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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)

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

Various unbound notes and letters, including:

• Translations to English of words from Indic languages for Elliot's Glossary.
• One page of rough Devanagari script.
• Four pages with notes on the population and revenue of areas in India.
• Letter from B.N.C Hamilton providing information on castes and villages.

'Various methods of cheating practiced by Goldsmiths and their language' - a document listing ways in which a goldsmith may try to cheat a customer and the language they use to communicate between them. The document looks like an early draft for an article as it has many corrections.

• 1) Two English letters addressed to Elliot, complete with envelope, concerning notes and translations for Elliot's 'Glossary of Terms' - one is signed, but the name is yet to be deciphered.
• 2) Another letter within the file in an Arabic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, with English notes on the reverse in Elliot's hand.
• 3) One fragmentary note in English 4) One fragment of English printed material. The articles included in the cut-out are as follows: Commercial Listings, General Orders, 'The Indian Passage' and 'Shiva and the Caves of Elephanta'

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)

Included are five diagrams of various agricultural tools and machines, all of which are labelled. They are as follows:

• 1) A press
• 2) A cart
• 3) A plough
• 4) Parts of a plough, one noted as being at Varanasi (Benares).
• 5) An agricultural machine, with names of its parts inscribed in Persian.