File HME/3/19 - Various Persian Memoranda on Castes of Zamindars

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GB 891 HME-HME/3-HME/3/19

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Various Persian Memoranda on Castes of Zamindars

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  • [1827-1853] (Creation)

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Elliot Henry Miers
(1808-1853)

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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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)

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