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Place Būshehr, 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 26319, ff. 1v-4r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 26319, ff. 1v-4r
Title:
[Persian-Laki Kurdish Glossary]
Scope & Content:
A glossary of common terms in Laki Kurdish with their equivalents in Persian. It appears from a short preamble, dated at Bushehr on 12 April 1811, that this glossary was compiled by Muhammad Husain Khan for Sr. John Malcolm.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Kurdish and Persian
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 item, ff. 4

3. Add MS 26319, ff. 5v-7r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 26319, ff. 5v-7r
Title:
[Persian-Ardalani Kurdish Glossary]
Scope & Content:
A glossary of common terms in Ardalani Kurdish with their equivalents in Persian. It appears from a short preamble, dated at Bushehr on 12 April 1811, that this glossary was compiled by Muhammad Husain Khan for Sr. John Malcolm.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Kurdish and Persian
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 item, ff. 3

4. 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

5. IOR/X/3117/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3117/1
Title:
‘Bū-Shehr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours. Preliminary sketch for the printed map of Bū-Shehr Peninsula [Būshehr] produced by Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe to illustrate the military campaign of 1856-1857 with corrections to 1873 inserted in red. Shows positi...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1873
Extent:
1 map

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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