A History of Persia from the beginning of the ninteenth century to the year 1859 with a review of the principal events that led to the establishment of the Kajar Dynastyby Robert Grant Wilson.Publication Details: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); 8º.1 volume (465 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Rach chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of the chapter.Dimensions: 216mm x 132mm
Imprint:Lith.d in the Office of the Superint. Engineer P.D. April 1866. Bombay. (Signed) R.M. Smith Major R.E.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Map showing Lieutenant-Colonel Goldsmid and Major Smith's route from Ispahan to Choubar [Chombar] and Bunder Abbas, with boundaries indicated by pink lines and labelled for reference.1 mapDimensions:536 x 566 mm, on sheet 660 x 670 mm
Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., in the years 1825-26, by James Edward Alexander.Publication Details: London : Parbury, Allen & Co., 1827.Ownership: With stamps of the India Office Library.There are numerous illustrations, maps and plates.1 volume (316 pages)There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references and illustrations (pages xi-xvi).Dimensions: 270 mm x 220 mm.Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xv); (1-301).
A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.Publication Details: London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.Ownership: With stamps of the India Board and India Board Library.There are numerous illustrations and two maps in the volume:a copy of a large folded map at the beginning of the volume, 'A Map of India together with a chart of the Indien Seas, to which the operations of Admiral Watson's Squadron were principally confined; and shewing the passages made by Commodore James from Madrass to Bombay in the years 1754 & 1755 ... By Thomas Kitchin, Hydrographer to his Majesty';a map of the route from the Persian Gulf in Basra to Latakia, Syria, on the Mediterranean Coast 'Mr Ives's Route from Bassora to Latichea.1 volume (518 pages)There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references (pages viii-xi) and a 'Table of Coins and Monies' (page xii).Dimensions: 280 mm x 220 mm.Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); (1-506).Condition: there is a large folded map, unfolding can be difficult withouth risk of tears.
The Euphrates Valley Railway.The report is written by William Ainsworth and contains a map 'Outline Map to illustrate the Proposed Railway Routes in Western Asia'.Publication Details: London : Adams & Francis, 1872. Reprinted from Colburn's New Monthly Magazine.1 volume (70 pages)Conditioning: the report is bound with other reports in a larger volume.Dimensions: 217 mm x 140 mm.Pagination: 1-70.
Letter regarding an attack on one of his boats at sea between Kuteef [Al-Qatif] and Bahrein [Bahrain] in which the men on board the ship were murdered and the boat destroyed and accusing of Fysul [Faisal bin Turki bin Saud] of having been responsible for the actions as the sail from the boat was found to be in his possession.The letter also reports that Fysul had accused Abdullah Omanee of committing the act, and that he on hearing of the accusation against him had sought protection from the Chiefs of Bahrein.The letter goes on to demand reparations including blood money for the murdered men and the value of the boat and stating that under the peace at sea agreement responsibility for obtaining of reparations rests with the Political Resident.The introduction to the letter states that Khumees ibn Esau Seyhatee had handed the letter to Mr Gaspar de Rozario and that Mr Rozario had given it to James Charles Edwards, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident, for translation on 28 March 1866 as well as noting that he (Pelly) had begun to make enquiries at Bahrein the same day.2 folios
Letter informing Pelly that he had replied to his letter immediately but that the messenger tasked with bringing the letter to Pelly from Kateef [al-Qatif] had experienced problems with his camels wearing out and had been delayed.The letter also informs Pelly of an exchange between the Captain of the Royal Ship anchored at Kateef and Abdullah ben Fysul [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]'s deputy at Kuteef, in which the deputy had informed the Captain that the response to Pelly's letter was en route and asking for an additional three days to be allowed to await the response which the Captain apparently refused and then destroyed the fort at Aboleef as well as setting fire to vessels at anchor there.The account then relates the Captain proceeding to Demaun and allegedly refusing to give the people at the fort enough time to evacuate before commencing the destruction of it. The letter concludes by stating that the Captain having commenced his destruction of the forts before the agreed time and before a response had been received is contrary to faith, justice and former engagements and that he was sending his confidential servants to discuss the affair with Pelly and renew the engagements that had existed between them.The letter gives the date of writing as 3 Showal [Shawwal] 1282 (19 Feb 1866) also records its date of receipt at the Residency at Bushire as 11 April 1866.Also included is a note from Pelly in regards to the engagements referred to by Abdullah ben Fysul, which his confidential servants did not bring a copy of with them, but had stated that they had existed since the time of Iman Abdul Azeez [Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud] that the Wahabee [Wahhabi] should not commit irregularities at sea and should provide reparation should any irregularities be proved against them, also that the English should not interfere in the Wahabee dominions on land.2 folios
This file is a memoir that describes part of Mesopotamia [Iraq] between Sheriat-el-Beytha (ten miles north-west of Baghdad) and the large mound of Tel Ibrahim (nineteen miles north-east of Hillah). The memoir contains details of historical sites, agriculture and irrigation in the region.The memoir was written by Lieutenant J B Bewsher, Commanding Her Majesty's Ship
Comet,B. M. and Surveyor in Mesopotamia.1 volume (7 folios)Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 113, and terminates at f 119, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
The statements were originally intended to form Appendix 12 of Colonel Pelly's Riyadh report No.57 dated 15 May 1866 and were produced following a request from the British Government for Pelly to go through William Gifford Palgrave's book and verify the truth, or otherwise, of accusations, assertions and claims made by Palgrave about the places he visited and people he met.The principal statements that Pelly addressed were as follows:That the native agent at Shargah [Sharjah], an Armenian named Hajee Yacoob, was encouraging the slave trade whilst operating as a representative of the British Government. This claim was refuted by Pelly firstly as Hajee Yacoob was a musselman, secondly as he had recovered more slaves than 'any other man in the Gulf' and thirdly as succesive residents considered him to be a most energetic and reliable man who was not as Palgrave supposed responsible for the suppression of slavery in Shargeh but was in fact the arbitrator of the maritime truce there.That Palgrave and his companion had travelled openly as Christians and been welcomed as such. Whereas Pelly had witness testimonies, including from his agent at Muscat, that Palgrave had disguised himself as a mussulman and used assumed names in order to travel and had even been seen worshipping in mosques.Claims as to the extent of the territories of Oman, that Bahrein and Qatar (amongst other places) paid tribute to Oman, that Said Saeed [Thuwaini bin Said] divided his territories up between his three sons in his will, alleged tensions between these sons and claims relating to Said Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini], son of Said Saeed, being a young boy. Several of these claims such as the extent of Oman's territories and the way in which they were divided up following Said Saeed's death were refuted through treaties and agreements that already existed such as Lord Canning's of 1861 which separated Muscat and Zanzibar, and a loan agreement of 1856 in which Persia agreed to lease some places to Oman. The remaining claims were refuted by Pelly's personal and detailed knowledge of Muscat and through Said Torki [Turki bin Said],son of Said Saeed who was a guest of Pelly's in Bushire at the time of his writing the responses to the statements, including that Said Soulem was actually a grown man, not a young boy, and had recently been accused of murdering his father,Also included in the file are a draft version of the statements and a copy of the witness statement of Mr Rozario, agent at Muscat, regarding Mr Palgrave passing himself off there as a mussulman called Aboo Mahmood and that he had observed him attending mosques and outwardly observing the fast.1 file (22 folios)Foliation: The file has been foliated in the front top right corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
Diary of a journey across Arabia from El Khatif in the Persian Gulf, to Yambo in the Red Sea, during the year 1819. (With a map.) By Captain G. Forster Sadlier [sic], of HM's 47th regiment; compiled from the records of the Bombay Government by P Ryan, Esq, Assistant Secretary to Government.Publication Details: Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1866.Ownership: With stamps of the India Office Library.1 volume (158 pages)There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references. An introduction precedes the main body of the work.Dimensions: 240 mm x 150 mm.Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-iii); Octavo.Condition: missing the folding map; mutilated: pp. 19-20 and pp. 71-72.
The volume is
Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candaharand
Report of a Journey to the Wahabee Capital of Riyadh, in Central Arabia,written by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and printed for Government by The Education Society's Press, Byculla, Bombay, 1866.At the beginning of the volume (folio 6) is an introductory note by P Ryan, Assistant Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Both journey accounts are political in nature but include scientific observations on the lands Pelly travelled through. Each account includes several appendices that include letters, route notes, and information on the geology, flora, demography, and tribes. The volume includes two maps, the first showing the route Pelly took from Trebizond to Kurrachee [Karachi] (folio 7) and the second showing the route he took from Kuwait to Riyadh and back (folio 115).1 volume (132 folios)The volume has two contents pages relative to each journey account (folio 5 for the first, folio 75 for the second) that refer to the original pagination.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Article in french from
Revue des Deux Mondes, titled 'La Politique Russe dans les mers d'orient (Russian politics in the Eastern seas) written by V. de Mars.The article discusses russian interests in the far east and their attempts at expanding their territory in that direction, focusing particularly on their alliance with China in 1857 in their war with England, France and the USA and subsequent treaties signed with China in 1858 and 1861 which granted them large areas of land, including the area where Vladivostok was established. The article also discusses Russian naval movements and the areas of the pacific they visited and their particular interest in Japan at this time.The heading of the article is titled 'la politique russe dans les mers d'orient', however the heading at the top of each subsequent page reads 'la diplomatie russe dans l'extrême orient' (Russian diplomacy in the far east)13 folios