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This project is running in the summer of 2020 at NYU Abu Dhabi to create transcriptions of a sample of different handwritings from the inner and outer letter books of the British colonial residency at Bushire (1800-1860). The project also includes OCR correction from other sources. They are part of the OpenGulf project (https://opengulf.github.io/).
Works
al-Nuwairi_al-Iskandarani_Kitab_al_Ilmam
Collaboration is restricted.
50 pages: 4% complete (0% indexed, 4% transcribed)
File 592 I Runaway Sailors and Divers, Agreement with Trucial Chiefs for their Prevention
This file contains correspondence between British officials and the various chiefs of the Trucial Coast regarding arrangements concerned with runaway sailors and divers in the area. The file contains several letters and other documents in Arabic (with English translations) sent from the British...
Collaboration is restricted.
465 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 0% transcribed)
Notice géographique sur le pays de Nedjd ou Arabie centrale, accompagnée d'une carte; suivie de notes sur l'histoire de l'Egypte sous MohammedAly par M.E.J.D.L
108 pages: 90% complete (2% indexed, 100% corrected, 9% needs review)
Petit de Julleville Roland
Collaboration is restricted.
498 pages: 58% complete (29% indexed, 59% corrected)
Vol 1 Letters inward and outward
A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters...
Collaboration is restricted.
544 pages: 1% complete (2% indexed, 3% transcribed, 1% needs review)