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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' [77r] (153/268)
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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5. In any case, the delay which has occurred will not, I trust,
be found to have been altogether without advantage, since during
my residence in London the obliging kindness of Sir Roderick
Murchison and Dr. Hooker have enabled me now to append to my
Report—
\sthj .—A Map prepared by Mr. Edward Weller, Cartographer
to the Royal Geographical Society, showing my line of
route.
2ndly .—An analysis of such Geographical specimens as were
collected during the journey.
Srdly .—A list of such of the Flora of Central Arabia as were
collected, and have since been arranged according to their
natural families.
4-thly .—I have been enabled also to scrutinize what little
statistical information I was myself enabled to collect en
route, and thus to append to my present Report statistical
statements as below :—
Itinerary of Routes from Kowait to Riyadh, via Sedoos.
Itinerary of Routes from Riyadh to Al-Ahsa and Ocair.
Statements showing the number and names of stages along the
routes from Kowait to Kateef.
Satement showing the number and names of stages along
the routes from Kowait to Al-Ahsa.
Statement showing the distances of some of the districts and
towns in Najd from the capital Riyadh, and from the sea
port Kowait.
Statement of the Riyadh weights, measures, and currency.
1 PR
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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