Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/44, ff 88-89
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 18 Apr 1866. 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 preparing Pelly's rooms for his return; Syed Turki [Turki bin Said] residing in the visitors quarters and a miscarriage in a remittance draft which Edwards believes to have been caused by the Postmaster, who has since departed Bushire.
A postscript to the letter summarises a report from the acting agent at Shargah [Sharjah] that Syed Salim [Salim II bin Thuwaini] is flying the Turkish flag at Muskat [Muscat] and has come to arrangements with the Chief of Roostak [Rostak] as well as promising presents to the maritime chiefs as his father had before him. Other news reported includes the Bunyas [Banyas] at Kishm [Qeshm] who are being prevented from leaving by the Governor and who request Pelly's assistance to do so; and a letter from Abdullah ben Fysul [Abdallah ibn Faisal] which was read at Shargah and which called upon all the people to join in a 'great religious war both by sea and land from Bushire to Muskat'.
A further postscript is a copy of a note from Secretary Major McDonald to Pelly informing him that 800 tons of coal have been despatched to Bassidore and that 200 tons more will also be sent.
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 88-89
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- 18 Apr 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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