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1. Add MS 45158 A

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Add MS 45158 A
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The first of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 9 February to 18 April 1911, covering Bell’s depart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1911-18 Apr 1911
Extent:
1 volume (33 folios)

2. Add MS 45158 B

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Add MS 45158 B
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The second of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 19 April to 23 May 1911, covering the journey from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac
Date Range:
19 Apr 1911-23 May 1911
Extent:
1 volume (37 folios)

3. Add MS 45158 C, f 1

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Add MS 45158 C, f 1
Title:
Sketch map of the area west of the Ma‘arrat an Nu‘mān, Syria
Scope & Content:
Sketch-map of the area west of Ma‘arrat an Nu‘mān, Syria, drawn by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell. The map indicates the names and locations of settlements. Aside from an outline in the northwest quarter of the map, which may represent a body of water, no other topographic details are shown. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/F/4/479/11531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/479/11531
Title:
‘Report of Mr Forbes the Agent at Mocha relative to Mr Mungo Park.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The primary subjects are: Reports of the appearance of a lone European in Abyssinia [the Ethiopian Empire] who is travelling in the direction of the Red Sea, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1810-1 Nov 1814
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

5. IOR/H/736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/736
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to Malcolm during the periods 1796, 1801-02, 1807-15, and 1830-32, when Malcolm served in either a military or administrative capacity for the East India Company in India and on diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran] (1808 and 1810), and when he was in England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1796-9 Nov 1832
Extent:
1 volume (458 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 47-58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 47-58
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 7 dated 16 January 1856. The enclosures are dated 17 December 1855-14 January 1856. The papers chiefly comprise correspondence between Brigad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 2-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 2-30
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 1 dated 1 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 9 November-29 December 1856. The papers relate to the conclusion of a treaty with the Habr A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/495, ff 241-251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/495, ff 241-251
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 38 of 1858, dated 8 April 1858. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 18 February 1858. The papers relate to affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottom...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/67/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/67
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Captain Grant, Native Infantry, Bengal Establishment
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Bridgadier-General John Malcolm to Captain Grant, Bengal Native Infantry, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 13 January 1809. The letter instructs Grant to proceed to Guada [Gwadar] and to travel from there across Mekran [Makrān] and Baloche [Balochistān] to Bunder Abbass...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1809
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/67/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/76
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from a camp near Shiraz and dated 10 May 1810, concerning route surveys on the frontiers of Persia ordered by Malcolm. The letter repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)