeve. The plastic sleeve may cause a loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

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