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Letter from Henry Green, Camp Badur to Lewis Pelly [278r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 23 Nov 1860. 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 possible journey arrangements should Pelly return to India via the Balau and arranging for a party of Sowars to accompany him owing to the pass being unsafe for single travellers.
The letter also refers to an enclosed telegram (no longer enclosed) which Green believes may relate to Pelly's intentions of travelling via the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
There are two postscripts to the letter:
- The first postscript is regarding a second telegram, which Green is enclosing (no longer enclosed) and commenting that 'the old Dost' (Dost Mohammad) appears not to like British Officers
- The second postscript discusses a person that may be mentioned by the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of Kandahar, who had previously been at Jacobabad before being turned out of Kandahar and informing Pelly he may tell the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. that the man was turned out of Jacobabad too.
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- 2 folios
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The folio has been turned horizontally for the postscripts to be written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of it.
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- Mss Eur F126/1, f 278
- Title
- Letter from Henry Green, Camp Badur to Lewis Pelly
- Pages
- 278r:278v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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