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IOR/R/15/5/394
- Record Id:
- 040-000242465
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000215
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042665289.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/394
- Title:
- Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar. Also Report of a Journey to the Wahebee Capital of Riyadh in Central Arabia
- Scope & Content:
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The volume is Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar and Report of a Journey to the Wahabee Capital of Riyadh, in Central Arabia,written by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and printed for Government by The Education Society's Press, Byculla, Bombay, 1866.
At the beginning of the volume (folio 6) is an introductory note by P Ryan, Assistant Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Both journey accounts are political in nature but include scientific observations on the lands Pelly travelled through. Each account includes several appendices that include letters, route notes, and information on the geology, flora, demography, and tribes. The volume includes two maps, the first showing the route Pelly took from Trebizond to Kurrachee [Karachi] (folio 7) and the second showing the route he took from Kuwait to Riyadh and back (folio 115).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000242372
038-000242411
040-000242465 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/328-398 : Kuwait Agency, Official publications and printed material
IOR/R/15/5/365-398 : Miscellaneous official and non-official printed material
IOR/R/15/5/394 : Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar. Also Report of a Journey to the Wahebee Capital of Riyadh… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0004]/037-000242372[0002]/038-000242411[0054]/040-000242465
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (132 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000215
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1866
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
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The volume has two contents pages relative to each journey account (folio 5 for the first, folio 75 for the second) that refer to the original pagination.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)