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Place Badakhshan, Afghanistan

1. Mss Eur A12-19; B44-49; C38; D232-35; G34-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A12-19; B44-49; C38; D232-35; G34-35
Title:
Rich Collection: papers of Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), traveller and East India Company's Resident at Baghdad 1808-21, chiefly relating to his residence and travels in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan and including journals, field sketches, maps, astronomical, meteorological and survey notes, on which was based much of his `Narrative of a residence in Koordistan... edited by his widow' (London 1836).
Scope & Content:
Rich Collection: papers of Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), traveller and East India Company's Resident at Baghdad 1808-21, chiefly relating to his residence and travels in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan and including journals, field sketches, maps, astronomical, meteorological and survey notes, on w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811-1822
Extent:
21 volumes

2. Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92
Title:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afghanistan, Persia, etc, relating to Elphinstone's Embassy to Kabul 1808 and Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia 1810.
Scope & Content:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1810
Extent:
4 volumes