GB 0120 MSS.7137-7139 - Forbes, Alexander Kinloch (1821-1865)

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GB 0120 MSS.7137-7139

Title

Forbes, Alexander Kinloch (1821-1865)

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  • mid-19th century (Creation)

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3 volumes

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Biographical history

Alexander Kinloch Forbes was an Indian civil servant and historian of Gujarat.He was the author of Râs Mâlâ.

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GB 0120 MSS.7137-7139 mid-19th century Collection (fonds) 3 volumes Forbes , Alexander Kinloch , 1821-1865 , Indian civil servant and author

Alexander Kinloch Forbes was an Indian civil servant and historian of Gujarat.He was the author of Râs Mâlâ.

Purchased at Hodgson's sale, 25 Jan. 1929, part of lot 911.

Notebooks of Alexander Kinloch Forbes, historian of Gujarat, containing notes on Gujarati history, legends and customs, pedigrees, descriptions of historical monuments and translations of inscriptions, compiled from 1849 onwards. The volumes are the remains of a larger body of research materials gathered by Forbes, from which he compiled Râs Mâlâ, Hindu annals of Western India with particular reference to Gujarat (1856). They contain however much additional matter, and indeed Forbes continued to add to them after publication of that work.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jan 2009 Forbes , Alexander Kinloch , 1821-1865 , Indian civil servant and author History of medicine Literary forms and genres Literature Poetry History Historical research India South Asia

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased at Hodgson's sale, 25 Jan. 1929, part of lot 911.

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Notebooks of Alexander Kinloch Forbes, historian of Gujarat, containing notes on Gujarati history, legends and customs, pedigrees, descriptions of historical monuments and translations of inscriptions, compiled from 1849 onwards. The volumes are the remains of a larger body of research materials gathered by Forbes, from which he compiled Râs Mâlâ, Hindu annals of Western India with particular reference to Gujarat (1856). They contain however much additional matter, and indeed Forbes continued to add to them after publication of that work.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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