Correspondence to Pelly from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew
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Letter from Joseph Dalton Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanical Gadens at Kew regarding samples of Arabian plants which Pelly had collected on his travels to Riadh [Riyadh], some of which were of considerable interest
Correspondence from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew regarding specimens sent to them
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Letter from Daniel Oliver, Keeper of the Kew Herbarium, to Pelly regarding the examples of Arabian Plants Pelly had sent to them and Pelly's request for a list of the specimens he sent.
Handwritten account by Pelly of his travels to Riadh [Riyadh] and their relevance to the Royal Geographical Society
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The account provides background on the various travels across South Eastern Asia undertaken by Pelly as part of his duties to the British Government, his hope that his account could help the society with their desire to determine 'with scientific accuracy' the position of Riadh [Riyadh], the Capi...
Private journal kept by Lewis Pelly during his stay in Khoweit [Kuwait] where he was making preparations for a visit to Reeas [Riyadh]. The journal documents Pelly's discussions with Shaikh bin Sabbah [Sabah II bin Jaber Al-Sabah] and Eusef bin Bedr regarding his forthcoming journey to Reeas, ...
Notes relating to a range of subjects recorded during and after Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh to meet with Ameer Feysul [Amir Faisal ibn Turki al-Sa'ud] of the Nejd [Najd]. Topics covered in the notes include: Notes on observations made by William Gifford Palgrave on the Nedjed region and his ...
The reverse of the newspaper article contains a full page on the position of affairs in the Persian Gulf and the role that Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy of India, might play in the resolution of these affairs. The article also refers to an incident in which Pelly ordered the bombing of a fort belo...
The pages from the paper contain an article entitled 'The Persian Gulf and Colonel Pelly' and refer to an article in a London newspaper in which a correspondent questioned Pelly's suitability for dealing with Asia and which the editor of the Bombay Saturday Review has taken great offence at and ...
Pencil Note from the Royal Geographical Society regarding the Publishing of a Report by Pelly
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Pencil note from the Royal Geographical Society enquiring whether Pelly will be able to send them his full report on his travels to Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Kishm [Qeshm] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas]. The note has been written on the reverse of an invitation to breakfast with Charles Sturge,...
Visit to Lingah, Kishm and Bunder Abbas by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, printed article of an account read before the Royal Geographical Society of London 27 Jun 1864
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The account gives details of the route taken through Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Kishm [Qeshm] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], and provides geographic information on the areas travelled through, information on the peoples inhabiting the areas and information on local trades with particular focus o...
Notes on Questions relative to the Interior of Central Arabia discussed before the Royal Geographical Society
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The notes contain an extract of a letter from Pelly to the Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay regarding the lack of awareness of the interior of Arabia, the lack of scientific accuracy in the location of the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Capital and other points of interest and the assumptions ...
