Letter from Melik ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/44, f 91
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 12 Jul 1866. It was written in English and Persian. 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 from Haj Muhammad 'Ali, Malik al-Tujjar at Bushire, dated 28 Suffur [Safar] 1280 / 12 July 1866 regarding a telegraph he had received from Addul Nubee, a Bushire merchant resiting in Busreh [Basra] regarding two of his slaves who had run away with some of his property and were on board the steamer Euphrates which was now anchoring at Bushire Roads. As the slaves had remained on board and not landed he required authorisation from the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in order for the Captain of the Euphrates to land them, and requested Pelly's assistance in doing so.
The letter is written in Persian, with English translation
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- 324 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/44
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This letter is an enclosure to the letter on folios 96-97.
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- English and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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- Letter
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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 F126/44, f 91
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- 12 Jul 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from Melik ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] to Lewis Pelly
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- Mu'tamid-as-Sultan Haji Muhammad Mahdi, Malik ul-Tujjar
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- Title
- Letter from Melik ool Toojjar [Malik al-Tujjar] to Lewis Pelly
- Pages
- 91r
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