Author
Knox of botanical specimens from Kuwait.
Folios 5-21 concern the despatch by Knox in 1907 of botanical specimens from the Zor Hills to John Gordon Lorimer
Publication Date
26 Nov 1905-11 Mar 1915 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
80
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/56
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000003
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
26 Nov 1905-11 Mar 1915 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence of the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait concerning botanical matters. The form Koweit is generally used in the papers.
Folios 4-5 contain correspondence dated 1905 between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox) and the (Acting)
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(Major Percy Zachariah Cox) concerning the despatch by Knox of botanical specimens from Kuwait.
Folios 5-21 concern the despatch by Knox in 1907 of botanical specimens from the Zor Hills to John Gordon Lorimer, officer in charge,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer. The papers include a 'List of plants found under the slopes of the Zor Hills on the coast line in a good [i.e. rainy] year in early spring. February 1907', giving detailed descriptions of 81 plants, gathered by Knox in the neighbourhood of Kuwait. The plants are introduced under their Arabic names with English transliterations. There is also related correspondence (and references in later correspondence dated 1913, folios 69-71).
Folios 22-31 contain correspondence dated 1905 between Knox and Isaac Henry Burkill, Officiating Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta, requesting information on frankincense, myrrh and bdellium.
Folios 32-63 contain correspondence between Knox and Burkill dated 1906-10 relating to Knox's suggestion that
tannoom
(identified as Chrozophora verbascifolia) could be used as a source of oil for ghee.
Folios 64-81 contain miscellaneous correspondence on botanical matters.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. There is an 'index' (an incomplete list of correspondence subjects) on folio 2.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series files: 20/5
