Letter from Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to James Charles Edwards, Bushire
Mss Eur F126/56, f 10
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 17 Feb 1865. 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 making arrangements for any mail addressed to Pelly to accompany Captain Henry W Warner to Bahrain, and requesting two sowars and mounds of barley and grain.
The letter goes on to request that his rooms are cleaned thoroughly during his absence and that Hajee [Haji] Ahmed translate various papers relating to Bahrain; makes arrangements for the care of a little horse that was being sent to Bushire by steamer; and re-affirms the arrangements for sending and receiving mail.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- Mss Eur F126/56, f 10
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- 17 Feb 1865 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Berenice, Steam Sloop, Chief OfficerAssistant to the Political Resident in the Persian GulfAmir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa'ūdSir Lewis Pelly, KnightWilliam Henry ColvillSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightSir Robert Phayre, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightWahabi (Tribe)
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- Mss Eur F126/56, f 10
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- Letter from Lewis Pelly, Koweit [Kuwait] to James Charles Edwards, Bushire
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- 10r:10v
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