One loosely tied item of eleven, handwritten pages, describing the towns in the Pargana (administrative unit) of Azamgarh, with numbers of houses and religions comprising the population. Simon Digby notes that it was probably for an unpublished Gazetteer.
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… read more
Addressed to W.C. Mcleod, this account of the branches of the North Indian Khatri caste is, as Simon Digby notes, written in pencil in the Persian shikasta script.
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, … read more
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… read more
Within this series there are rubbings probably from inscriptions on copper plates, diagrams of agricultural tools and a hand-drawn map of Baiswara.
The printed material consists of James Thomason's settlement report on the district of Azamgarh, from 1837 and a copy of a Hindi lithographed newspaper, the 'Shimla Akhbar', of 15th April 1848.
Short account in Hindi of the practices and habits of the rural Khangar (Khagar) caste, with a note in Elliot's hand on the reverse.
Fragmentary notes, in Arabic, of inscriptions on a step-well (baoli) at Khari, Old Delhi. Simon Digby notes that the item probably belonged to Elliot.
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' … read more