‘Reports of Journeys made into the S.E. Coast of Arabia by some officers of the Surveying Brig “Palinurus”’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Reports of Journeys made into the S.E. Coast of Arabia by some officers of the Surveying Brig “Palinurus”’
- Date:
- 1846/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies of correspondence enclosed with an extract Marine Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 September 1847.The item contains a letter from the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Governor of Bombay, dated 7 August 1847, enclosing reports of two journeys made into the interior of the South Coast of Arabia by members of the Company’s Surveying Brig, Palinurus. The reports are:‘An account of an overland journey from Lesk Kaira [Al Ashkharah] to Muskat [Muscat] and the Green Mountains of Oman by Mr Cole of the EICs S[urveying] B[rig] “Palinurus”’, ff 108-195‘Account of a journey from Soor [Sur] to Jahlan [Jalan Bani Bu Hassan and Jalan Bani Bu Ali] and thence to Ras Roues [Ra’s ar Ruways] by Messrs Ward, Sylvester and James of the HCS Brig Palinurus’, ff 195-201Both reports contain details on the: routes taken; conditions of travel; governance of each region; landscapes and towns; and the people encountered.The item contains multiple spellings for multiple place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Marine Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5953, Draft No. 131 of 1848’, ‘Collection No. 21’ and ‘Secretary’s Office, Marine Branch, 1847’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 178, and terminates at f 201, 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Voyages and travels
- Geographic region:
- Ras Roues
Lesk Kaira
Oman
Soor - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098592774.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098592774.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2224/110713
IOR/F/4/2224/110713