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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' [71v] (142/268)
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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guide for the expenditure of any Political Officer who may here-
after travel through Central Asia, unless he should travel without
tents or baggage.
I respectfully solicit that your Lordship will be pleased to
specify the salary I should draw during the period I am employed
on my present duty. I have taken up an advance on account of this
salary from 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.
, as some funds are really
necessary for my current expenses.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) LEWIS PELLY.
Copy No. 13.
To
His Excellency CHARLES ALISON, Esquire,
&c. &c. &c.
Herat, 27th October 1860.
Sir,
I submit to your Excellency a few remarks on the Bokhara
territory.
In the spring of the current year * * * lepie
sented to the Mission that, * * * was a11 powerful
with the Ameer of Bokhara; enjoying in that state the title of
* * * and entertaining ambitious views in regard to
Bokhara, Herat, and even Persia. Her Majesty’s Government
considered it would be advisable to maintain communications with
* * *
Since my departure from Teheran I have conversed with many
persons who have within the past few years resided at Bokhara,
but I have not as yet found any one who recognised * * *
under the title, * * * or who suppossed him to pos
sess any influence over the Ameer, or any power in the state of
Bokhara. My informants were aware that the * *
had been enjoyed by * * *someycars ago. But they asserted
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- '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'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:133v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence