These files form part of an archive of research data mainly relating to the diplomatic mission to Persia 1810-15, led by Sir Gore Ouseley as ambassador. The data have been compiled by independent researchers W H (Bill) Martin and Sandra Mason. The files comprise a number of searchable listings relating to the reports produced by members of the mission and other relevant data. The data formed the basis for a published report on the Ouseley Mission, which is also part of the archive. The material included is as follows:
- ousjourney – database with details of the Ouseley mission to Persia taken from the four reports by participants in the mission (referenced below).
- ouspeople – database with information on members of Ouseley mission and other people of significance in the analysis.
- ousref – database with listing of books and articles referred to in the course of research on the Ouseley mission.
- ouscollect – database with summary information on the manuscripts collected by the Ouseley brothers that are now held in the Bodleian library in Oxford.
- ousreport – copy of report on The Ouseley brothers and their journey to Persia 1810-15 .
These files form part of an archive of research data mainly relating to the diplomatic mission to Persia 1810-15, led by Sir Gore Ouseley as ambassador. The data have been compiled by independent researchers W H (Bill) Martin and Sandra Mason; their contact details are below. The files comprise a number of searchable listings relating to the reports produced by members of the mission and other relevant data. The data formed the basis for a published report on the Ouseley Mission referenced below, which is also part of the archive.
The material included is as follows:
- ousjourney – database with details of the Ouseley mission to Persia taken from the four reports by participants in the mission (referenced below).
- ouspeople – database with information on members of Ouseley mission and other people of significance in the analysis.
- ousref – database with listing of books and articles referred to in the course of research on the Ouseley mission.
- ouscollect – database with summary information on the manuscripts collected by the Ouseley brothers that are now held in the Bodleian library in Oxford.
- ousreport – copy of our report on The Ouseley brothers and their journey to Persia 1810-15 (referenced below).
The databases were produced as working documents, enabling us to bring together information from four different reports on the Ouseley mission, together with other material relating to the Ouseley brothers. The level of detail contained in many fields varies, and no attempt has been made to correct for this unevenness or for minor typographical errors. Where the material was used in our published report, it was corrected further.
The database files have been saved in two formats: a Microsoft Access database (.accdb) and a comma-delimited text file (.txt). Explanatory README text files contain tables showing the fields included in the databases and giving definitions of them and of the codings used in different cases.
References
Original reports on the embassy to Persia 1810-15
Ouseley, Sir Gore, Diary of the Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley, Bt., K.C.H., F.R.S., (Unpublished manuscript, 1810-15).
Reynolds, Rev. James, “A Memoir of the late Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley Bart.” in Sir Gore Ouseley, Biographical Notices of Persian Poets (London: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain, 1846).
Ouseley, Sir William, Travels in Various Countries of the East; More particularly Persia … (3 vols) (London: Rodwell and Martin, 1819-23).
Morier, James J., A Second Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816 … (London: Longman Hurst et al, 1818).
Price, William, Journal of the British Embassy to Persia … 2 vols in one (London: T. Thorpe, 1832). [Volume I was first published separately in 1825.]
Report on Martin and Mason research into the Ouseley mission
Martin W H & Mason S, The Ouseley brothers and their journey to Persia 1810-15: Insights into the world of the traveller in the early nineteenth century (Dry Drayton: Leisure Consultants, 2018).
W H (Bill) Martin & Sandra Mason, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, UK. sandrabill78@gmail.com 3rd December 2018.