Abstract: The file contains correspondence of the Political Agent, Kuwait concerning botanical matters. The form Koweit is generally used in the papers.Folios 4-5 contain correspondence dated 1905 between the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox) and the (Acting) Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox) concerning the despatch by Knox of botanical specimens from Kuwait.Folios 5-21 concern the despatch by Knox in 1907 of botanical specimens from the Zor Hills to John Gordon Lorimer, officer in charge, Persian Gulf Gazetteer. The papers include a 'List of plants found under the slopes of the Zor Hills on the coast line in a good [i.e. rainy] year in early spring. February 1907', giving detailed descriptions of 81 plants, gathered by Knox in the neighbourhood of Kuwait. The plants are introduced under their Arabic names with English transliterations. There is also related correspondence (and references in later correspondence dated 1913, folios 69-71).Folios 22-31 contain correspondence dated 1905 between Knox and Isaac Henry Burkill, Officiating Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta, requesting information on frankincense, myrrh and bdellium.Folios 32-63 contain correspondence between Knox and Burkill dated 1906-10 relating to Knox's suggestion that
tannoom(identified as Chrozophora verbascifolia) could be used as a source of oil for ghee.Folios 64-81 contain miscellaneous correspondence on botanical matters.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 81; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-81; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The papers relate primarily to the Royal Geographical Society who published Pelly's account of his journey to Riyadh and invited him to submit a talk to be read on his behalf at a Society event.There is also correspondence relating to the botanical specimens collected during the expedition and an article on Wahabism, the sect of Islam followed by the Najd tribes.Physical description: Foliation: The papers have been foliated in the front top right corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
ملخص: الدليل العربي الأكثر أهمية وتأثيرًا في علم العقاقير، من تأليف عالم النبات الأندلسي ضياء الدين أبو محمد عبد الله بن أحمد (توفّي ١٢٤٨م) المعروف باسم ابن البيطار، "رئيس العشابين" لدى السلطان الأيوبي الملك الكامل (حكم ١٢١٨-١٢٣٨م). يُدعى الكتاب هنا "الجامع لقوى الأدوية والأغذية" (انظر ص. ٣٧٩و، السطر ٧، منسوخ أدناه)، إلا أنه يُعرف عادةً بـ "الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية".تم استبدال الورقة الأولى للنص (ص. ٢).أنجز هذه النسخة عمر بن يوسف بن محمد أبي بكر في ٦ رمضان (السنة غير مذكورة) (انظر حرد المتن، ص. ٣٧٩و، الأسطر ٩-١١، منسوخة أدناه).جُلدت في نهاية المجلد ورقة مأخوذة من نهاية الفصل الرابع وبداية الفصل الخامس (البداية ص. ٣٨٠ظ، السطر ١٠) من كتاب الفصول المنسوب لأبقراط (حوالي ٤٦٠-٣٧٠ ق. م.).البداية (ص. ٢ظ، السطران ٢-٣):الحمد لله الذي أقام بلطيف حكمته بنية الإنسان فاختصه بما علمه من بديع البيان وسخر له في الأرضمن جماد ونبات وحيوان جاعلها له أسبابًا لحفظ الصحة ...النهاية (ص. ٣٧٩و، الأسطر ٤-٩، مع فقدان بعض النص بسبب تلف في هامش التجليد):ينمة أبو العباس النباتي الينمة معروفة بالقيروان وهي عندهم مختبرة في] وهي نبتة بيضاء ورقها أزغب لها ورق فيما بين ورق لسان الحمل البريوور[ق آ]ذان الغزال إلا أنه أصغر مخرجها من ورقها في الوسط ولها ساق طولها شبر وأقلوأكثر [في] غلظ الغرل وارق وههنا نجز العرض المقصود من الكتاب الجامع لقوى الأدوية والأغذية[و]الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سائر النفوس القديسة المنزهات عن]ت الأنسة (؟)حرد المتن (ص. ٣٧٩و، الأسطر ٩-١٣، مع فقدان بعض النص بسبب تلف في هامش التجليد):... تمم الكتاب بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه في يوم]ـى السادس من شهر الله المبارك المعظم رمضان أعظم الله حرمته وبركته[أ]ضعف عباد الله وأحوجهم خادم الفقراء والمساكين عمر بن يوسف بن محمد أبي بكر]رى رزقه الله تعالى علمًا نافعًا وعملًا متعدلًا بحق حقهمتع به صاحبهملخص: The most influential and important Arabic handbook of materia medica, written by the Andalusian botanist Ḍiyā’ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad (ضياء الدين أبو محمد عبد الله بن أحمد; d. 1248), known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (ابن البيطار), Chief Herbalist (رئيس العشابين) to the Ayyubid sultan al-Malik al-Kāmil (reg. 1218-38). The book is here called The Compendium of the Strengths of Drugs and Nutriments (الجامع لقوى الأدوية والأغذية, see f. 379r, line 7, transcribed below), but it is usually known as The Compendium of Simple Drugs and Nutriments (الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية).The first folio of the text is a replacement (f. 2).This copy was completed on 6 Ramaḍan (no year given) by ʿUmar ibn Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad Abī Bakr (عمر بن يوسف بن محمد أبي بكر, see colophon, f. 379r, lines 9-11, transcribed below).Bound into the end of the volume is one folio from the end of Chapter four and the beginning of Chapter five (begins f. 380v, line 10) of the Aphorisms (كتاب الفصول) attributed to Hippocrates (ca 460-370 BC).Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-3):الحمد لله الذي أقام بلطيف حكمته بنية الإنسان فاختصه بما علمه من بديع البيان وسخر له في الأرضمن جماد ونبات وحيوان جاعلها له أسبابًا لحفظ الصحة ...Ends (f. 379r, lines 4-9, some text lost due to damage in gutter margin):ينمة أبو العباس النباتي الينمة معروفة بالقيروان وهي عندهم مختبرة في] وهي نبتة بيضاء ورقها أزغب لها ورق فيما بين ورق لسان الحمل البريوور[ق آ]ذان الغزال إلا أنه أصغر مخرجها من ورقها في الوسط ولها ساق طولها شبر وأقلوأكثر [في] غلظ الغرل وارق وههنا نجز العرض المقصود من الكتاب الجامع لقوى الأدوية والأغذية[و]الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سائر النفوس القديسة المنزهات عن]ت الأنسة (؟)Colophon (f. 379r, lines 9-13, some text lost due to damage in gutter margin):... تمم الكتاب بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه في يوم]ـى السادس من شهر الله المبارك المعظم رمضان أعظم الله حرمته وبركته[أ]ضعف عباد الله وأحوجهم خادم الفقراء والمساكين عمر بن يوسف بن محمد أبي بكر]رى رزقه الله تعالى علمًا نافعًا وعملًا متعدلًا بحق حقهمتع به صاحبهالوصف المادي: المادة: ورقالأبعاد: حجم الورقة ٢٣٠ × ١٥٥ مم [مساحة الكتابة ١٦٠ × ١١٠ مم]ترقيم الأوراق: ترقيم المتحف البريطاني بالقلم الرصاصالتسطير: مسطرة؛ ٣٣ سطرًا في كل صفحة؛ مسافة تباعد عمودية ٢١ سطرًا لكل ١٠ سمالخط: نسخ؛
عمر بن يوسف بن محمد أبي بكر (انظر حرد المتن، ص. ٣٧٩و، الأسطر ٩-١١) (تم استبدال الورقة ٢ لاحقًا، وكُتبت صص. ٣-١٤ بيدٍ مختلفة)الحبر: حبر أسود، مع تحمير العناوين والخطوط الأفقية أعلى النصالزخرفة: لا يوجدالتجليد: تجليد المتحف البريطاني، نصفه من الجلدالحالة: تعرضت هوامش الحواف والذيول في صص. ١-٩، ١٨٧، ١٨٩-١٩٠، ٣٧٧-٣٧٩ وهوامش التجليد في صص. ٢-٣، ٣٧٧-٣٧٩ للتلف وجرى إصلاحهاالحاشية: عديدة، معظمها بنفس اليدالأختام: ص. ٢و، ختم المتحف البريطاني في صص. ٢و، ٣٧٩ظالوصف المادي: Material: PaperDimensions: 230 x 155 mm leaf [160 x 110 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 33 lines per page; vertical spacing 21 lines per 10 cmScript:
Naskh; ʿUmar ibn Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad Abī Bakr (عمر بن يوسف بن محمد أبي بكر, see colophon, f. 379r, lines 9-11) (f. 2 is a later replacement and ff. 3-14 are by a different hand)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: NoneBinding: British Museum half-leather bindingCondition: Edge and tail margins of ff. 1-9, 187, 189-190 and 377-379 damaged and repaired, gutter margins of ff. 2-3 and 377-379 damaged and repairedMarginalia: Many, most by same handSeals: f. 2r, British Museum stamp on ff. 2r and 379v
Abstract: A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters from other individuals and Company servants.The correspondence covers a wide range of topics:Trade - mainly the import of English woollens for the Persian market and the export of Carmenia wool (from Kirmān province) and raw silk. Other commodities discussed are tin, lead, and coffee.Political developments in Persia and along the Gulf coast. The dominant events focus around relations between Mīr Muhanna, the Banu Ka‘b, Karim Khan, the Ottoman Turks, the Sheikhs of Bushire, the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) and the English, and cover a period of increasing political and military activity by the British East India Company in the region.Financial and administrative matters, including the relationship between the Agency in Basra and the Residency, structural changes within the Company as a whole, and the issues of sick leave, salaries, and allowances.Scientific and geographical matters, such as botanical collections and weather.Physical description: Condition: Some of the pages in the volume have been damaged by bookworm, stains, and general wear and tear which has obscured parts of the text, but generally the condition of the documents is good. There has been some recent restoration using a silk laminate and more modern paper.Foliation: The main sequence, and the one used for reference, is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio.There are also two pagination systems, which are inconsistent. The first is written in large numbers, in pencil, in the top outside corner of each page. It appears throughout the volume but is often out of sequence. The second appears only on the later letters (those between 1786 and 1788) and seems to be original. It is written in ink on the top outside corner of each page.In addition to this, the later (1786-1788) letters are also individually numbered at the bottom of each item. This is an original numbering.
Abstract: The account provides background on the various travels across South Eastern Asia undertaken by Pelly as part of his duties to the British Government, his hope that his account could help the society with their desire to determine 'with scientific accuracy' the position of Riadh [Riyadh], the Capital of Nuyd [Najd], and a full account of the route to Riadh and what he learned.Physical description: 2 folios
Abstract: Mr Weller requests that Pelly mark the places mentioned in his article on the map, encloses additional prints of the map which Pelly had requested and informs Pelly of the intention to also include a map of Arabia to show places mentioned by Pelly that are outside of the route the main map coversPhysical description: 2 folios
Abstract: Letter from Daniel Oliver, Keeper of the Kew Herbarium, to Pelly regarding the examples of Arabian Plants Pelly had sent to them and Pelly's request for a list of the specimens he sent.Physical description: 2 folios
Abstract: Letter informing Pelly that Dr Colvill's journal would not be published by the Royal Geographical Society and reassuring Pelly that Dr. Colvill had not sent the journal to the society himself, and most likely had not had any intention of making it public.Physical description: 2 folios
Abstract: Letter from Joseph Dalton Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanical Gadens at Kew regarding samples of Arabian plants which Pelly had collected on his travels to Riadh [Riyadh], some of which were of considerable interestPhysical description: 2 folios
Abstract: The note states '1864-1866 Miscellaneous papers concerning Riadh trip and other papers concerning Riadh trip placed in my book containing my reports of travel'.Physical description: 1 folio
Abstract: Article printed in a Bombay newspaper, and originally taken from the
Bengal Hurkaru, 30 December 1865 regarding the dangers of Wahabeeism [Wahhabism] and concerns over the British Government's attitude towards the potential threat.Physical description: 1 folio