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2011. Mss Eur F126/56, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 2
Title:
Letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Resident Persian Gulf to Amir Faysul ibn Torky aul Saood [Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud], Riyath [Riyadh]
Scope & Content:
Letter written in English and translated into Arabic regarding Pelly's expectation that on arriving in Koweit [Kuwait] he would be greeted by Amir Faysul [Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud] and his disappointment on finding that he was not there. The letter goes on to request either a reply to thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 folio

2012. Mss Eur F126/56, f 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, f 15
Title:
Letter from Eusef Ben Beder [Yusuf bin Bedr], Koweit [Kuwait] to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident
Scope & Content:
Letter, in Arabic and English, informing Pelly that the bearer of the letter, Abdool Assis Ben Assass [Abdul Aziz bin Aziz], will be his guide into the interior of Nejd if Pelly is still willing to employ him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 folio

2013. Mss Eur F126/56, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter from Faysul ibn Torky Al Saood [Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'ud] to Colonel Pelly, Resident Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter in Arabic, with an English translation on the verso, of a letter from Faysul ibn Torky Al Saood [Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa-ud] sent 2 Ramathan [Ramadhan] 1281 (29 or 30 January 1865) and received by Lewis Pelly 7 February 1865 informing Pelly that he may come on to Riyadh from 'the Sirkar' a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Ram 1281
Extent:
2 folios

2014. Mss Eur F126/56, ff 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56, ff 11-12
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, at Koweit [Kuwait] to Hajee [Haji] Ahmed, Residency Arabic Mirza
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Ahmed accompany Captain Warner on the Residency Steamer to Bahrein [Bahrain], and on arrival communicate with the Sheikh [Muhammad bin Khalifah Al-Khalifah], including handing him an enclosed letter in Arabic. The letter goes on to instruct that Ahmed use his stay in Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1865
Extent:
2 folios

2015. Mss Eur F126/59, ff 75-76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/59, ff 75-76
Title:
Draft pencil sketches of Nejd [Najd] territory
Scope & Content:
The recto of folio 75 and the verso of folio 76 contain rough geographical pencil sketches. The first shows a particular area of Nejd [Najd] in relation to key villages and towns; the second appears to show a valley, or other similar geographic feature, with place names and travelling directions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
2 folios

2016. Mss Eur F126/61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/61
Title:
Summaries of statements by various individuals concerning William Gifford Palgrave's travels throughout Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file contains three separate statements regarding William Gifford Palgrave's travels throughout Arabia, all relating to the disguises and aliases that Palgrave used to travel and his willingness to assume the religion of whichever place he was travelling through. The first statement is a tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

2017. Mss Eur F126/96

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/96
Title:
Chart of the Gulf of Persia. Constructed from the Trigonometrical Surveys Made by Order of The Hon.ble the Court of Directors of the United English East India Company; by George Barnes Brucks, Commander H.C. Marine
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Nautical chart of the Persian Gulf compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829, with place names given in both English and Arabic. The chart was first published in 1832 by James Horsburgh and engraved by Richard Bateman. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
after 1832
Extent:

1 map on 2 sheets

2018. Or 116

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 116
Title:
Kitāb fī maʿrifat al-ḥiyal al-handasīyah كتاب في معرفة الحيل الهندسية Jazarī, Ismāʿīl ibn al-Razzāz جزري، إسمعيل بن الرزّاز
Scope & Content:
Treatise on practical mechanics by Badī‘ al-Zamān Abū al-‘Izz Isma‘īl ibn al-Razzāz (بديع الزمان أبو العزّ إسمعيل بن الرزّاز; fl. 1181-1206), written for al-Ṣāliḥ Abū al-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Qarā Arslān, Artuqid king of Diyarbakır (الصالح أبو الفتح محمود بن محمد بن قرا أرسلان زعيم ديار ب...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. 153+i

2019. Or 136

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 136
Title:
Kitāb al-adwār fī ʿilm al-mūsīqī كتاب الادوار في علم الموسيقي al-Urmawī, ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn Yūsuf أرموي، عبد المؤمن بن يوسف
Scope & Content:
The Book of Cycles (كتاب أدوار), a succinct but extremely influential treatise on musical theory by Ṣafī al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Mu’min ibn Yūsuf ibn Fākhir al-Urmawī (صفي الدين عبد المؤمن بن يوسف بن فاخر الأرموي, d. 1294). The title page gives the author's name as Ṣafī al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Mu’min (صفي الدين ع...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
792
Extent:

Codex; i+55+ii

2020. Or 1198

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1198
Title:
Kitāb manāfi‘ al-aḥjār wa-qīmatihā wa-usūlihā كتاب منافع الأحجار وقيمتها وأصولها Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf تيفاشي، أحمد بن يوسف
Scope & Content:
A treatise on precious stones by Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Tīfāshī. Transcribed by a single scribe who completed his work on 15 Jumādá II 799 AH (16 March AD 1397), and signed his name illegibly at the bottom of f. 60r. Al-Tīfāshī composed the text in 640 AH and gave it the title by which it is more ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15 Jumādá II 799
Extent:
Codex; ff. i+60+ii

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