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GB 891 FBH · Fonds · 1807 - 1840

These are handwritten manuscripts of the statistical surveys undertaken by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton within the districts of Dinajpur (Bangladesh and India), and Puraniya (Purnia), Shahabad, Bhagalpur , Runggopur, Patna and Gorakhpur in India. Eachread more

Hamilton Francis Buchanan 1762-1829 Scottish physician and botanist in the Bengal medical service 17951815 superintendent Botanical Garden Calcutta 18141815
GB 891 GGM · Fonds · 1847 - 1849

George Grenville Malet undertook the translation of Mahomed Masoom's A History of Sind. The History, which covers the period from A.D. 710 to A.D. 1590, was written in Persian at the end of the sixteenth century. Malet undertook the translation when heread more

Malet George Grenville Captain
Papers of Gerald Tibbetts
GB 891 GT · Fonds · 1954 - 1981

The Papers include publications written orcollected by the academic Gerald Tibbetts connected to his research interests in early Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean. Related to this are draft copies of a lecture given by Tibbetts at the Royal Asiaticread more

Tibbetts Gerald 1926-1999 Academic
GB 891 QW · Fonds · [1770 - 1820]

The Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales contain papers relating to his archaeological work in southeast Asia including expedition notes, personal notebooks, diaries, manuscript proofs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and maps. Listed within thisread more

Wales Horace Geoffrey Quaritch 1900-1981 Archaeologist
GB 891 HHW · Fonds · 1822-1840

Documents connected to H.H. Wilson. These are:

  • An Analytical Account of the Panchatantra
  • Notes on the Vishnu Purana
  • Copies of letters sent to and from H.H. Wilson concerning the allowance of the late Colonel Wilford.
Horace Hayman Wilson 1786-1860
GB 891 HGR · Fonds · [1915 - 1948]

The Papers consist of five typed article and chapter drafts.

Rawlinson Hugh George 1880-1957 Historian
GB 891 IP · Fonds · [1845 - 1874]

There is a single item in these Papers - this is a partial translation of Lubb ut-Tawarikh Hind undertaken by Prichard. This is a handwritten manuscript of 44 foolscap sides plus a front cover with the titles "Lubbu-t Táwáríkh Hind" "Translated by Lieutread more

Prichard Iltudus Thomas 1826-1874
Papers of James Caulfeild
GB 891 JC · Fonds · 1827

There is a single item within these fonds presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by James Caulfeild at the same time as presenting a copy of the manuscript, Pṛthvīrāja-rāsau, to the Society. It is the "Contents of the History of Prithee Raja" (Pṛthvīrāja-read more

Caulfeild James 1782-1852 soldier and political officer in India
Papers of James Low
GB 891 JL · Fonds · 1824 - 1846

"Journal of a Mission to the Government of some of the Lower Provinces of Siam". A handwritten unbound manuscript of 94 sides describing James Low's Mission to the Rajah of Ligor in 1824. The manuscript is dated 1824 but there is a postscript explainingread more

Low James 1791-1852