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Documents regarding the Zila District of Fatehpur (Fathpur), with the reports or letters generally being addressed to 'The Secretary Sahib at Agra'. All in Arabic script, some noted as being Urdu, with sporadic notes in Devanagari script. Simon Digby notes seven bodies of material within this file, including: 1) Urdu report from Bhola Nath, describing the conditions of Parganas in the Zila of Fatehpur. 2) Urdu report from Madhu Ram, describing the conditions of Parganas in the Zila of Fatehpur. 3) Table of castes and tribes of Zamindars in the Pargana of Ghazipur, Zila Fatehpur, attested by the Qanungos (hereditory registrars of landed property). 4) Similar tables of castes and tribes of Zamindars from a) the districts attached to the Tahsildari (tax inspectors) of Fatehpur and b) for the Pargana of Fatehpur proper. 5) Three similar tables of castes and tribes of Zamindars for the Parganas of Ekdala and Dhata. 6) Tahsildar's report for some Parganas, including Karanpur and Muhsinpur. 7) Three further reports of Tahsildars.

The file contains a variety of notes, alphabet tables with English transcriptions, songs and word-lists, many unidentified, with some in Persian script and others in Devanagari script. Simon Digby notes that the items are "evidently from the papers of Sir H.M. Elliot", and describes some of the contents as follows:

• 1) Words in Persian script of a song (thumri) in tan (raga), Bihari
• 2) 'Ahwal Katorianka' or 'Five Sepoy Kubeers', in Devanagari script, sent to Elliot by Wakefield, and copied down by one of the latter's 'Buchgotees'
• 3) Word-list in Devanagari script, paper watermarked 1848
• 4) 'Hakikat Rajmahal', in Devanagari script
• 5) Four items which appear to be lists or tables of Indian alphabets, one with English transcriptions. Digby notes that the alphabets included are North Indian, namely Kayathi, Shastri and Mahajani
• 6) One long manuscript in Devanagari script, as yet unidentified, but with English transcriptions in Elliot's hand
• 7) Six items in Persian script, as yet unidentified, which appear to be tables. On each is what appears to be an official stamp
• 8) Two rough pages of notes in Devanagari script, written in pencil
• 9) One slim item, appearing to be a Devanagari word-list
• 10) Three pages of verse in Devanagari script
• 11) One page in Devanagari script, appearing to be a word-list

The majority of this correspondence are letters sent to Elliot to provide details for his Glossary, or other administrative purpose. They are in English, Urdu, Persian and Hindi. One letter is a list of the population figures for English counties according to the 1841 Census.

Letters to Elliot in Urdu and Persian, from Pandit Kedai Nath, Kali Rai, and Qazi Muhammad Sadiq Khan. Some are accounts of the Bargujar caste of Rajputs, and others are explanations of the terms of crop-sharing and reclaimed lands. All letters are estimated to be from c.1827.