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'Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar. Also Report of a Journey to the Wahebee Capital of Riyadh in Central Arabia' [‎10v] (20/268)

The record is made up of 1 volume (132 folios). It was created in 1866. 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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of Sind:—the produce of the fields and gardens; the old mud
forts in ruins; the time-worn mud walls of the houses; the
atmosphere; the hills; the lark rising here and there, singing his
song, the only sound one hears; the people straggling out of the
rents in the village walls early in the morning. All is Sind
over again. Such recollection is pleasant to me. I feel at home
in this strange Khorassan.
Property, however, in these parts seems a little unsafe; the
houses without the forts have mud arched roofs, as it would be
unsafe to have wooden rafters, since they would be stolen on the
first opportunity by some way-farers or neighbouring villagers.
Again if a man has a well he builds a little tower over it with an
entrance so small that the windlass for drawing water cannot be
got out. About the fields are small towers of refuge for the
peasants when surprised by marauders at their work. Everyman
one meets is armed, and every passenger is careful to give the
salaam “Alakoom.”
After the midway village of Andan, where salt is collected, the
cultn ated land ceases, and one rises slowly towards Deh Nomuck;
which is more a caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). than a village. It has, however, a
ruined fort; and an arched reservoir for rain water. Water is
very scarce, but the melons are so excellent that it were profane
to touch water. The weather is pleasant; but in the afternoons
still hot for riding. Arrived at Deh Nemuck about 8 a.m., id est,
in four hours; the stage is called six fursacks.
Started at noon from Deh Nemuck; the road lay for a couple of
fursacks along a barren plain; the desolate and burnt-looking
Elburz still on my left. After this distance the road ascends some
stony grounds, leading over a low spur of the Elburz. After a
slope of about a fursack you come to a deep ravine; and a tower
in ruins. This tower was formerly a transit levy station. Another
ascent of a fursack, and you arrive at a half-ruined caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). ,
and a vaulted reservoir of rainwater. A few poor fellows have been
here located. Onwards a fursack you pass a bridge over a deep
gully or mountain torrent; and this ravine separates the province

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The volume is Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar and Report of a Journey to the Wahabee Capital of Riyadh, in Central Arabia ,written by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and printed for Government by The Education Society's Press, Byculla, Bombay, 1866.

At the beginning of the volume (folio 6) is an introductory note by P Ryan, Assistant Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . Both journey accounts are political in nature but include scientific observations on the lands Pelly travelled through. Each account includes several appendices that include letters, route notes, and information on the geology, flora, demography, and tribes. The volume includes two maps, the first showing the route Pelly took from Trebizond to Kurrachee [Karachi] (folio 7) and the second showing the route he took from Kuwait to Riyadh and back (folio 115).

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1 volume (132 folios)
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The volume has two contents pages relative to each journey account (folio 5 for the first, folio 75 for the second) that refer to the original pagination.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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