Papers relating to Pelly's expedition to Riyadh, including a draft of a talk given by him to to the Royal Geographical Society.

Content

The papers relate primarily to the Royal Geographical Society who published Pelly's account of his journey to Riyadh and invited him to submit a talk to be read on his behalf at a Society event.

There is also correspondence relating to the botanical specimens collected during the expedition and an article on Wahabism, the sect of Islam followed by the Najd tribes.

Extent and format

1 file, 7 items (12 folios)

It is grouped into

Newspaper article on 'Wahabeeism'

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/64, f 1

Letter from Edward Weller to Pelly regarding a map for submission with an article in the Royal Geographical Society journal

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/64, ff 2-3

Letter from H W Bates to Pelly regarding Dr Colvill's journal

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/64, ff 4-5

Handwritten note by Pelly regarding the contents of the file

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/64, f 6

Correspondence to Pelly from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/64, ff 7-8

Correspondence from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew regarding specimens sent to them

3 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/64, ff 9-10

Handwritten account by Pelly of his travels to Riadh [Riyadh] and their relevance to the Royal Geographical Society

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/64, ff 11-12

Arrangement

This file has no discernible arrangement

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The papers have been foliated in the front top right corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/64

History of this record

Date(s)

1864-1866 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Botany

Places

East AfricaArabian PeninsulaCentral AsiaBaroda StateIranKalat StateMysore StatePersian GulfRajputanaRiyadhRussiaSindUdaipur StateZanzibarGohadMuscat

People & organisations

Royal Botanic Gardens, KewRoyal Geographical SocietyBombay ArmyEdward WellerHenry Walter BatesSir Joseph Dalton Hooker, KnightSir Lewis Pelly, KnightMalhar Rao Gaekwad, Maharaja Gaekwad of BarodaWilliam Henry ColvillClement Joseph Philip Pen De BodeSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightEdward Brodie HoareJohn JacobSir Robert Phayre, KnightSir Dinkar Rao, KnightHenry WillockSir Owen Tudor Burne, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightArthur William RobertsSir Edward Charles Ross, KnightÁrmin VámbéryCharles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter

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