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Notes on Cuddapah
GB 891 SK · Fonds · 1830

"Notes on Cudapah" (Kadapa), "Read July 17/30" "Ordered not to be printed Nov 13/30" with label "Catalogue of English MSS. II No 5, Cuddapah, Presented by Mrs Skinner and read before the Society on 17 July 1830. Three anecdotes concerning traditions:

  • The self-devotion of a headman of the village of Chitwail
  • An account of the "Assaree Shereef" - a building erected to contain a hair from the beard of Muhammad
  • The behaviour of a fakir Handwritten, 3 pages + label.

This manuscript and details concerning it are found in the Society's "Catalogue of English Manuscripts in the R.A.S.", p.20.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
GB 891 ACG-ACG/13-ACG/13/2 · File · [1959]
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

Notes on Classical Chinese Grammar by A.C. Graham. Possible notes for the article: Observations on a new Classical Chinese grammar, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, XXII/3, 1959

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
GB 891 ACG-ACG/17-ACG/17/3-ACG/17/3/3 · File · 1989 - 1991
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

Notes on Chinese grammar with photocopies of parallel versions (Chinese-Sanskrit) of Buddhist works. Fronted by handwritten note to state these were taken from binder of papers from 1989. Dated 5 November 1991.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
GB 891 MT-MT/1 · File · [1936 - 1948]
Part of Papers of Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy

"Notes on Caucasian Turkish and the Turkoman Dialect By Capt. M. P. O'C. Tandy. Indian Political Service." An unpublished manuscript in which Tandy sets out his notes in lessons to aid travellers and beginners in the language. He gives an introduction to the work and a further introduction to the Turkoman dialect before proceeding with 15 lessons. The manuscript consists of 62 foolscap pages between soft covers.

Tandy Maurice Patrick O'Connor, 1912-1986, Consul Service