'NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF BAHRAIN AND ANTIQUITIES BY CAPTAIN E. L. DURAND, 1 ASSISTANT RESIDENT, PERSIAN GULF.'

Name: 'NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF BAHRAIN AND ANTIQUITIES BY CAPTAIN E. L. DURAND, 1 ASSISTANT RESIDENT, PERSIAN GULF.'
Author: Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (author) | Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent) | Government of India, Foreign Secretary (correspondent) | Sir 1st Baronet Edward Law Durand (author)

İsim	'NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF BAHRAIN AND ANTIQUITIES BY CAPTAIN E. L. DURAND, 1 ASSISTANT RESIDENT, PERSIAN GULF.'
Yazar	Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (author) \| Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent) \| Government of India, Foreign Secretary (correspondent) \| Sir 1st Baronet Edward Law Durand (author)
Basım Tarihi:	1879/1879
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Antiquities \| Archaeological excavations \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	14
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 file (14 folios)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00011e_ar \| 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00011e_en \| IOR/L/PS/18/B95
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100000000833.0x00011e_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1879/1879
Notlar	Letter No. 164 from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Her British Majesty's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, 1 May 1879, enclosing notes on the islands of Bahrain and Antiquities, written by Edward Law Durand, and commenting that some of the antiquities described had not been documented before and were of interest to the British Museum who were funding further research and excavation.The notes are broken down into the following headings:BahrainDescriptive: describing the physical geography of the islands and their surrounding waters, the longitude and latitude and navigable access by sea;Trade: describing the pearl and date trades, and ways in which trade and harbour access might be improved;Interior of the Islands: describing geographical features inland;Water: describing the locations of fresh springs across the island and also the availability of salt;Trees and Plants; describing the flora and fauna of the islands;Animals: tame animals including horses, donkeys, camels and cowsWild animals: including gazelle, mongoose and hares.AntiquitiesAntiquarian: giving an account of the earliest known history of the islands, including their rulership by the Phoenicians, Babylonians, Persians, Arabs and Portuguese, before describing the antiquities to be found on the islands.The notes describe the antiquities visited by Captain Durand during trips to Bahrain, including all the mosques on the islands; an old stone water well found in a date grove near Bilad-i-Kadim [Bilad al Qadeem]; a number of mounds at Ali [Aali] which were determined to be temples or tombs, which Durand speculates may have been the great Phoenician cemetery of Gerrha and which he spent several days exploring and excavating.The notes include illustrations (folios 29, 30, 33 and 35) to accompany the report, which were lithographed from originals supplied by the Foreign Department of the Government of India.The notes also included two maps which have since been removed and are kept in the India Office Maps Collection (IOR/W/L/PS/18/B95). \| 1 file (14 folios) \| Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 25, and terminates at folio 38, since 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 the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled. \| more \| less
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'NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF BAHRAIN AND ANTIQUITIES BY CAPTAIN E. L. DURAND, 1 ASSISTANT RESIDENT, PERSIAN GULF.'

Yazar Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (author) | Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent) | Government of India, Foreign Secretary (correspondent) | Sir 1st Baronet Edward Law Durand (author)

Basım Tarihi 1879/1879

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Konu Antiquities | Archaeological excavations | more | less

Tür Kitap

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 14

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 file (14 folios)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00011e_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00011e_en | IOR/L/PS/18/B95

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100000000833.0x00011e_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1879/1879

Notlar Letter No. 164 from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Her British Majesty's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, 1 May 1879, enclosing notes on the islands of Bahrain and Antiquities, written by Edward Law Durand, and commenting that some of the antiquities described had not been documented before and were of interest to the British Museum who were funding further research and excavation.The notes are broken down into the following headings:BahrainDescriptive: describing the physical geography of the islands and their surrounding waters, the longitude and latitude and navigable access by sea;Trade: describing the pearl and date trades, and ways in which trade and harbour access might be improved;Interior of the Islands: describing geographical features inland;Water: describing the locations of fresh springs across the island and also the availability of salt;Trees and Plants; describing the flora and fauna of the islands;Animals: tame animals including horses, donkeys, camels and cowsWild animals: including gazelle, mongoose and hares.AntiquitiesAntiquarian: giving an account of the earliest known history of the islands, including their rulership by the Phoenicians, Babylonians, Persians, Arabs and Portuguese, before describing the antiquities to be found on the islands.The notes describe the antiquities visited by Captain Durand during trips to Bahrain, including all the mosques on the islands; an old stone water well found in a date grove near Bilad-i-Kadim [Bilad al Qadeem]; a number of mounds at Ali [Aali] which were determined to be temples or tombs, which Durand speculates may have been the great Phoenician cemetery of Gerrha and which he spent several days exploring and excavating.The notes include illustrations (folios 29, 30, 33 and 35) to accompany the report, which were lithographed from originals supplied by the Foreign Department of the Government of India.The notes also included two maps which have since been removed and are kept in the India Office Maps Collection (IOR/W/L/PS/18/B95). | 1 file (14 folios) | Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 25, and terminates at folio 38, since 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 the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled. | more | less

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