Minute by Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, on the power of the Wahabees in Central Arabia
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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...
Papers relating to Pelly's expedition to Riyadh, including a draft of a talk given by him to the Royal Geographical Society
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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...
Article printed in a Bombay newspaper, and originally taken from the Bengal Hurkaru, 30 December 1865 regarding the dangers of Wahabeeism [Wahhabism] and concerns over the British Government's attitude towards the potential threat.
Handwritten note by Pelly regarding the contents of the file
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The note states '1864-1866 Miscellaneous papers concerning Riadh trip and other papers concerning Riadh trip placed in my book containing my reports of travel'.
Letter from Edward Weller to Pelly regarding a map for submission with an article in the Royal Geographical Society journal
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Mr Weller requests that Pelly mark the places mentioned in his article on the map, encloses additional prints of the map which Pelly had requested and informs Pelly of the intention to also include a map of Arabia to show places mentioned by Pelly that are outside of the route the main map covers.
Letter from H W Bates to Pelly regarding Dr Colvill's journal
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Letter informing Pelly that Dr Colvill's journal would not be published by the Royal Geographical Society and reassuring Pelly that Dr. Colvill had not sent the journal to the society himself, and most likely had not had any intention of making it public.
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...
Miscellaneous Papers relating to Lewis Pelly's Service in the Persian Gulf and India
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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...
