Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir

Jahangir

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• The manuscript source for this translation of the memoirs of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1569-1627) is the spurious Tarikh-i-Salim Shahi, produced ar... Lees meer

A New Account of the East Indies 2 Volume Set

Alexander Hamilton

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• Little is known of Captain Alexander Hamilton other than what he tells us in this work, first published in 1727. Written during his retirement, it is ... Lees meer

The Algebra of Mohammed Ben Musa

Mohammed Ben Musa

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• Mohammed ben Musa (c.780-c.850) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. The word 'algebra' derives from his Compendious Book on Calculation by Com... Lees meer

A Translation of the Memoirs of Eradut Khan

Iradat Khan

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• A nobleman of the court of the Mughal emperor, Iradat Khan (c.1649-1716) experienced the rule of Aurangzeb (1618-1707) and observed at first hand the ... Lees meer

A Digest of Hindu Law, on Contracts and Successions 3 Volume Set

Jagannátha Tercapanchánana

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• An honorary professor of Sanskrit and Hindu law at Fort William College in Calcutta, and a key figure in the foundation of the Royal Asiatic Society, ... Lees meer

Introduction À l'Histoire Du Buddhisme Indien

Eugène Burnouf

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• Eugène Burnouf (1801-52), an eminent French orientalist and scholar of Sanskrit, made groundbreaking contributions to the knowledge of Zoroastrianism ... Lees meer

Historical Sketches of the South of India 3 Volume Set

Mark Wilks

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• Classically educated, Mark Wilks (c.1760-1831) joined the Madras army of the East India Company and would go on to serve as political resident at the ... Lees meer

The Mulfuzat Timury, Or, Autobiographical Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Timur

Timur

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• The Mughal emperor Timur (1336-1405), known also as Tamerlane, conquered large parts of central Asia in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. ... Lees meer

Traité de la Chronologie Chinoise, Divisé En Trois Parties

Antoine Gaubil

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• A French Jesuit and missionary to China, Antoine Gaubil (1689-1759) spent half his life in Beijing. His rigorous translations and studies in the field... Lees meer

The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians 8 Volume Set

Henry Miers Elliot

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• This extensive eight-volume work was first published between 1867 and 1877 by the linguist John Dowson (1820-81) from the manuscripts of the colonial ... Lees meer

The Kingdom and People of Siam 2 Volume Set

John Bowring

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• Published in two volumes in 1857, this was the most successful work of the linguist and politician Sir John Bowring (1792-1872). His varied career inc... Lees meer

History of the Afghans

Haravi Nimat Allah

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• History of the Afghans was compiled by Nimat Allah (fl. 1613-30) at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1569-1627). Drawing on various manuscrip... Lees meer

Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration

Brahmagupta

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• The scholar and East India Company administrator Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837) brought India's rich mathematical heritage to the attention of th... Lees meer

The Annals of the College of Fort William

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• Fort William College was an academy established in Calcutta in 1800 by the British colonial administrator Richard Wellesley (1760-1842). Its purpose w... Lees meer

The Cave Temples of India

James Fergusson, James Burgess

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• Born in Scotland, James Fergusson (1808-86) spent ten years as an indigo planter in India, the profits from which allowed him to embark upon a second ... Lees meer

Exposé de la Religion Des Druzes 2 Volume Set

Antoine Isaac Silvestre De Sacy

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• Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), the most distinguished French orientalist of his time, is considered the father of Arab scholarship in Eu... Lees meer

A Synopsis of Science 2 Volume Set

James R Ballantyne

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• James Robert Ballantyne (1813-64) taught oriental languages in India for sixteen years, compiling grammars of Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian, along with ... Lees meer

A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language 2 Volume Set in 3 Pieces

William Carey

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• The language of Bangladesh, West Bengal and parts of Tripura and Assam, Bengali is the sixth most spoken language in the world. A member of the Indo-A... Lees meer

A Dictionary of the Malay Tongue

James Howison

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• Published in 1801, this work is largely based on the first Malay-English dictionary, published 100 years earlier by Thomas Bowrey. A member of the Asi... Lees meer

A Dictionary of the Mahratta Language

William Carey

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• Marathi, an official language of Maharashtra and Goa, is among the twenty most widely spoken languages in the world. The southernmost Indo-Aryan langu... Lees meer

A Grammar of the Bengal Language

Nathaniel Brassey Halhed

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• The language of Bangladesh, West Bengal and parts of Tripura and Assam, Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language originating from Sanskrit. With over 230 mil... Lees meer

The History of India 2 Volume Set

Mountstuart Elphinstone

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• Appointed through family influence to the East India Company, Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) arrived on the subcontinent in 1796, quickly learnin... Lees meer

The Sikh Religion 6 Volume Set

Max Arthur Macauliffe

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• Born and educated in Ireland, Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841-1913) joined the Indian Civil Service in 1862. In 1882 he was promoted to the post of deputy... Lees meer

History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India, Till the Year AD 1612 4 Volume Set

Mahomed Kasim Ferishta

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• The Persian chronicler Ferishta (1560-1620) composed his great work, published in this four-volume English translation in 1829, at the court of Bijapu... Lees meer