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A List of Lists
GB 891 BHH-BHH/11-BHH/11/11 · File · 1854 - 1858
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

A List of Lists. One side of paper has a list of 9 different lists pertaining to Hodgson's possessions. On reverse are various titles pertaining to lists and dates ranging from 1854-58. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides, 1854-1858.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist
GB 891 JG-JG/1-JG/1/2 · File · 28 September 1867
Part of Papers of Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid

A handwritten letter in Persian script (official language of Mogul India in 1857), the letter is addressed to Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid and mentions Commissioner of Sindh, Bartle Frere, and Colonel Morder from Pune. The letter is sent from Muhammad Khan of Hyderabad who prays for Colonel Morder's good health after becoming infected with cholera by drinking water from River Indus. Muhammad Khan vows to pay him a visit.

Goldsmid Sir Frederic John 1818-1908 Major General
GB 891 JG-JG/1-JG/1/3 · File · 1818 - 1908
Part of Papers of Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid

A handwritten letter in Persian script addressed to Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid (officer in the British Army and the East India Company), signed 'Karachi, India', the name signed possibly reads 'Khodlulu Qa'nameh'. The writer refers to the diaries written in Persian containing accounts of some travels, at the very top of the opening page it reads 'Howa Hu', He Is God, which is a conventional greeting common amongst the Sufis. There is also mention of a poem in Persian, 'May your shadow not be short by the cold', followed by a line in Arabic meaning 'May God lengthen your shadow till eternity'.

Goldsmid Sir Frederic John 1818-1908 Major General
A Journey to Arzrum
GB 891 DRD-DRD/3 · Series · 1973-2022
Part of Papers of Derek Davis

Drafts of the translation into English of 'A Journey to Arzrum'. The original was written by Pushkin and recounts the poet's travels to the Caucasus, Armenia, and Arzrum (modern Erzurum) in eastern Turkey at the time of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29).

GB 891 DRD-DRD/1 · Series · 1973-2022
Part of Papers of Derek Davis

Two draft translations into English of Pushkin's 'A History of the Pugachev Revolt'. Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762.