Fair copy of Pelly's diary of his journey from Kuwait to Riyadh and back
Mss Eur F126/58
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The record is made up of 1 file (7 folios). It was created in 18 Feb 1865-27 Feb 1865. 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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The fair copy of the diary is not complete and only covers the entries for 18-21st, 24th and 26th-27th February.
The entries for each day give the distances travelled, how long each stage took, longitude & latitude co-ordinates for their destination each day, comments on the availability of water, descriptions of the landscapes, observations on people and tribes encountered on route and some rough estimations of the number of pilgrims that travel there from Busreh [Basra], Kowait [Kuwait], Lahsa and Damascus
See F126/57 for the complete journal containing more detailed descriptions for each day's entry.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (7 folios)
- Arrangement
The entries have been arranged in date order, no explanation is however given as to why the fair copy of the journal is incomplete.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The file has been foliated in the top right fron corner of each folio with a number in pencil enclosed in a circle
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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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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- Archive reference
- Mss Eur F126/58
- Date(s)
- 18 Feb 1865-27 Feb 1865 (CE, Gregorian)
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- East AfricaArabian PeninsulaCentral AsiaBaroda StateIranKalat StateMysore StatePersian GulfRajputanaRiyadhRussiaSindUdaipur StateZanzibarGohadMuscat
- People & organisations
- Bombay ArmySir Lewis Pelly, KnightMalhar Rao Gaekwad, Maharaja Gaekwad of BarodaWilliam Henry ColvillClement Joseph Philip Pen De BodeSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightEdward Brodie HoareJohn JacobSir Robert Phayre, KnightSir Dinkar Rao, KnightHenry WillockSir Owen Tudor Burne, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightArthur William RobertsSir Edward Charles Ross, KnightÁrmin VámbéryCharles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter
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- Mss Eur F126/58
- Title
- Fair copy of Pelly's diary of his journey from Kuwait to Riyadh and back
- Pages
- 1r:7v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence