Letter from Lewis Pelly, Shiraz to Charles Alison

Mss Eur F126/43, f 103v-104

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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Jul 1868. 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 the possibility of moving 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. to Arab soil in order to escape the machinations of Persia and explaning procedures for the copying of letters and circulation of relevant information to the british agents in the Gulf and regarding instructions for all telegrams to be sent in Cipher.

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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 F126/43, f 103v-104

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20 Jul 1868 (CE, Gregorian)

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