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'DIARY OF A TOUR IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN TURKISH ARABIA, DECEMBER, 1906 (WITH MAP)' [4r] (7/106)
The record is made up of 53 folios. It was created in 1907. 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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[Confidential.]
At Sea, off Maskat ;
3/y/ December 190G.
Having obtained the sanction of the Chief
of the Staff to make a tour in the Persian
Gulf, and having duly informed the Foreign
Department of my probable movements,
I left Simla on 29th November 1906,
accompanied by Captain W. N. Hay, Staff
Captain in the Intelligence Branch, for Kara
chi, At that port we embarked on the British
India Company’s steamer Dumra with pass
ages booked to Basra, but with the liberty
to change into any other of the Company’s
steamers and to land at any port called at
either in the Gulf, on the Makran coast, or
elsewhere. Soon after 10 p.m. on the night
of 1st December I received an urgent tele
gram from the Foreign Secretary with His
Excellency the Viceroy stating that, in view
of the position in Persia and other reasons it
was not considered desirable that I should
visit the Gulf at the present juncture with
out the prior sanction of the Secretary of
State, This telegram put me in a consider
able difficulty. If I waited for even a week
it would mean the abandonment of the trip
altogether, as I was due at Agra for the
Amir’s visit early in January. It was late,
too, and close on the steamer’s scheduled
starting time, and it was doubtful even
whether we should have been able to
disembark at so late an hour. Moreover,
I felt assured that there must be some
misconception regarding the scope and pur
pose of my tour. I was merely doing what
it is open to any private individual to do,
provided he can raise the moderate passage
money. I accordingly wired to the Foreign
Secretary explaining the situation and say
ing that I should await his reply at Maskat.
The next morning found us sailing over
a smooth sea and heading straight for the
Arabian coast. There were only two other
passengers, a German merchant and his wife
returning to Shiraz. Captain Hay got into
conversation with this man and extracted
the following information from him. He is
an exporter of gum and his name is Herr
Herr Heinicke. Heinicke.
He has been many years in the country
and knows Persian well. At one time he
used to import goods as well as export,
• but has now given up all import work as
being unprofitable. The Persians require
long credit and often refuse to pay for goods
received.
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Wilfrid Malleson, Diary of a Tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1907). This is the diary of a tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Malleson, 7th-29th December, 1906. It describes his journey up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Muscat to Basra, Muhammerah [Khorramshahr], and onto Baghdad, including periods in quarantine stations as well as the competing shipping lines, types of boats, date trade, and life in Baghdad. Includes his description of life in Muscat for the British Consul and encounters with German and Russian diplomats.
Includes 53 annotated photographs (ff 23-50) of the journey including views of Baghdad, Basra, Ctesiphon, and Musandam as well as two maps (ff 51-52).
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- 53 folios
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Folios 3- 14 are the written diary of the tour. Folio 23 has two prints (Muscat harbour; the telegraph station and post office at Fao. Folios 24-50 are photographs. Folio 51 is a map of the entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , folio 52 is a map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 (except for f 52, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ). Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 50r, back-i, back
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