Afghan Wars, Afghan Wars, Afghanisch-Britischer Krieg (1838-1842), DS363 .E9 1843
The military operations at Cabul -- Rough notes during imprisonment in Afghanistan -- [8] appendices. by Lieut. Vincent Eyre. Spine title: Journal of... Show moreThe military operations at Cabul -- Rough notes during imprisonment in Afghanistan -- [8] appendices. by Lieut. Vincent Eyre. Spine title: Journal of an Afghan prisoner. Later published as: The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42. Folding map mounted facing p. 1. Publisher's ads, 4 p. at end. Main Heritage Shelves General DS363 .E9 1843 Book Item-ID: i15865897 BIB-ID: 2523590 Show less
Cover title. Translations are mostly from Persian letters. Main Heritage Shelves General DS485.P79 P83 1874 Book Item-ID: i10232539 BIB-ID: 1024889 Show moreCover title. Translations are mostly from Persian letters. Main Heritage Shelves General DS485.P79 P83 1874 Book Item-ID: i10232539 BIB-ID: 1024889 Show less
translated from the French of L. de Grandpré. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS412 .G73 1803 Book Item-ID: i10045004 BIB-ID: 1006303 Show moretranslated from the French of L. de Grandpré. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS412 .G73 1803 Book Item-ID: i10045004 BIB-ID: 1006303 Show less
Aurangzeb , 1618-1707, History, History, Description and travel, Court and courtiers, Social life and customs, DS461.7 .B47 1671
The history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of... Show moreThe history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol -- A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia. by Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier ; English'd out of French. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut initial letters. Title page followed by seven pages of "An extrait of a letter written to Mr. H.O. from Monsr de Monceaux the younger, giving a character of the book here Englished and its author", which is followed by six pages of contents and an errata page. With a final advertisement leaf. Pagination: [16], 258, [2], 176, 102, [2] p. Page 208 is wrongly printed as 082. Translation by Henry Oldenburg of author's Histoire de la dernière révolution des états du Grand Mogol, 1670. Volume two, entitled "Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol" has separate pagination and title page with following imprint: London : printed by S.G. for Moses Pitt at the white Hart in Little Britain, 1671. The third part entitled "A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia" has also separate pagination. Copy in FCO Historical collection is a variant copy without a Wing reference number. Imprint reads: London : printed and are to be sold by John Williams, book-seller in Plymouth, 1671. The map is signed: "Cross sculp:" Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.7 .B47 1671 Book Item-ID: i10203618 BIB-ID: 1021997 Text also available online from EEBO at: http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. English translation of French original. Copy in Marsden Collection has armorial bookplate of William Marsden on front paste-down. UkLU-K Copy in FCO Historical Collection is from the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. It has a ms. inscription on second free endpaper: "E Libris Thomae Hewett, Anno Domini 1719" and a ms. inscription in Indic script on the same page. There is another ms. inscription on title page in another hand: "L. Moody, Mrs Hill". UkLU-K Show less
[by] Michael H. Mason. Main Heritage Shelves General DT55 .M19 1936 Book Item-ID: i10216431 BIB-ID: 1023279 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show more[by] Michael H. Mason. Main Heritage Shelves General DT55 .M19 1936 Book Item-ID: i10216431 BIB-ID: 1023279 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
by Hekekyan Bey. Main Heritage Shelves General DT61 .H45 1863 Book Item-ID: i15531570 BIB-ID: 1006253 Show moreby Hekekyan Bey. Main Heritage Shelves General DT61 .H45 1863 Book Item-ID: i15531570 BIB-ID: 1006253 Show less
Islamic marriage customs and rites, Islamic marriage customs and rites--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Thrones, Chandeliers, Arches, Bridegrooms
Photographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by... Show morePhotographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plates no. 18a nd 8b in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). Photographs are numbered (XVIIIa and XVIIIb). Caption continues "(vergl. Mekka, Bd. II, S. 167ff.)" (see Mekka, vol. II, p. 167 et seq.). Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0273-0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26534642 BIB-ID: 2832040 Show less
Cuneiform writing, Weights and measures, Babylonian, PJ3223 .S86 1918
compiled by Samuel A. B. Mercer. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ3223 .S86 1918 Book Item-ID: i24892099 BIB-ID: 1006203 Show morecompiled by Samuel A. B. Mercer. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ3223 .S86 1918 Book Item-ID: i24892099 BIB-ID: 1006203 Show less
presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of his Majesty. Main Heritage Shelves General JX4084.I8 A47 1947 Book ... Show morepresented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of his Majesty. Main Heritage Shelves General JX4084.I8 A47 1947 Book Item-ID: i2345264x BIB-ID: 2504337 Text in English and Arabic. Show less
Islamic marriage customs and rites, Islamic marriage customs and rites--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Thrones, Chandeliers, Arches, Bridegrooms
Photographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by... Show morePhotographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plates no. 18a nd 8b in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). Photographs are numbered (XVIIIa and XVIIIb). Caption continues "(vergl. Mekka, Bd. II, S. 167ff.)" (see Mekka, vol. II, p. 167 et seq.). Manuscript annotations in Arabic under and above each print: "داخل الريكة" and "حفلة عرس. الباب الخارجي للريكة والعريس". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0012 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26542547 BIB-ID: 2832263 Show less
