Draft of John Briggs's translation of the History of the rise of the Mahomedan power in India

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. c. 1035-6
  • Dates of Creation
      19th century
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Draft of part of John Briggs's translation of the History of the rise of the Mahomedan power in India (4 vols., London, 1829).

Administrative / Biographical History

John Briggs (1785-1875) was an Indian officer and administrator. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The draft was given by Blackwell's in ca. 1965 and transferred from the Indian Institute in 1975.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40059-60.

Related Material

See also Papers of John Briggs (MSS. Eng. hist. c. 332-40).

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