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Mss Eur F126/55, ff 1-12
- Record Id:
- 041-002737316
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022562941.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023366358.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/55, ff 1-12
- Title:
- Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, most likely to the Political Department Bombay
- Scope & Content:
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Pencil draft of a letter most likely to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay regarding Pelly's recent visit to the Wahabee Ameer [Wahhabi Amir] in his capital Riyath [Riyadh] and appending a sketch map of the route taken from Kowait [Kuwait].
The letter goes on to describe the sketch map and features shown on it including principal towns, characteristics of the countryside and the work he undertook in determining fixed points of longitude and latitude en route.
Also referred to in the letter is the work undertaken to collect specimens of the rocks and flora and the use of solar observation and the polar star to determine additional longitude and latitudes.
Folios two to twelve are blank.
- 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
040-002311344
041-002737316 - 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 F126/55 : Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay concerning Pelly's visit to Riyadh.
Mss Eur F126/55, ff 1-12 : Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, most likely to the Political Department Bombay - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0006]/036-002311343[0001]/040-002311344[0001]/041-002737316
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 12 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003c2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1864
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1865-1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)