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Documents in Persian and Urdu regarding the enumeration of the population, castes and tribes of a Zila (noted in Arabic script) in Gorakhpur, with seals and attestations of Tahsildars and other local officials, some dated 1844.

Various pages in Urdu, some loose and some lightly tied, showing tables of caste and community census in the District of Ghazipur (Ghazeepoor), Uttar Pradesh. Some items appear to be letters or short notes, and most items in the file are stamped with what appear to be official seals.

Largely comprised of tables, although one item appears to be a letter, the contents of this file are handwritten in Arabic script, possibly Persian or Urdu. All items have what appears to be an official stamp, and are the caste and community census for Jaunpur (Jounpoor) District, Uttar Pradesh.

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.

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.

Survey of the various Zamindar caste identities in the local Parganas (administrative units) within the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. All written in Arabic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, and with what appear to be official stamps. Many items are in table format, though some are short fragments and others letters.

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)

These are handwritten manuscripts and notes probably belonging to Henry Miers Elliot mainly concerning languages and administrative details pertaining to India. However there is one file that contains a Legendary History of England.

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.

An unbound manuscript consisting of three separate pages, the content of which is a Hindi vocabulary of religious acts from birth to death.