Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 file, 5 items (27 folios)

It is grouped into

'Memorandum of a voyage on board a Dingee (Sindee boat) undertaken in the year 1842, from Kurrachee [Karachi] to Bombay'

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/17, ff 2-5

'Journal commenced 15 November 1853 [1855] Mahabaleshwur [Mahabaleshwar] Hills'

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/17, f 6

Daily journal entries kept by Lewis Pelly 1 March to 1 April 1854

28 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/17, ff 7-20

'Memo: of Evening Excursion 2nd February 1854 Roree [Rohri].'

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/17, ff 21-22

Journal recounting a journey undertaken by Lewis Pelly in Zanzibar in 1862

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/17, ff 23-26

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.

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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/17

History of this record

Date(s)

1854-1862 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Diaries

Places

ZanzibarRohriMahabaleshwar

Share this record

• Share on twitter
• Share on facebook

Cite this record in your research

Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/17, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00039c> [accessed 12 May 2024]

Link to this record

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00039c

IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00039c/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Copyright: How to use this content