There is a single item in these Papers - this is a partial translation of Lubb ut-Tawarikh Hind undertaken by Prichard. This is a handwritten manuscript of 44 foolscap sides plus a front cover with the titles "Lubbu-t Táwáríkh Hind" "Translated by Lieut Prichard 15th N.I.", "See Catalogue No.202 From p 284 to 305". A different hand has added "(Khander)" and a further hand has made a comment about the text and the translation. The manuscript is incomplete.
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90 Archivistische beschrijving results for India
Personal Papers of Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid
Zonder titelPurple cover book possible in Arabic or Persian language, mentions of places such as Molk-e Makran, Jaisalmer, Ragistan, Pokran and Afghanistan. There is also mention of Khodadad Khan who was the secretary to the office of the Commissioner of Sindh.
Zonder titelThe collection spans Henry Miers Elliot's career working for the Indian Civil Service from 1827 to 1853, and includes:
- Manuscripts mainly concerned with administration. These are in English and local Indian languages.
- Correspondence to Henry Miers Elliot
- Printed Material
- Visual Material, including copper-plate rubbings, agricultural drawings and a map of Baiswara.
Some of the material had previously been identified by Professor Simon Digby, Honorary Librarian to the Royal Asiatic Society (1970-1984). The information provided by him has been kept with the Henry Miers Elliot Papers.
Zonder titelThere are four bound manuscripts. There are also handwritten and printed loose notes, pages and letters concerned with the preparation of the material.
Four unbound manuscript pages for Elliot's 'A History of India', printed by the Oriental Lithographic Press, Calcutta:
- Appendices III A and III B: Diagrams depicting unknown, labelled items, probably hill towns, surrounded by notes in Arabic and one other, as yet undeciphered, script
*. Item labelled 'No.VIII', probably an appendix: Diagrammatic map depicting a town and its buildings, numbered and labelled in Arabic. - Item labelled 'No.XV - Number 1': Printed table and map for the 'Village of Mouza Sooltanpoor, Purgunuh of Noh Jheel, Zilla Muttra', labelled in English. The table shows a brief, surveyed description of the area, which includes the number of houses and wells, amount of land covered by buildings, the cost of various items, the general caste of inhabitants, and the depth of water
A bound manuscript for the "Supplemental Glossary of Terms Used in the North Western Provinces". The volume starts with a preface entitled "Supplement to the Printed Glossary" before beginning the glossary. The manuscript has some annotations and corrections. The volume measures 33.5 cm x 21 cm with marbled cover and leather spine much of which has been lost.
Zonder titelHandmade notebook of tables of castes in districts of Upper India, pasted to the front of which is an Urdu letter to Elliot from Chuni Lal, dated January 1825.
Twenty-six items of correspondence plus a further label. The majority of the correspondence is from Thomas Newbold to Richard Clarke. There is a single letter from Newbold to George Thomas Staunton; and a single letter from Richard Wood to Newbold.
"The Bhuga of Mahanundi" A Paper sent by Newbold to the Royal Asiatic Society on thermal springs in South India. He gives their location and a detailed description. A note at the head of the paper in pencil reads "Read Jan 14th 1843". With the Paper is also a label, "Thermal Springs of Mahamandi by Capt Newbold, Read 14 January 1843".
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