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Mss Eur F126/11

Record Id:

040-002311295

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002311283

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000396

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023212082.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F126/11

Title:

Correspondence concerning the Publication of Pelly's Play The tragedy of Imam Hussein, with Manuscript Copy of Part of the Play and a List of Scenes

Scope & Content:

The file relates to a passion play The tragedy of Imam Hussein written by Lewis Pelly which was published in 1879.

Included are a list of scenes written by Pelly, with pencil ticks denoting those scenes selected for publication; manuscript copies of two scenes which were not published; and notes on humour and politics within the play and a brief history of some local rulers in Sind.

The correspondence is dated 13 March to 19 July 1879 and covers the printing and publication of the play, reviews of it and arranging complimentary copies for friends and interested parties.

The file has been dated as c.1879 as although the correspondence is dated the papers relating to the play itself are not and are likely to have been written sometime before its publication in 1879.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002311283
036-002311284
040-002311295

Is part of:

Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1-11 : Personal and official correspondence and papers to and from Lewis Pelly

Mss Eur F126/11 : Correspondence concerning the Publication of Pelly's Play The tragedy of Imam Hussein, with Manuscript Copy of Part of the Play…

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Hierarchy:

032-002311283[0001]/036-002311284[0011]/040-002311295

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file, 17 items (98 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000396

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1874

End Date:

1884

Date Range:

c 1879

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The file has been foliated in the front top right hand corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.

One of the draft scenes also has its own original foliation in the top left corner of each page

Publications:

Lewis Pelly, The Miracle play of Hassan and Hussein. Collected from Oral Tradition (London, W H Allen & Co, 1879)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Alcock, John Rutherford, Knight, diplomatist, 1809-1897
Birdwood, George Christopher Molesworth, Knight, scholar, administrator in India and surgeon, 1832-1917
William H Allen and Company, booksellers and publishers, London, Mid 19th Century-Early 20th Century
Wollaston, Arthur Naylor, Knight, civil servant in India and orientalist, 1842-1922

Subjects:

Play scripts
Printing
Publishing