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...
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.
Lieut S. Hunter's Narrative of his Overland Journey in 1792 with Dispatches and documents connected with his Expences
Scope & Content:
A narrative of the particulars of the journey and associated expenses for the conveyance of dispatches overland by way of Bussorah [Basra]. W C Jackson (Secretary) informed Lieutenant Samuel Hunter that his expenses appeared 'so enormous and improper' that the Board would leave it to the Court ...
'Mr R. Scott's Letter on the Passage over the Isthmus of Suez, and Project of a New Route to India, 1780'
Scope & Content:
Letter concerning a crossing of the Isthmus of Suez by Mr R Scott. The letter describes the route taken (Alexandria, Aleppo, Bagdad [Baghdad], Bussorah [Basra]) and the people he met (for example, George Baldwin, late of Cairo).
