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Mss Eur F126/59

Record Id:

040-002311348

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002311283

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003c6

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023442181.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F126/59

Title:

Drafts of memoranda and reports on Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh

Scope & Content:

The file contains memorandums, draft reports, notes and sketches made by Lewis Pelly during his visit to Kuwait and journey to Riyadh January to March 1865.

These papers include a history of the Shatt al-Arab watercourse; the history of the Sebaih tribe of Qatif; notes relating to questions of sun and fire worship; a description of the coastline from al-Qatif to Kuwait and onward journey to Riyadh; notes on Muhammad ibn Sa'ud and Faisal ibn Turki al-Sa'ud; and notes on trade between Kuwait and inland Nejd [Najd]. Some of the contents of these papers were used in the reports Lewis Pelly submitted to the Government of Bombay on his journey.

Two cover notes (folios 1 and 1A) are also included in the file and relate to reports written by Lewis Pelly, copies of which can be found in the Political Department Library - only one report is named, Pelly's Riadh [Ryiadh] report. The two notes are dated 14 July 1927.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002311283
036-002311343
040-002311348

Is part of:

Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/55-64 : Correspondence, Journals and Papers relating to Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh

Mss Eur F126/59 : Drafts of memoranda and reports on Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002311283[0006]/036-002311343[0005]/040-002311348

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file, 11 items (77 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003c6

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1927

Date Range:

c 1865-1927

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated using a pencil number, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. A small number of the folios have been renumbered, with the numbers formerly in use crossed through.

Foliation anomaly: 1, 1A

The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: 77

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Āl Sa‘ūd, Muhammad bin Sa'ud, founder of the Āl Sa‘ūd dynasty, d 1765

Places:

Shatt al ʻArab, Middle East, Asia

Related Archive Descriptions:

IOR/R/15/5/394