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{{Short description|British Army officer & MP (1825-1892)}}
{{Short description|British Army officer & MP (1825-1892)}}
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From Zanzibar, Pelly visited and reported on the [[Seychelle Islands]] in 1862. Next, he was transferred back to [[Persia]] as [[Persian Gulf Residency|political resident]] (1862 to 1872). On Frere's advice, he sought out [[Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet|William Mackinnon]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=17618|first=John S.|last=Galbraith|title=Mackinnon, Sir William, baronet}}</ref> Frere and Mackinnon had been discussing possible new [[British India Steam Navigation Company]] shipping lines from Bombay, to the [[Red Sea]] and Zanzibar.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Munro |first1=J. Forbes |title=Shipping Subsidies and Railway Guarantees: William Mackinnon, Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean, 1860-93 |journal=The Journal of African History |date=1987 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=215 |doi=10.1017/S0021853700029753 |jstor=181547 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/181547 |issn=0021-8537}}</ref> Mackinnon and Pelly then corresponded.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munro |first1=J. Forbes |title=Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-93 |date=2003 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-0-85115-935-5 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dm6tSiRizBcC&pg=PA64 |language=en}}</ref> With [[William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst|William Mansfield]] and [[Matthew Sausse]], Pelly was in the small group of well-placed British imperial staff who took up advantageous offers of British India Steam Navigation stock from Mackinnon in the 1860s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munro |first1=J. Forbes |title=Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-93 |date=2003 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-0-85115-935-5 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dm6tSiRizBcC&pg=PA105 |language=en}}</ref>
From Zanzibar, Pelly visited and reported on the [[Seychelle Islands]] in 1862. Next, he was transferred back to [[Persia]] as [[Persian Gulf Residency|political resident]] (1862 to 1872). On Frere's advice, he sought out [[Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet|William Mackinnon]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=17618|first=John S.|last=Galbraith|title=Mackinnon, Sir William, baronet}}</ref> Frere and Mackinnon had been discussing possible new [[British India Steam Navigation Company]] shipping lines from Bombay, to the [[Red Sea]] and Zanzibar.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Munro |first1=J. Forbes |title=Shipping Subsidies and Railway Guarantees: William Mackinnon, Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean, 1860-93 |journal=The Journal of African History |date=1987 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=215 |doi=10.1017/S0021853700029753 |jstor=181547 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/181547 |issn=0021-8537}}</ref> Mackinnon and Pelly then corresponded.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munro |first1=J. Forbes |title=Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-93 |date=2003 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-0-85115-935-5 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dm6tSiRizBcC&pg=PA64 |language=en}}</ref> With [[William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst|William Mansfield]] and [[Matthew Sausse]], Pelly was in the small group of well-placed British imperial staff who took up advantageous offers of British India Steam Navigation stock from Mackinnon in the 1860s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munro |first1=J. Forbes |title=Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-93 |date=2003 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-0-85115-935-5 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dm6tSiRizBcC&pg=PA105 |language=en}}</ref>


The [[Persian Gulf Telegraph Cable]] was planned and laid in the years leading up to 1864. Pelly was involved in surveys, of the north end of the Gulf, and on the proposed route.<ref name="Harris">{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Christina Phelps |title=The Persian Gulf Submarine Telegraph of 1864 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1969 |volume=135 |issue=2 |page=170 |doi=10.2307/1796823 |jstor=1796823 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/1796823 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Report No. 73 of 1864 by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bandar Abbas to Cape Jask reconnoitering the route of the proposed telegraph line [7r] (13/20) |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023172338.0x00000e |website=Qatar Digital Library |language=English |date=5 June 2022}}</ref> The plan approved in 1862, by Colonel Patrick Stewart, would connect [[Al-Faw|Fao]] by the [[Shatt al Arab]] to Karachi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Christina Phelps |title=The Persian Gulf Submarine Telegraph of 1864 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1969 |volume=135 |issue=2 |page=170 |doi=10.2307/1796823 |jstor=1796823 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/1796823 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref> Pelly caused some confusion by a proposal for radical change in British arrangements, organised around a centre on the [[Musandam Peninsula]].<ref name="Harris"/>
The [[Persian Gulf Telegraph Cable]] was planned and laid in the years leading up to 1864. Pelly was involved in surveys, of the north end of the Gulf, and on the proposed route.<ref name="Harris">{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Christina Phelps |title=The Persian Gulf Submarine Telegraph of 1864 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1969 |volume=135 |issue=2 |page=170 |doi=10.2307/1796823 |jstor=1796823 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/1796823 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Report No. 73 of 1864 by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bandar Abbas to Cape Jask reconnoitering the route of the proposed telegraph line [7r] (13/20) |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023172338.0x00000e |website=Qatar Digital Library |language=English |date=5 June 2014}}</ref> The plan approved in 1862, by Colonel Patrick Stewart, would connect [[Al-Faw|Fao]] by the [[Shatt al Arab]] to Karachi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Christina Phelps |title=The Persian Gulf Submarine Telegraph of 1864 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1969 |volume=135 |issue=2 |page=170 |doi=10.2307/1796823 |jstor=1796823 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/1796823 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref> Pelly caused some confusion by a proposal for radical change in British arrangements, organised around a centre on the [[Musandam Peninsula]].<ref name="Harris"/>


Pelly officially visited [[Riyadh]] in 1865 to meet with the ruler of the [[Second Saudi State]], [[Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud|Faisal bin Turki]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Abdullah Mohammad Sindi|title=The Direct Instruments of Western Control over the Arabs: The Shining Example of the House of Saud|url=http://www.social-sciences-and-humanities.com/PDF/house_of_saud.pdf|work=Social sciences and humanities|accessdate=25 January 2021}}</ref> At this point, he counted as the chief political resident in the Persian Gulf area, and was keen to promote trade. He made an inland journey to the [[Nejd]], and an associated map.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foliard |first1=Daniel |title=Dislocating the Orient: British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921 |date=13 April 2017 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-45133-6 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5YtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 |language=en}}</ref> On the return sea journey from Bushire, heading for [[Muscat]] on the SS ''Berenice'', captain Edwin Dawes, the vessel caught fire, and the passengers and crew made for [[Sheikh Shoeyb Island]] in lifeboats.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Burning of H. M. Steamer Berenice |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002194/18661226/047/0003 |work=Sun (London) |date=26 December 1866|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Her Majesty's Steamer Berenice destroyed by fire |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/12/her-majestys-steamer-berenice-destroyed-by-fire.html |website=blogs.bl.uk |language=en}}</ref> Pelly published an account of his journey.
Pelly officially visited [[Riyadh]] in 1865 to meet with the ruler of the [[Second Saudi State]], [[Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud|Faisal bin Turki]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Abdullah Mohammad Sindi|title=The Direct Instruments of Western Control over the Arabs: The Shining Example of the House of Saud|url=http://www.social-sciences-and-humanities.com/PDF/house_of_saud.pdf|work=Social sciences and humanities|accessdate=25 January 2021}}</ref> At this point, he counted as the chief political resident in the Persian Gulf area, and was keen to promote trade. He made an inland journey to the [[Nejd]], and an associated map.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foliard |first1=Daniel |title=Dislocating the Orient: British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921 |date=13 April 2017 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-45133-6 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5YtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 |language=en}}</ref> On the return sea journey from Bushire, heading for [[Muscat]] on the SS ''Berenice'', captain Edwin Dawes, the vessel caught fire, and the passengers and crew made for [[Sheikh Shoeyb Island]] in lifeboats.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Burning of H. M. Steamer Berenice |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002194/18661226/047/0003 |work=Sun (London) |date=26 December 1866|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Her Majesty's Steamer Berenice destroyed by fire |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/12/her-majestys-steamer-berenice-destroyed-by-fire.html |website=blogs.bl.uk |language=en}}</ref> Pelly published an account of his journey.
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