Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Charbua Ghat, opposite Mittunhkote [Mithan Koat] to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/3, ff 77-80
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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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- 4 folios
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- 236 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/3
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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 F126/3, ff 77-80
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- 1 Feb 1871 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/3, ff 77-80
- Title
- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Charbua Ghat, opposite Mittunhkote [Mithan Koat] to Lewis Pelly
- Pages
- 77r:80v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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