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Place Abū-Shahr, Persia

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. Add MS 57695

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 57695
Title:
Scope & Content:
R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LX (1-14). 57695 (1) Persia. 1. 'Rough plan of the line of sail of the fleet and line of march of the army upon Bushire [in Persia] . . . drawn by an officer of the E. I. Company's corvette 'Falkland', 1856'. Units of scale bar not legible. R.U.S.I. no. A 20.28. Ink on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1700-1900
Extent:
1 item

3. IOR/X/3117/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3117/2
Title:
‘Abū-Shahr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by order of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India in Council. Signed in the bottom left-hand corner ‘Trel. Saunders, Engraver 1875’; and in the bottom right-hand corner ‘A.W. Stiffe delt.’. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours. Map...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1875
Extent:
1 map

4. Mss Eur B218

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B218
Title:
Charles Masson papers.
Scope & Content:
`Private notes of Mr Masson as drawn up from memory': copies of narratives of seven journeys in Afghanistan and the Punjab made c1827-29 by Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1829
Extent:
1 volume

5. Mss Eur B275

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B275
Title:
Lady Florentia Sale papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal kept by Florentia, Lady Sale (1790-1853), wife of Maj-Gen Sir Robert Henry Sale (1782-1845), British Army 1795-1845, second in command, British Forces in Afghanistan 1839-42, recording her experiences during the first Afghan war, the retreat from Kabul, and as a captive of Muhammad Akbar ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1842
Extent:
1 volume

6. Mss Eur B377

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B377
Title:
George Percy Badger papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal of Rev George Percy Badger (1815-88), chaplain and oriental scholar, at Aden 1846-62, staff chaplain and Arabic interpreter under Lt-Gen Sir James Outram in the Persian Expedition 1856-7, with additional material on his travels in Egypt.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1862
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur C172

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C172
Title:
Lew Hanbidge papers.
Scope & Content:
Sixty-one letters from Petty Officer Lewis Lancaster Hanbidge of `H.M.S. Philomel' to his parents, describing his life on board ship and his experiences in the various places in India and elsewhere that he visited.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
133 folios

8. Mss Eur C181

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C181
Title:
James Dundas Douglas papers.
Scope & Content:
Five letters to his father and brother from Capt James Dundas Douglas (1801-41), Bengal Army 1820-41, written from Kandahar, Jalalabad and Kabul describing his experiences during the 1st Afghan War; with typescript transcripts.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
9 folios

9. Mss Eur C283

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C283
Title:
Sir John Macdonald Kinneir papers.
Scope & Content:
Six letters from Lt John Macdonald (later Lt-Col Sir John Macdonald Kinneir) (1782-1830), Madras Army 1804, to his friend John Alexander Graham of Leith, mainly discussing personal matters and affairs in Madras, but also describing visits to Canton and Prince of Wales Island, and his experiences ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1808
Extent:
1 folder

10. Mss Eur C703

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C703
Title:
William Anderson papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary of Capt (later Lt-Col) William Anderson (1803-58), Bengal Army 1823-58, recording events leading up to the retreat of the British forces at Kabul 1842, and his experiences as a captive of Muhammad Akbar Khan, with his wife and small daughter and some other British prisoners; memorial writte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1842
Extent:
1 volume