Author
the Resident
Publication Date
24 Feb 1863-21 Mar 1863 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
16
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 13-28
Record ID
vdc_100023483821.0x000002
Library Location
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.
Date
24 Feb 1863-21 Mar 1863 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Journal, in Arabic and English, recording Hajee Ahmed's [Haji Ahmed] travels from Bushire to Busreh [Basra], Koweit [Kuwait], Mahomereh [Khorramshahr], Felahieh and back. The journal contains daily entries from 24 February 1863 to 21 March 1863 (also given as Hijri dates 6 Ramazan 1279 to 1 Sherraul 1279). Ahmed was accompanied on the journey by the Resident, Lewis Pelly.
The journal entries record the time and day of arrival and departure at each destination; the weather; peoples met en route; travel and accommodation arrangements for each stage of the journey including prices paid; and the places visited including details on their local rulers and geographic locations.
The entries for 4-7 March relate to their stay in Koweit, during which time Pelly met and held conversations with Sheikh Sabah [Sabah II bin Jaber Al-Sabah] and Yoseph ibn Buder (written in Mss Eur F126/55-64 as Eusef bin Bedr), which included a conversation about the Bedouins of Sulbeh.
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