‘Turkish Arabia. Narrative, with a Map of the journey thro’ a portion of Persia and Kurdistan, undertaken by Commander Jones of the Indian Navy, in company with Major Rawlinson, Political Agent in – Vol: 2’
‘Turkish Arabia. Narrative, with a Map of the journey thro’ a portion of Persia and Kurdistan, undertaken by Commander Jones of the Indian Navy, in company with Major Rawlinson, Political Agent in – Vol: 2’
‘Turkish Arabia. Narrative, with a Map of the journey thro’ a portion of Persia and Kurdistan, undertaken by Commander Jones of the Indian Navy, in company with Major Rawlinson, Political Agent in – Vol: 2’
Date:
1847/1848
Description:
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; the Government of India; George Buist, Secretary of the Bombay Geographical Society; and Captain Start, Acting Assistant to the Chief Engineer. It is the second in a series of two items on the travels of Commander Felix Jones from Baghdad to Sulemaneyeh [Sulaymaniyah] via Kirmanshah [Kermanshah] and back to Baghdad.The item concerns the arrangements made by the Government of Bombay to make copies of Jones’s account of his travels and the map which he created, and distribute them. The item does not contain a copy of the map.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 586/49’, ‘Coll[ection]: 3’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 19’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 707, and terminates at f 719 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.