Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Commander Stephen Lushington, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy.The item concerns zoological specimens collected by Commander Felix Jones in Mesopotamia and Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and forwarded the East India Company museum in London. The item contains lists of the specimens (primarily birds), including:When they were killed or capturedWhere they were foundTheir English and Arabic names (in both Latin and Arabic script)Their dietTheir weightSupplementary remarks.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 772/52’ and ‘Collection No 66’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 369, and terminates at f 384, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Suleyman Beg [Sulaymān Beg], an agent of the Pacha [Pāshā] of Egypt; Alfred Walne, Consul and Political Agent, Cairo; and Beghet Agha [Bahjat Āghā], an agent of the Pacha of Egypt. It is the first in a series of two items about missions from Egypt.The item concerns a mission of Suleyman Beg to collect birds in India for the aviary of the Pasha’s son, El Hamee Pasha [Ibrāhīm Ilhāmī Pāshā], and financial aid lent to him by the Government of Bombay. The item also mentions Beghet Agha, who was sent to India and the Gulf to purchase horses for the Pacha.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 20 of No. 50 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 464, and terminates at f 475, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.