Abstract: The volume is
Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candaharand
Report of a Journey to the Wahabee Capital of Riyadh, in Central Arabia,written by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 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. 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).Physical description: 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 side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 30 January 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 24 February 1874, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the projected exploration of the Persian Gulf by a British company to be established for the purpose of pearl fishing. The papers comprise letters from officers of the Persian Gulf Residency concerning the activities of Lieutenant Walter Grant, formerly of the Indian Navy, deputed by 'certain speculators' to investigate the projected establishment of a commercial company to obtain pearls from the Persian Gulf banks with 'modern scientific appliances' and to obtain concessions from the Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain] 'or other Arab Chiefs'. The scheme is considered undesirable by the Political Resident and the Government of India, a view supported in a fourteen-point report by Colonel Lewis Pelly, (Agent to the Governor-General, Rajpootna [Rajputana], and Resident in the Persian Gulf 1862-1872), to the Government of India Foreign Department (ff 428-249).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 246, and terminates at f 249, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 246a, and f 247a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 30 January 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 24 February 1874, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the projected exploration of the Persian Gulf by a British company to be established for the purpose of pearl fishing. The papers comprise letters from officers of the Persian Gulf Residency concerning the activities of Lieutenant Walter Grant, formerly of the Indian Navy, deputed by 'certain speculators' to investigate the projected establishment of a commercial company to obtain pearls from the Persian Gulf banks with 'modern scientific appliances' and to obtain concessions from the Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain] 'or other Arab Chiefs'. The scheme is considered undesirable by the Political Resident and the Government of India, a view supported by a fourteen-point report by Colonel Lewis Pelly (Agent to the Governor-General, Rajpootna [Rajputana] and Resident in the Persian Gulf 1862-1872), to the Government of India Foreign Department (ff 259-260 and 263-264).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 258, and terminates at f 264, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 258a, f 261a, and f 262a.