Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Gerald Fitzgerald
Mss Eur F126/43, f 115
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 25 Mar 1869. 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 events in Muscat over the previous three years, the current situation with regards to Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said] and his potential plans to retake Muscat and the Sultanate as well as reporting on the various factions there and the fall in trade owing to the steamers not calling at the port.
The letter also discusses the possibility of claiming Gwadar through a loan with Muscat and Persia's interest in the place; and Russian and French perceptions of the British Position in the Gulf along with the need for a policy with regards to the Central Asiatic States.
The letter concludes by discussing Pelly's privilege leave and his hopes of using it to see the Himalayah [Himalayas] and the Vicerory (Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo) and the possible advances of the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer (Amir Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki) into the Gulf.
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- 392 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/43
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This letter has been written onto a loose sheet of paper which has been placed in the letterbook at the appropriate place chronologically.
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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 F126/43, f 115
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- 25 Mar 1869 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/43, f 115
- Title
- Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Gerald Fitzgerald
- Pages
- 115r:115v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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