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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' [‎127r] (253/268)

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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them. The Selaibs have a patron in every considerable tribe, to
whom they appeal in case of needing protection, and the difficulty is
disposed of by mediation. The Selaib never himself plunders : and,
like all men who have nothing to give, is markedly hospitable. They
are reported excellent marksmen, and are the safest guides for the
deserts. The tribes themselves trust to Sclaib knowledge of
concealed sources of water. The diet of the Selaib is mainly
dates and locusts, with the milk and butter afforded by their
numerous herds and flocks. Any surplus they sell on the sea
board, where they pitch for about four months of the year, wan
dering for the remaining eight months. Their tents are of black
goats hair, so handy as to be readily transported. In camp they
pitch apart from the tribes.
There seem to be no particular burial ceremonies among the
Selaibs. Like the Mahomedans they wash their dead, cover the
corpse with a white shroud, and inter it with a prayer. After-
■wards they kill a sheep and distribute its flesh among the poor.
When a shroud is not procurable the Selaib is buried in his
deerskin frock, just as a Bedouin is in his shirt.
They respect Mecca; but consider their own proper place of
pilgrimage to be Haran, in Irak or Mesopotamia. They call tho
Polar star Jah, and adore also a star called Jedy in the con
stellation Aries.
All agree that the Selaib women have the finest features of any
wandering tribe; but they are dirty to a proverb, and will eat
carrion at tho town gate.
(Signed) LEWIS TELLY.
Uth May 18GG.

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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' [‎127r] (253/268), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/394, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100042666752.0x000036> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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