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Mss Eur F126/67, ff 9-10
- Record Id:
- 041-002360038
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002020.0x00009c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024117671.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/67, ff 9-10
- Title:
- Notes on Questions relative to the Interior of Central Arabia discussed before the Royal Geographical Society
- Scope & Content:
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The notes contain an extract of a letter from Pelly to the Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay regarding the lack of awareness of the interior of Arabia, the lack of scientific accuracy in the location of the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Capital and other points of interest and the assumptions made by the society.
These assumptions included the perceived difficulty for Europeans in entering Arabia, which he intended to correct or dispel by his journey through Khuwait [Kuwait] to visit the Ameer of the Wahabees at his capital Nejd [Najd] in order to develop polite terms, and potentially more friendly relations with the Wahabee Government and to attempt to mediate the differences between the Wahabees and the Sultan of Muscat.
Pelly also makes reference to the duties of Dr Colvill, Residency Surgeon, on the trip, who was responsible for collecting plants and rocks as samples to be sent back to England for study.
The notes were discussed before the Royal Geographical Society 22 February and 4 March 1864 and published 28 April 1864.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311354
040-002311357
041-002360038 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/65-68 : Miscellaneous Papers relating to Affairs in the Persian Gulf
Mss Eur F126/67 : Material concerning Papers presented to Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society by Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/67, ff 9-10 : Notes on Questions relative to the Interior of Central Arabia discussed before the Royal Geographical Society - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0007]/036-002311354[0003]/040-002311357[0003]/041-002360038
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003ce
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1864
- End Date:
- 1864
- Date Range:
- 28 Apr 1864
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)