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961. IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 566-584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 566-584
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1833
Extent:

1 item (18 folios)

962. IOR/L/MAR/C/587, ff 533v-534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/587, ff 533v-534
Title:
A Map of the Oases of El Hasa
Scope & Content:
The map shows the oases of El Hasa [El Ahsa, Saudi Arabia], drawn during a journey into Arabia by Lieutenant J W Wybard in September-December 1832. The map indicates topography, hydrography, settlements and cultivation.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1832
Extent:
1 map

963. IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 340-423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 340-423
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1825
Extent:
1 item (83 folios)

964. IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 95-111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 95-111
Title:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

965. IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84
Title:
'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).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1780
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)