'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'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- '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'
- Creator:
- Author: Sir Lewis Pelly, Knight
- Date:
- 1866/1866
- Description:
- 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Travel writing
- Geographic region:
- Saudi Arabia
Persia
Afghanistan - Publisher:
- Publisher: Education Society's Press, Byculla
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000215_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000215_en
IOR/R/15/5/394
IOR/R/15/5/394