A letter to Major-General John Briggs, Honorary Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, on the discovery of part of the second volume of the Jámi al Tawáríkh of Rashíd al Dín / by William Morley.

  • Morley, William H. (William Hook), 1815-1860.
Date:
1839
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Credit: A letter to Major-General John Briggs, Honorary Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, on the discovery of part of the second volume of the Jámi al Tawáríkh of Rashíd al Dín / by William Morley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Within the last few cla5's, after the above sheets had gone to the press, another portion of the second volume of the Jdmi al Tawdrikh has, by an almost incredible chance, come to light; and what ren- ders the fact still more wonderful, this other portion, which was procured in India by the late Colonel Baillie, is a part of the iden- tical volume that forms the subject of my remarks. When I first heard of the circumstance I was sanguine in my expectations that we should be able to perfect the second volume, or at least supply the deficiency in that which I consider to be the most important part of it, viz., the History of Hind and Sind, but unfortunately this is not the case, our MS. containing, as we have seen, (with the ex- ception of the first few leaves of Muhammadan history,) portions of the second section of the first part of the second division of the second volume, whilst that of Colonel Baillie, as I believe, comprises the greater portion of the first section of the same part. The history of Muhammad in Colonel Baillie’s MS. may be, perhaps, perfected from that of the Society; but further than this the two MSS. do not assist each other. Professor Forbes, who was fortunate enough to find this precious volume, has given an account of its contents, and the circumstanees which led to its discovery, in a paper which occurs in another part of this Journal. W. H. M. Sept. 2Qth, 1839. London : HARRISON nnd CO.,^Printers, 45, St. Miirtiu’s Lnnc.