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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' [‎67r] (133/268)

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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failure of the Suddozye plot, when those in power were incensed,
when many among the people were compromised, and when all
Avere disappointed by our extraordinary proceedings in that par
ticular affair. But it is not the less a fact that during the last
siege merchants of Herat who had refused aid to their own
Governor in resisting the Persians, lent their all, and in some ^
cases, I regret to add, lost their all, so soon as they learned from
the Indian Frontier, that the English would support them in
maintaining their independence. There is in my opinion no
doubt that the Heratees look to England as their best and most
powerful friend. I observe that the effect of our recent expedition
to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , is greater in Herat than it appeared to me to
be in the Gulf itself; and if any regret be expressed in its regard, it
is solely that the expedition did not arrive before the Persian
Ar my had subjected the Herat peasantry, mined the Herat fortifica
tions, murdered the Herat Governor, insulted and plundered the
Herat citizens, and tortured, transported, or reduced to utter
poverty some of the richest and most influential of the people of
Herat.
Of Major Todd's mission, or of the two or three hundred thousand
pounds sterling that it scattered, the Heratees still speak with
affection. They look back to it as to a day of happiness among
many years of unhappiness. They acknowledge that its bounty
alone then saved Herat from famine and desolation, and I have
not, since my arrival here, found myself in private conversation
with one individual, who did not ask me with an earnestness not
to be mistaken, whether the English would never come and
govern Herat, or at least send a “ Sahib" to give confidence to
its industrious classes.
As regards Dost Mahomed Khan, the feeling among the
Heeratees and the conviction of the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. is, that the Ameer's
views upon their territory are aggressive, and that he lacks but
the opportunity to incorporate Mumenah, and invade Herat from
the north, and to push on from Girishk to Gour, and so through
the Taymonee tract from the south-east. They think also that
the Dost is our vassal, oris at least acting under our inspiration.

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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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