This is an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue while we continue to recover from a cyber-attack.
This catalogue is currently browse-only. The collection item request form is not available at the moment but will be reopened from Monday 15 December. Find out more about our current collection access suspension.
Search
Search Constraints
You searched for:Archive Reference (shelfmark)IOR/L/MAR
Captain J. Wainwright's Remarks on the Navigation of the Persian Gulph. 1811
Scope & Content:
A navigation of the Persian Gulf by Captain J Wainwright on HM Ship La Chiffone, 1809-1810. Describes the passage from Bombay to Muscat and the route into the Persian Gulf, giving details on prevailing winds, the town of Muscat and other places visited.
Captn Sadlier's Diary of his Mission to Arabia, 1819-20.
Scope & Content:
Diary of Captain George Forster Sadlier's mission to Arabia presented in the order it was written. The report includes route taken (Dubay [Dubai], Ras ul-Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah], Cape Musandam, Oman) and copies of letters sent to Ibrahim Pascha [Ibrāhīm Pasha].
Journals of the Survey of Captain James Bedford 48th Regnt N.I. on the Burrampooter or Bruhmaputra River, within Assam, in 1824 and 1825.
Scope & Content:
Consists of daily journal entries of the passage of Captain James Bedford along the Bruhmaputra River including descriptions of settlements passed, weather conditions and people interviewed.
'Lieutenant Wellsted's Memoir regarding the Red Sea and Steam Navigation between Europe and India, 1832'
Scope & Content:
The journal of Lieutenant Wellsted's survey of the Red Sea in connection with the establishment of steam communication between Europe and India. This mission was authorised in 1829 by the Bombay Government in accordance with orders from the Court of Directors. Up to that point charts of the Red ...
Lieutenant Wybard's Journal of an Excursion into Arabia
Scope & Content:
The journal of Lieutenant Wybard of the Indian Navy giving an account of his voyage from Bushire on the Ternate in September 1832 including histories of the various tribes inhabiting the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris.
Memoir on the Arab Tribes on the Banks of the Euphrates and Tigris
Scope & Content:
Discusses the histories of the various tribes inhabiting the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris. The tribes described include the 'Kaab commonly called Chaub' [Bani Ka’ab]; the 'Bedouins of the Benee Laum [Banu Lakhm]'; 'Bedouins of the Montificks' [Muntafiq]; and the 'Bedouins of the Shumer [Sha...
Application of steam navigation to internal and external communications of India, volume 9
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to coaling, purification of water; Euphrates Expedition; Trinity House steamer; costs; mails in India; Red Sea; iron vessels; circulars to engineers etc. List of contents.
Application of steam navigation to internal and external communications of India, volume 10
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to coaling; mails for Egypt and India; Euphrates Expedition; Syrian ports; Red Sea; American Liverpool packets; shipbuilding; circulars to engineers etc. List of contents.
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers preparations for the expedition, the sea journey fro...
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers: the overland journey from Sovedia [Samandağ] to Bir...
