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'DIARY OF A TOUR IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN TURKISH ARABIA, DECEMBER, 1906 (WITH MAP)' [8r] (15/106)
The record is made up of 53 folios. It was created in 1907. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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9
sheds and low mud hovels constituting the
quarantine station, into which, for the space
of five dreary days, we move to-morrow.
Future movements. Thereafter our movements have suddenly
become shrouded in some uncertainty. Of
course the main object of our journey, now
that all landing in the Gulf is forbidden,
is a flying visit to Bagdad. Such a visit will
at least enable us to get into touch with local
feeling and sources of information. But we
are now in Turkey, and in a part, too, so far
removed from the centre of that moribund
empire that things are more than usually
sleepy and haphazard. The quarantine pre
vents our going by the comparatively fast
and always regular British boat, but we had
planned that by going in the Turkish steamer,
sailing later and taking twice as long en
route, we should still have been able to get
something more than a glimpse of Bagdad
and its neighbourhood. But apparently there
is no certainty of this. The boat may not
start on the appointed day; it may quite
possibly take even longer than the exag
gerated time we have allowed it for the
journey. Either of these events would mean
that we should miss the return journey
steamer down the river, which in turn would
mean missing the Karachi mail steamer at
this place, and thereby making me late for
the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
at Agra. However, to-morrow
morning we hope that we may have more
definite information on these points, so far
as definite information about anything is to
be had in the dominions of the Sultan. With
a fortnight more time at my disposal all these
difficulties would become of minor account.
But with a fixed date by which one must re
turn it places us in somewhat of a predica
ment.
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Wilfrid Malleson, Diary of a Tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1907). This is the diary of a tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Malleson, 7th-29th December, 1906. It describes his journey up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Muscat to Basra, Muhammerah [Khorramshahr], and onto Baghdad, including periods in quarantine stations as well as the competing shipping lines, types of boats, date trade, and life in Baghdad. Includes his description of life in Muscat for the British Consul and encounters with German and Russian diplomats.
Includes 53 annotated photographs (ff 23-50) of the journey including views of Baghdad, Basra, Ctesiphon, and Musandam as well as two maps (ff 51-52).
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- 53 folios
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Folios 3- 14 are the written diary of the tour. Folio 23 has two prints (Muscat harbour; the telegraph station and post office at Fao. Folios 24-50 are photographs. Folio 51 is a map of the entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , folio 52 is a map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for f 52, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ). Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'DIARY OF A TOUR IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN TURKISH ARABIA, DECEMBER, 1906 (WITH MAP)'
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- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 50r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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