Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay concerning Pelly's visit to Riyadh.
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay concerning Pelly's visit to Riyadh.
- Date:
- 1864/1866
- Description:
- Abstract: Official correspondence between Lewis Pelly and the Secretary to Government in the Political Department Bombay, some of which is in draft form regarding reports by Lewis Pelly on his trip to Riyadh, and his opinions on the ongoing dispute between the Sultans of Muscat and the Wahhabi.The correspondence from Lewis Pelly gives accounts of the journey to Riyadh; the challenges of collecting specimens and readings owing to the constant supervision of their travelling companions; and his opinions on both the differences between the Sultans of Muscat and the Wahhabi and the ongoing dispute between the two peoples.The correspondence from the Government of Bombay comprises requests for information, both on the Muscat-Wahhabi dispute, and also forwarding requests from the Government of India for a full account of Pelly's time in Riyadh which had been requested from him but had not been received.Physical description: Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. Some of the folios contain a previous foliation sequence, identical to the one in use except that the circled numbers have been crossed through.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Amir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa'ūd
Wahabi (Tribe) - Geographic region:
- الكويت
مقاطعة بارودا
إيران
الخليج العربي
راجبوتانا
الرياض
روسيا
السند - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003c2_ar
81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003c2_en
Mss Eur F126/55
Mss Eur F126/55