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61. 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)

62. Mss Eur F126/62

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62
Title:
Copies of correspondence concerning the conduct of Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon, during the expedition to Riadh [Riyadh] and after
Scope & Content:
Political Department Reports regarding Pelly's concerns over the conduct of Assistant Surgeon Dr William Henry Colvill. Colvill is accused of having assumed unauthorised responsibility for Pelly's duties during his absence in England and for giving secret and personal information to the Royal G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb-Dec 1865
Extent:

1 file, 5 items (26 folios)

63. Mss Eur F126/63

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/63
Title:
Minute by Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, on the power of the Wahabees in Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
The minute by Sir Bartle Frere summarises the history of the Wahabee [Wahabi] power in Central Arabia, checks to their power about forty-five years ago and more recent incidents which are a cause for concern. Frere refers to visits made by William Palgrave and Lewis Pelly to the Wahabee Capital...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Oct 1865
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

64. Mss Eur F126/64

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/64
Title:
Papers relating to Pelly's expedition to Riyadh, including a draft of a talk given by him to the Royal Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The papers relate primarily to the Royal Geographical Society who published Pelly's account of his journey to Riyadh and invited him to submit a talk to be read on his behalf at a Society event. There is also correspondence relating to the botanical specimens collected during the expedition an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:

1 file, 7 items (12 folios)

65. Mss Eur F126/65

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/65
Title:
Miscellaneous Papers relating to Lewis Pelly's Service in the Persian Gulf and India
Scope & Content:
The file contains a private journal kept by Lewis Pelly from January to February 1865; notes taken by him during his journey to Riyadh January to March 1865; sketches, correspondence, financial accounts and other papers. Included within the file are: Extract showing a record of posting from the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1865-c 1873
Extent:

1 file, 2 items (66 folios)

66. Mss Eur F126/66

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/66
Title:
Newspaper Articles on Affairs in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The cuttings are from The Friend of India and The Bombay Saturday Review.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:

1 file, 2 items (5 folios)

67. Mss Eur F126/67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/67
Title:
Material concerning Papers presented to Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society by Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Material includes extracts from a letter by Pelly regarding questions relative to the interior of Arabia discussed by the Royal Geographical Society 22 February and 14 March 1864 and the published copy of Pelly's full report of his visit to Lingah, Kishm [Qeshm] and Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas], ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb-Jun 1864
Extent:

1 file, 3 items (10 folios)

68. Mss Eur F126/68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/68
Title:
Reviews of A Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1862-63 by William Gifford Palgrave, Published 1865
Scope & Content:
Three published reviews of Palgrave's Arabia, one from a journal and two from newspapers: Pages 182-215 from the Quarterly Review which contained a review of Palgrave's Arabia (ff. 2v-19). The review is undated but is believed to be c.1865. Press cutting from the Friend of India of their review ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

69. Mss Eur F126/69

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69
Title:
'Rajpootana [Rājasthān] - Drafts. Issue. Demi-Official File 1873'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to the Political Agents and other officials in Rajpootana; and officials within the Government of India, including Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1873-14 Dec 1873
Extent:

1 file, 62 items (107 folios)

70. Mss Eur F126/70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70
Title:
Letter book of private letters from Lewis Pelly to various persons.
Scope & Content:
The letter book consists of correspondence primarily between Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana [Rājasthān], and the individuals who reported to him including his assistants Henry Byam Abbott, Charles Allan Baylay and William Howell Beynon; the Political Agents for Jaipur, M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1874-22 Oct 1874
Extent:

1 volume, 179 items (96 folios)