1874 Mar 16-Jul 22
Diary of a journey by Stewart from India to England via Burma, Malaya, Java, and Japan. The journal title suggests that Stewart also visited China and Siberia, but the entries stop just before he leaves Japan for Shanghai. The daily entries describe the weather, people encountered, travel by train, boat and on foot, the terrain through which he travelled, architecture, history and local people, specifically the Burmese people (SAD 105/86/10-11); the Malayan people (SAD 105/86/18-19) and the Japanese (SAD 105/86/50). There are fairly detailed accounts of visits to Calcutta (SAD 105/86/4); Rangoon, including the pagoda (SAD 105/86/5-9); Moulmein (SAD 105/86/12-16); Penang (SAD 105/86/17); Malacca (SAD 105/86/18-19); Singapore (SAD 105/86/20-21); Batavia (Djakarta), with overland trips through Java to, among other places, Bandung, Djokja (Jogjakarta), Madura, Surabaja and Pasuruan (SAD 105/86/22-39); Hong Kong, visiting also Canton and Macau (SAD 105/86/40-46); Japan, including visits to Yokohama, Tokyo, Odawara and Mount Fuji (SAD 105/86/46-50).

1878 Feb 11
Letter from Stewart at “Aleppo or Haleb” to “Hans” giving a brief account of his journey through Asia Minor

1879 Apr 4
Letter from Maj Gen A. Alison, Deputy Quarter Master General, conveying to Stewart the thanks of HRH the Field Marshall Commanding in Chief for the reports of his journeys in Asia Minor

1879 Apr 23
Letter to Stewart from Lord Salisbury informing him of his appointment to the post of Vice-Consul in Anatolia under Maj Wilson, the Consul-General

1879 Oct
Report by Stewart on the Vilayet of Konia in Anatolia, covering employment (in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, quarrying and the salt industry), manners and customs, feelings and wishes of the people, character of food and clothing, trade and commerce, agriculture, public works, land tenure, taxation, law and order, administration of finance, government officials, education, health, refugees and trade routes

1879
Note of rates charged on articles sold in the Konia bazaar

[n.d. c. 1879]
Pages 7 and 8 only of a report by Stewart on agriculture in Mersayid and proposed reforms for Asia Minor

1880 Jan
Copy despatch from Lord Salisbury to Col Wilson, noting with satisfaction certain actions taken by Capt Stewart as described by him in his despatch of 15 Oct 1879

1880 Feb 9 - Jun 5
Letter from Col Wilson to Stewart expressing approval of his action in refusing to receive a visit from Jemal Bey, with copy letter of 22 Apr from the Foreign Office on the same subject

1880 Feb 25 - Jul 11
Typescript copy of Stewart's journal of his travels in Anatolia, with the original manuscript for the section from 29 Mar to 15 May. The typescript copy is an abridged version of the original and is not always accurately transcribed. The journal gives an account of Stewart's travels from Adalia to Sivas where he stayed from 29 Mar to 21 May, thence to Amasia, Karahisar, Yenifi and Goren, before being ordered to Konia on 9 Jun. He describes the terrain, the state of the roads, the weather and the condition of the population. At Sivas he reports on local officials, particularly complaints against Bahri Bey, on problems caused by emigrants and on prospects for the election of Mahomet `Ali. He meets and holds discussions with fellow British officials, including Baker Pasha and Chermside, receives petitions from the local population and goes on a hunting expedition with Baker.

[n.d. c. 1880]
Note by Stewart on proposed reforms in Asia Minor and how these would be viewed by the different sections of the population

1880 Mar 6
Letter from Lord Salisbury, S/S for Foreign Affairs, to Col Wilson conveying thanks to Stewart for his report on the Vilayet of Konia in Anatolia and the memorandum on reforms

1880 Jul 24
Letter to Stewart from George J. Goschen on behalf of Lord Granville, S/S for Foreign Affairs, requesting his views on the Turkish Government's proposed reforms for the northern districts of Asia Minor

1880 Aug 16
Letter to Stewart from George J. Goschen on behalf of Lord Granville, requesting a report on the administration of justice in the civil, criminal and commercial courts in his consular district

[n.d. c. 1880]
Notes by Stewart on the Kurds and other tribes of the Haimam District of Anatolia

1880
Further correspondence respecting the condition of the populations in Asia Minor and Syria (in continuation of “Turkey No 4”, 1880). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Turkey No 23 (1880)

1881 Mar 10
Draft despatch from Stewart at Adalia reporting on the impoverished state of the Muslim population and urging the despatch of some men of war to the coastline in the event of war in order to ensure the safety of the Christian population

1881 Mar 13-14
Copy telegram to G. Goschen at Constantinople and draft letter from Stewart concerning his instructions to leave at once for Aleppo

1881 May 26
Letters to Stewart from Lord Granville and the Chancery of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, informing him of his appointment as C.M.G. in recognition of his services in Anatolia

1881 Jun 13
Letter to Stewart expressing the Ambassador's approval of his proposed actions with regard to `Ali Pasha, the present Mutessarif of Deyr

1881 Jun 15 - Jul 6
Letter to Stewart from Lord Dufferin, the Ambassador, enclosing a notice in French from the Sublime Porte requesting that the Ambassador instruct Stewart to give up his travels among the nomadic tribes of Hama

1881 Jul 28 - Sep 7
Circular letter from Lord Dufferin requesting information on methods used in the destruction of locusts, with draft reply from Stewart

1881 Jul 29
Letter to Stewart from Lord Dufferin thanking him for his report on a recent visit to the nomadic tribes of Deyr Sandjak and list of tribes in the Vilayet of Aleppo

[n.d. c. 1881 - 1882]
Note of route traversed by Stewart in his recent travels

[n.d. c. 1881 - 1882]
Report by [Stewart] on the chief questions agitating the populations in a journey from Samsoun through Amasia, Tokat and Sivas to Diari-Bekir. Mss original with ts copy (lacking last paragraph)

1881
Further correspondence respecting affairs in Central Asia, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Central Asia No 4 (1881) [c. 3032]

1882 May 24
Memorandum for Stewart from Col Wilson instructing him to visit the Dersim Vilayet and to report on the topographical features and inhabitants of the country and on the general condition of government there

1882 May 25
Letter to Stewart from the War Office asking if he would be interested in the post of Military Attaché at Constantinople

1882 Aug 28
Letter to Stewart from Lord Dufferin expressing appreciation for his work in Anatolia

[c. 1880 - 1882]
Hand-drawn sketch map of an area of Anatolia
scale:   1 in to 12 miles
Size: 33 x 32 cm

1882 Nov 10 - 1883 May 19
Official correspondence relating to Stewart's mission to the Sudan:

1882 - 1883
Draft despatches and telegrams relating to Stewart's mission to the Sudan:

1882 Dec 16 - 1883 Jan 25
Stewart's journal covering his first mission to the Sudan, written at Khartoum and containing details of daily activities, notes on tribes and progress of his report and map drawing. More specifically references are made to the following:

1882 - 1883
Rough notes by Stewart used in compiling his report on the Sudan, on such subjects as produce, taxes, local government, tribes, administration of justice, roads, trade, climate and terrain

[1883]
Anonymous report in French on the financial situation in the Sudan (lacking page 1), with some manuscript annotations in Stewart's hand. The report, which is divided into the following sections, was probably used by Stewart in compiling his report below:

1883
Report on the Soudan by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty 1883. Egypt No 11 (1883) Cd 3670

1883 Jul 18
Cutting from The Globe on the publication of Stewart's report above

1884 Jan 18 - Feb 1
Stewart's journal covering the first three months of his second mission to the Sudan with General Gordon. Written by Stewart in the third person, the diary was sent in sections to Sir Evelyn Baring, with supporting correspondence, and is described here in those sections. Content of section one, despatched 11 Feb 1884, is as follows:

1883 Dec 17 - 1884 Jan 24
Telegrams and letters interfiled with section one of Stewart's journal:

1884 Feb 1 - 13
Section two of Stewart's journal. The final page, with the date of despatch is missing. Content is as follows:

1884 Feb 13 - 22
Letters interfiled with section two of Stewart's journal:

1884 Feb 14 - 18
Section three of Stewart's journal, despatched to Baring 11 Mar 1884. Content as follows:

1884 Feb 17 and n.d.
Papers interfiled with section three of Stewart's journal:

1884 Feb 19 - 22
Section four of Stewart's journal, despatched to Baring 17 Mar 1884. Content as follows:

1884 Feb 22; 1926 Feb
Papers interfiled with section four of Stewart's journal:

1884 Feb 23 - Mar 1
Section five of Stewart's journal, despatched to Baring 22 Mar 1884. Content as follows:

1884 Mar 1 - 8
Letters interfiled with section five of Stewart's journal:

1884 Mar 1 - 11
Section six of Stewart's journal, despatched to Baring 29 Mar (up to 7 Mar) and 1 Apr 1884. Content as follows:

1884 Apr 14
Photographic print of a fragment of Stewart's diary concerning the manufacture of earth mines, with sketches of same

1884 Apr 27 - May 1; Jul 2 - 7
Two sheets from Stewart's journal for Apr to Jul, the only surviving sheets from this period. Content as follows:

2010
Copy of appendix 1 from Fergus Nicoll's PhD thesis, "Gladstone, Gordon and Sudan 1883-5", comprising the edited text of Colonel Hamill Stewart's diary of his second mission to the Sudan, see above SAD 896/7/1-104

1884 Dec 13
“Addendum to the papers relating to the fate of Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, Mr. Herbin, and others who were aboard the steamer wrecked above Merawi” : letter from Lieut Col L.V. Swaine for Lord Wolseley to Sir Evelyn Baring, enclosing a sketch map by Maj H.H. Kitchener of the cataracts and Monassir country showing the site of Stewart's murder. Intelligence Branch, War Office, Dec 1884
Map: 8 in to 1 mile
Size: Map: 33 x 23 cm

1885 Jan 6
“Addendum to the papers relating to the fate of Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, Mr. Herbin, and others who were aboard the steamer wrecked above Merawi” : report by Maj H.H. Kitchener on the murder of Stewart and his party on the steamer Abbas at the Monassir cataracts, with covering letter from Sir Evelyn Baring to Earl Granville

1885
Pencil sketches by Maj. F. Slade R.A., D.A.A.G. of the steamer Abbas as seen on the 20 Feb 1884 and of Etman Fakri's house where Stewart and his party were murdered
Size: 9 x 18.5 cm and 7.5. x 19 cm

[1885] Mar 12 [incorrectly dated 1884]
Memorandum relating to Stewart's dairy, author unknown but written on War Office paper. The memorandum explains the fate of the diary which was lost at the time of his murder

[n.d. post 1885]
Black and white photograph of the monumental brass erected in memory of Stewart in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin by the officers of Prince Albert's Own Hussars

[n.d.]
Three black and white photographs of the wrecked steamer Abbas in which Stewart was sent to run the blockade of Khartoum (2) and of the Nile where the steamer was wrecked. In envelope dated 1953

[n.d. c. 1904]
Black and white photograph of the south facade of the Governor-General's palace at Khartoum which replaced the earlier palace of General Gordon. An Egyptian flag is flying from one of the windows.

Judith Prendergast, “Death on the Nile”, from History Today, 1984

C. Chenevix Trench, “Gordon's staff officer”, from History Today, Mar 1975