'Notes of a journey through Kurdistan in the winter of 1881-82.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Notes of a journey through Kurdistan in the winter of 1881-82.'
- Contributor:
- Sir Montagu Gilbert Gerard (author)
- Date:
- 1883/1883
- Description:
- By Montagu Gilbert Gerard, Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Central India Horse, published in Calcutta by the Quarter Master General's Department.The notes consist of diary entries for the period 15 November 1881 to 16 April 1882, documenting each stage of Captain Gerard's journey through Iraq and Persia. Each entry contains information about the towns and villages he visited, including longitude and latitude co-ordinates, geographical information about the landscape, physical descriptions of the places, political information about the ruler of both the place and its surrounding area and their allegiences, and travel advice for others intending to journey through the Kurdistan region. Also discussed in the entries are customs and quarantine dues paid en-route and bazaars visited, including the type of goods available and the countries those goods were from.The principle places travelled through include Zobeir [Az-Zubayr], Busreh [Basra], Baghdad, Hillah [Al-Ḥillah], Kifri, Kerkuk [Kirkūk], Mosul [Al-Mawṣil], Miandab [Mīāndoāb], Tabriz, Tasuj [Tasūj], Urmiah [Urmia], Bokan [Bukan], Sakuz [Saqqez], Banah [Baneh], Pengwen [Penjwen], Sulimania [Sulaymaniyah], Murivan [Marivan], Kirmanshah [Kermanshah], Kasr-i-Shirin [Qasr-e-Shirin], Khanikin [Khanaqin] and Bakuba [Baqubah].1 file (28 folios)Foliation: The file has been foliated from cover to cover using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Volume
- Type (Narrower):
- Books
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Geography
Travel
Political information - Geographic region:
- Persia
Iraq
Kurdistan - Extent:
- 1 file (28 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000080_ar
81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000080_en
IOR/L/PS/20/202 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers