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IOR/L/PS/18/B95
- Record Id:
- 040-000563226
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00011e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023576713.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B95
- Title:
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'NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF BAHRAIN AND ANTIQUITIES BY CAPTAIN E. L. DURAND, 1ST ASSISTANT RESIDENT, PERSIAN GULF.'
- Scope & Content:
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Letter No. 164 from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Her British Majesty's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, 1 May 1879, enclosing notes on the islands of Bahrain and Antiquities, written by Edward Law Durand, and commenting that some of the antiquities described had not been documented before and were of interest to the British Museum who were funding further research and excavation.
The notes are broken down into the following headings:
Bahrain
- Descriptive: describing the physical geography of the islands and their surrounding waters, the longitude and latitude and navigable access by sea;
- Trade: describing the pearl and date trades, and ways in which trade and harbour access might be improved;
- Interior of the Islands: describing geographical features inland;
- Water: describing the locations of fresh springs across the island and also the availability of salt;
- Trees and Plants; describing the flora and fauna of the islands;
- Animals: tame animals including horses, donkeys, camels and cows
- Wild animals: including gazelle, mongoose and hares.
Antiquities
- Antiquarian: giving an account of the earliest known history of the islands, including their rulership by the Phoenicians, Babylonians, Persians, Arabs and Portuguese, before describing the antiquities to be found on the islands.
The notes describe the antiquities visited by Captain Durand during trips to Bahrain, including all the mosques on the islands; an old stone water well found in a date grove near Bilad-i-Kadim [Bilad al Qadeem]; a number of mounds at Ali [Aali] which were determined to be temples or tombs, which Durand speculates may have been the great Phoenician cemetery of Gerrha and which he spent several days exploring and excavating.
The notes include illustrations (folios 29, 30, 33 and 35) to accompany the report, which were lithographed from originals supplied by the Foreign Department of the Government of India.
The notes also included two maps which have since been removed and are kept in the India Office Maps Collection (IOR/W/L/PS/18/B95).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563226 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B95 : NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF BAHRAIN AND ANTIQUITIES BY CAPTAIN E. L. DURAND, 1ST ASSISTANT RESIDENT, PERSIAN GULF. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0115]/040-000563226
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (14 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00011e
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1879
- End Date:
- 1879
- Date Range:
- Aug 1879
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 25, and terminates at folio 38, since it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)