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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F126/55-64

1. Mss Eur F126/55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/55
Title:
Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay concerning Pelly's visit to Riyadh.
Scope & Content:
Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Secretary to Government in the Political Department Bombay, some of which is in draft form regarding reports by Lewis Pelly on his trip to Riyadh, and his opinions on the ongoing dispute between the Sultans of Muscat and the Wahhabi. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864-Mar 1866
Extent:

1 file, 9 items (28 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/56
Title:
Correspondence concerning arrangements regarding Lewis Pelly's visit to Riyadh
Scope & Content:
Correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly regarding arrangements for and during Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh. There are three main types of correspondence contained within the file: Firstly, correspondence between Lewis Pelly and Ameer Faysul ben Torky aul Saood [Amir Faisal ibn Turki Al-Sa'ud]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1865-12 Apr 1865
Extent:

1 file, 14 items (18 folios)

3. Mss Eur F126/57

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/57
Title:
Draft journal of Lewis Pelly's journey from Kuwait to Riyadh and back
Scope & Content:
The journal contains entries for each day of Lewis Pelly's journey and records the exact distances travelled each day and the amount of time required to cover the distance. Where possible longitudes and latitudes have been recorded using the North Star and Rigil to determine them along with the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865-17 Mar 1865
Extent:

1 file (35 folios)

4. Mss Eur F126/58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/58
Title:
Fair copy of Pelly's diary of his journey from Kuwait to Riyadh and back
Scope & Content:
The fair copy of the diary is not complete and only covers the entries for 18-2, 24 and 26-27 February. The entries for each day give the distances travelled, how long each stage took, longitude & latitude co-ordinates for their destination each day, comments on the availability of water, d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865-27 Feb 1865
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

5. Mss Eur F126/59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/59
Title:
Drafts of memoranda and reports on Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh
Scope & Content:
The file contains memorandums, draft reports, notes and sketches made by Lewis Pelly during his visit to Kuwait and journey to Riyadh January to March 1865. These papers include a history of the Shatt al-Arab watercourse; the history of the Sebaih tribe of Qatif; notes relating to questions of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1865-1927
Extent:

1 file, 11 items (77 folios)

6. Mss Eur F126/60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/60
Title:
Notes on the statements made in William Gifford Palgrave's book Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia
Scope & Content:
The statements were originally intended to form Appendix 12 of Colonel Pelly's Riyadh report No.57 dated 15 May 1866 and were produced following a request from the British Government for Pelly to go through William Gifford Palgrave's book and verify the truth, or otherwise, of accusations, asser...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:

1 file (22 folios)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)