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Mss Eur F126/17
- Record Id:
- 040-002311302
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00039c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023442205.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/17
- Title:
- Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar
- Scope & Content:
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File containing journals kept by Lewis Pelly during his early career in India. The journals include a recollection, written in 1854, of a post monsoon journey from Kurrachee [Karachi] to Bombay in 1842; journeys taken in India in 1855 to mark his thirtieth birthday; an excursion to visit a tomb in Roree [Rohri] in 1854; a journey to visit the Sohailee [Swahili] Sultan in Zanzibar in 1862; and a general journal recounting daily events in 1854.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311296
040-002311302 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/12-28 : General papers relating to Sir Lewis Pelly's Career and personal interests
Mss Eur F126/17 : Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar - Contains:
- Mss Eur F126/17, ff 2-5 : Memorandum of a voyage on board a Dingee (Sindee boat) undertaken in the year 1842, from Kurrachee [Karachi] to Bombay
Mss Eur F126/17, f 6 : Journal commenced 15 November 1853 [1855] Mahabaleshwur [Mahabaleshwar] Hills
Mss Eur F126/17, ff 7-20 : Daily journal entries kept by Lewis Pelly 1 March to 1 April 1854
Mss Eur F126/17, ff 21-22 : Memo: of Evening Excursion 2nd February 1854 Roree [Rohri].
Mss Eur F126/17, ff 23-26 : Journal recounting a journey undertaken by Lewis Pelly in Zanzibar in 1862
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur F126/17 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0002]/036-002311296[0006]/040-002311302
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file, 5 items (27 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00039c
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- 1854-1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The contents of the file have foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The journals have been arranged chronologically based on the dates of the events recounted in them, however the journal recounting a journey in 1842 was actually written in 1854 and the date of the second journal was misread as 1853 at the time of arrangement, but is actually dated 1855.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)