'DIARY OF A TOUR IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN TURKISH ARABIA, DECEMBER, 1906 (WITH MAP)'
IOR/L/PS/20/C260
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The record is made up of 53 folios. It was created in 1907. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Wilfrid Malleson, Diary of a Tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1907). This is the diary of a tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Malleson, 7th-29th December, 1906. It describes his journey up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Muscat to Basra, Muhammerah [Khorramshahr], and onto Baghdad, including periods in quarantine stations as well as the competing shipping lines, types of boats, date trade, and life in Baghdad. Includes his description of life in Muscat for the British Consul and encounters with German and Russian diplomats.
Includes 53 annotated photographs (ff 23-50) of the journey including views of Baghdad, Basra, Ctesiphon, and Musandam as well as two maps (ff 51-52).
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- 53 folios
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- Arrangement
Folios 3- 14 are the written diary of the tour. Folio 23 has two prints (Muscat harbour; the telegraph station and post office at Fao. Folios 24-50 are photographs. Folio 51 is a map of the entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , folio 52 is a map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for f 52, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ). Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C260
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- 1907 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 23 1
- Title
- 'Maskat from the Harbour Entrance' by Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 23r:23v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 23 2
- Title
- 'FAO Telegraph Station and Post Office' by Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 23r:23v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 24 1
- Title
- 'The Shatt-el-Arab at Basra, from the Quarantine station' by Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 24r:24v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 24 2
- Title
- 'The Shatt-el-Arab at Basra. Another view.' by Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 24r:24v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 25 1
- Title
- 'Mosque and Minaret of coloured tiles at Basra'. Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 25r:25v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 25 2
- Title
- 'The British Consultate and Messrs Lynch's offices Basra; Showing 4000 tons of merchandise awaiting shipment to Bagdad'. Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 25r:25v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 26 1
- Title
- 'The Shatt-el-Arab at Basra'. Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 26r:26v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 26 2
- Title
- 'Entrance to the Ashar Creek Basra.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 26r:26v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 27 1
- Title
- 'House of dragoman of British Consulate Basra. On the Ashar Creek.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 27r:27v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 27 2
- Title
- 'The Ashar Creek Basra.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 27r:27v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 28 1
- Title
- 'The Ashar Creek Basra.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 28r:28v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 28 2
- Title
- 'The Ashar Creek Basra.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 28r:28v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 29 1
- Title
- 'The Ashar Creek Basra.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 29r:29v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 29 2
- Title
- 'Junction of Tigris and Euphrates at Kurna. The smoke is the result of extensive reed-burning in the marshes.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 29r:29v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 30 1
- Title
- 'Kurna, – the reputed Garden of Eden.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 30r:30v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 30 2
- Title
- 'A Mehaleh, or river boat on the Tigris.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 30r:30v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 31 1
- Title
- 'A Mehaleh on the Tigris.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 31r:31v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 31 2
- Title
- 'A Turkish steamer and barge en-route for Bagdad' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 31r:31v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 32 1
- Title
- 'Kut.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 32r:32v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 32 2
- Title
- 'Kut.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 32r:32v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 33 1
- Title
- 'Examination of tickets on the Khalifa' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 33r:33v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 33 2
- Title
- 'Bahreini pilgrims on board the Khalifa.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 33r:33v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 34 1
- Title
- 'View of Bagdad from the roof of the Residency.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 34r:34v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 34 2
- Title
- 'Street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 34r:34v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 35 1
- Title
- 'View in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 35r:35v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 35 2
- Title
- 'View in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 34r:34v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 36 1
- Title
- 'View in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 36r:36v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 36 2
- Title
- 'Entrance of the main bazar from the bridge of boats. Custom House on the right.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 36r:36v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 37 1
- Title
- 'In the Bagdad Bazar.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 37r:37v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 37 2
- Title
- 'Near the big mosque, Bagdad' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 37r:37v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 38 1
- Title
- 'Cafe and mosque near the North Gate, Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 38r:38v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 38 2
- Title
- 'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 38r:38v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 39 1
- Title
- 'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 39r:39v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 39 2
- Title
- 'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 39r:39v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 40 1
- Title
- 'An Arab café in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 40r:40v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 40 2
- Title
- 'Near the Customs House, Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 40r:40v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 41 1
- Title
- 'In the European quarter, Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 41r:41v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 41 2
- Title
- 'Entrance of the main bazar, Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 41r:41v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 42 1
- Title
- 'A side alley of the main Bazar, Bagdad' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 42r:42v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 42 2
- Title
- 'The water-gate of Old Bagdad with guffas in the foreground.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 42r:42v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 43 1
- Title
- 'Our conveyance across the desert to Babylon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 43r:43v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 43 2
- Title
- 'Mahmudiyeh, the first stage on the road to Babylon.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 43r:43v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 44 1
- Title
- 'Another view of Mahmudiyeh' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 44r:44v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 44 2
- Title
- 'Part of El Kasr, Babylon.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 44r:44v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 45 1
- Title
- 'Babylon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 45r:45v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 45 2
- Title
- 'The gates of the Temple of Ashtareth Babylon. Showing the moulded brick-work.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 45r:45v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 46 1
- Title
- 'A nearer view of the moulded brick work, Babylon.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 46r:46v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 46 2
- Title
- 'Sculpture, supposed by missionaries to be emblematic of Daniel in the Lion's den. (The German savants scout this theory.)' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 46r:46v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 47 1
- Title
- 'Excavations in Babylon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 47r:47v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 47 2
- Title
- 'The only arch so far discovered in Babylon.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 47r:47v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 48 1
- Title
- 'The Khalifa, halted at Ctesiphon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 48r:48v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 48 2
- Title
- 'The Arch of Ctesiphon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 48r:48v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 49 1
- Title
- 'The tomb of Ezra, on the Tigris.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 49r:49v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 49 2
- Title
- 'Musandim promontory from the West.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 49r:49v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 50
- Title
- 'Musandim Island from the South' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 50v:51r
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260
- Title
- 'DIARY OF A TOUR IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN TURKISH ARABIA, DECEMBER, 1906 (WITH MAP)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 50r, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 51
- Title
- ‘Entrance to the Gulf, and Musandim Island’
- Pages
- 51v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 52
- Title
- Map of Persia and the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 52r:52v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence