‘Euphrates Expedition’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Euphrates Expedition’
- Date:
- 1835/1837
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and Bengal. It is the second of two items on the subject of the Euphrates expedition of 1835-37 (the other item is IOR/F/4/1701/68745).The item relates to the breaking up of the Euphrates expedition. It includes:Submissions from Colonel Francis Rawdon Chesney, the leader of the expedition, to the governments of Bombay and Bengal, reporting the most recent progress of the expedition and making suggestions for future activitiesThe decision of the Government of Bengal to end the expeditionArrangements for the disposal of the Euphratessteamer, details of the vessel’s remaining stores and their value, and a final accounting of the expedition.The title page (f 149) of the item contains the following references: ‘P.C. 2217, Draft 538 of 1838’; ‘Collection No 2, PC 2217’ and ‘Secretary Office, Marine Branch, January 1838’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 149 and terminates at f 187, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Euphrates Expedition (1835-1837)
River navigation
Euphrates - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001865.0x0001d1_ar
81055/vdc_100000001865.0x0001d1_en
IOR/F/4/1701/68746
IOR/F/4/1701/68746