'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' [118r] (235/268)
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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DlPSACEiE.
32. Scabiosa palccstina. L.—Found, but not abundantly, on the
23rd, 24th, and 25th of February.
Apocyneje.
33. Apocynium vonetum (?)—About two and a half feet high ;
found, but not abundantly, near our halting-ground on the
1st of March, and in moist places in tho neighbourhood
of Riyadh.
ASGLEPIADEiE.
34. Periploca, an P. aphylla ?—From the ravine passed on the
2nd of March. It is a shrub about ten feet high, the
surface covered with gum. The flowers arc eaten
abundantly, and it is called ,c Muret” by tho Arabs.
CoNVOLVULACEjE.
35. Convolvulus sp. near lineatus.—From the almost barren
plain between tho sand-ridges, on tho 27th and 28th of
February.
Solaneji.
36. Licium europaoum. L.—A shrub about six feet high;
found in hollows during tho march of tho 1st, 2nd, and
3rd of March.
BoRAGINEjE.
37. Heliotropium supinum. L.—Plain, 2nd of March; not
abundant; two feet high.
38. Onosma, sp.—Abundant in the sandhills and in sandy
places. It appears to bo preferred by the camels to any
other plant.
39. Anclmsa ?—From tho neighbourhood of Kowait.
Labiate.
40. Teucrium S. Teucrio aff. T. Oliverianum.—Found sparingly
in hollows on the 2nd of March, and more abundantly in
the immediate neighbourhood of Riyadh.
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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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- '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'
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- front, front-i, 2r:133v, back-i, back
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