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*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eJNeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Ocean & the Desert''] by A Madras Officer, stated to be the late Major General Albert Henry Andrew Hervey 1846. Google Books. Two Volumes in one. Volume II commences following page 271. By ship from Bombay to Suez, on the "Hindustan", a large steam ship, (but with crowded accomodation), sightseeing in Egypt, by ship to Italy with sightseeing there, etc.
*''Through Asiatic Turkey. Narrative of a Journey from Bombay to the Bosphorus'' by Grattan Geary, Editor of ''The Times of India'' 1878 [https://archive.org/details/throughasiatict00geargoog ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.82983 ''Volume II''] [https://archive.org/details/throughasiatict02geargoog ''Volume II'', from page 90 only, but illustrations may be better], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284626 Another file, ''Volume II''] Archive.org, including books from the Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/withstarcrescent00lochuoft/page/n9 ''With Star and Crescent : a full and authentic account of a recent journey with a caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, comprising a description of the country, the people, and interesting adventures with the natives''] by A Locher 1891. With illustrations based on the author's sketches. Archive.org. First published 1888. 1890 edition available [http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/204879-with-star-and-crescent-a-full-and-authentic-account-of-a-recent-journey-with-a-caravan-from-bombay-to-constantinople-comprising-a-description-of-the-country-the-people-and-interesting-adventures-with-the-natives FamilySearch Digital Library] where some of the images have been (correctly) rotated. You need to be signed in to [[FamilySearch]] to view the book.
*[https://archive.org/details/aridetoindiaacr01windgoog ''A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan''] by Harry de Windt 1891 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/sportandpolitic00zetlgoog ''Sport and politics under an eastern sky''] by [Lawrence Zetland] the Earl of Ronaldsay 1902 Archive.org. Part II "From Simla to London by Land, via Quetta, Nushki, Sistan, Meshed, and the Caspian".
