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Seven pages written in Persian, all loosely tied together, concerning various information about castes of Zamindars. Simon Digby lists the pages as being of the following content:

• 1) Jadon Chandravarshi
• 2) Gujjars (pastoral ethnic group) of Sikandrabad, and Kayasthas and Dadris of Bulandshahr
• 3) The Raja of Sarsawa, Saharanpur District
• 4) Description of salt production at Sambhar (salt lake)

Four separate fragments, handwritten in Hindi, with notes on all in Elliot's hand. Simon Digby notes more clearly the content of each fragment:

• 1) 'Bayan Barsaat Hone Ka'
• 2) 'Songs about Rain'
• 3) 'Baiswara Raj ka Rag'
• 4) Couplet from 'Candela Vamsavali' on the origin of the Rathore (Rajput clan)

As Simon Digby notes, this small bound volume is an incomplete copy of James Thomason's settlement report on the district of Azamgarh, from 1837. On the front cover is a label in Elliot's hand noting that is for his Glossary, and on the inside cover is his personal, named label. The volume has sporadic notes, presumably Elliot's, throughout.

Copy of a Hindi lithographed newspaper, the 'Shimla Akhbar', of 15th April 1848. Simon Digby notes that it includes a description and reproduction of a copper-plate inscription from Nirmand. He also notes that this printed material is likely from the same source (Henry Miers Elliot) as the Devanagari documents in this same collection.

Several pages, all loosely-tied, some watermarked 1853. Written in Urdu, the papers recount a legendary history of England, from the earliest times to those of King Alfred, probably either written by or sent to Elliot. Simon Digby also notes on the front of this file a collection of mixed letters, with no single provenance, though these have not yet been found.

A hand-drawn map of Baiswara, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, which Simon Digby notes is named in Hindi, with one note in English by Elliot, appearing to state next to four names that "these are subdivisions of the Lokhandee (?) [caste?] throughout Baiswara". There is also another note in an Arabic script, probably Persian, on the reverse of the map.