Erskine, William, 1773-1852

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1803-1823 Master in Equity in the Recorder’s Court at Bombay.

Epithet: historian and orientalist

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referencedIn LFTTERS of Indian princes and others of the xviiith cent. translated from the Persian by William Erskine; with other papers, relating, chiefly to the revenues of the Mahratta country. Autograph. Paper; 1820. Folio.Mahrattas of India: Papers relating ..., 1820 British Library
referencedIn MUNTAKHAB-UT-TAWARIKH, or Tarikh Bedáuni, by Imám Abdul Qadir Malukshah, Bedguni; a condensed translation by William Erskine. Autograph. Paper; 1841. Folio.William Erskine: Philological collections, translations, etc., from Oriental languages: 18th a..., 1841 British Library
referencedIn Vol. VI. (ff. 512). 1833, 1834.Edinburgh Review; The: Correspondence of M. Napier as editor of: 1829-1847.includes:f. 1 General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet Lord High Commissioner, Ionian Islands: Letters to M. Napier: 1832, 1833. ff. 3, 5, 18, 9..., 1833-1834 British Library
creatorOf William Erskine papers., 1817 British Library
referencedIn "AKBERNAMA," part the second, from the 17th to the 29th year of his reign [A.D. 1573-1585], translated and abridged by William Erskine.Autograph. Paper; 1846. Folio.William Erskine: Philological collections, translations, etc., from Oriental language..., 1846 British Library
creatorOf Supplement Catalogue of Oriental antiquities by Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), 1815-1817 British Library
referencedIn Vol. V. (ff. 470). 1831, 1832.Edinburgh Review; The: Correspondence of M. Napier as editor of: 1829-1847.includes:f. 1 Thomas Flower Ellis: Letters to M. Napier: 1831-1838. ff. 3, 23, 57, 66, 83, 85, 104, 171, 210, 212, 230, 242, 245, 249, 256, 286,..., 1831-1832 British Library
referencedIn EXTRACTS from the Ganes-puran, etc, Shiva-puran, etc., on the Buddhist religion; translated by William Erskine; with a list of names and epithets of Buddha. Autograph. Paper.; early xixth cent. Quarto.Buddha: Notes on the Buddhist religion: 19th cent..., 18th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn COLLECTION by William Erskine; consisting chiefly of alphabets, vocabularies, etc., of the Mahratti, Sindi, Kashemiri, Pushtoo or Afghan, Chinese, Javanese, and other languages. Interspersed are original letters from Lieutenant F. Irvine and others. ..., 1796-1810 British Library
referencedIn 1. COMMENTARIES of Jehàngír; a condensed translation, by William Erskine, f. 1. 2. Tarikh Rashidi; being a history of the Moghul Khans circa 1360 to 1541, by Mirza Haider Daghlat, Gurkan; translated and abridged by the same, f. 55. 3. Historical note..., approximately 1841 British Library
referencedIn NOTES and collections relating to India, by William Erskine, Autograph.1. Notes of the Report of the Select Committee on the state of the East India Company and British affairs in the East Indies; 26 May, 1772, f. 2. 2. Notes from Clive papers; 1767-..., approximately 1842 British Library
referencedIn "MEMOIRS of Zehir-ed-din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan,......written by himself in the laghatai Turki, and translated partly by John Leyden, M.D., Secretary to the Asiatick Society, partly by William Erskine, Esq.; with a Geographical and Hist..., 1816 British Library
referencedIn MFMOIRS of the reigns of the emperors Humayun and Akbar by Bayezid Bayat; a condensed translation by William Erskine. Paper; 1841. Folio.Báyazid Bayát, Head Cook of Akbar: Abstract of his Mogul history, by W. Erskine: 1841.William Erskine: Philologic..., 1841 British Library
referencedIn Papers, 1767-1808. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn ABSTRACT of Khafi Khan's History of the House of Baber, from the commencement of the reign of Sháh Jehán to the end of the reign of Fai-ukhsír, 1626-1719. Two volumes bound together. Paper; 1811. Folio., 1811-1821 British Library
referencedIn "COMMENTARIES of Jehàngir," translated by William Erskine. Imperfect. Paper; circa 1840. Folio.William Erskine: Philological collections, translations, etc., from Oriental languages: 18th and 19th centt., approximately 1840 British Library
referencedIn DIARY of William Erskine, the Orientalist, translator of the Emperor Baber's Memoirs, 24 Dec. 1809-4 Oct. 1850, but with many intermissions. It consists largely of criticism of books read. At the end are a few biographical memoranda and some letters ... British Library
referencedIn PHILOLOGICAL collections by William Erskine:-1. A printed table showing "the form of the characters, pronunciation, andpower,ofthe Guzzerat alphabet;" and a comparative vocabulary of Sanskrit, Latin, and English, ff. 2, 4. 2. Vocabulary of Catharine..., 1796-1810 British Library
referencedIn TRANSLATIONS from general histories of India, viz., Tabakat i Akbari, and Khulasat-ut-Tavarikh (see Catalogue of the Persian MSS. in the British Museum, vol. i., pp. 220, 230), etc., by William Erskine. Paper; ff. 77. XIXth cent. Folio. Presented by ..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Letters received by Horace Hayman Wilson, orientalist, 1812-1860 British Library
referencedIn "THE Tezkereh al Vakiãt, or private memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun;" translated from the Persian by Major Charles Stewart, and printed in London, 1832; with manuscript notes made in 1842 by William Erskine, and, at f. 2 b, a portrait of Humayu..., 1832-1842 British Library
creatorOf Erskine Collection: papers collected by William Erskine (1773-1852), legal office holder, Bombay from 1804, Master in Equity, Recorder's Court 1820-23; Secretary and later Vice-President of the Bombay Literary Society 1805-23; oriental scholar; chief..., 1804-1841 British Library
referencedIn THE "Akbir-Namah;" a history of the reign of Humáyún [1530-1556]; translated by William Erskine. Autograph. Paper; 1832. Quarto.Akbarnama: Translation of, by W. Erskine: 1832.William Erskine: Philological collections, translations, etc., from Orienta..., 1832 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Edward West, Recorder and Chief Justice of Bombay 1823-28, and Lady West, 1822-1828 British Library
referencedIn THE reign of Sháh-Jehán, from A.H. 1037-1067 [A.D. 1626-1656], being an extract from Khafi Khan's History of the House of Baber; translated by William Erskine. Two volumes. Paper; 1811-1821. Folio. British Library
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Bombay, India
Sind, India
India, Asia
Nilgiri Hills, Madras
Deccan, India
Guzerat Province, Hindostan
Guzerat Province, Hindostan
Baghdad, Iraq
Bali, Indonesia
India, Asia
India, Asia
Cape Comorin, India
Java, Indonesia
Africa, Africa
Malabar Coast, Madras
Bombay, India
New Zealand, Australia
Kaffraria, South Africa
India, Asia
Afghanistan, Asia
Elephanta Island, India
Sri Lanka, Asia
Central Asia, Asia
Russia, Europe, Asia
Kashgar, China
Kurdistan, Iraq
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Birth 1773-11-08

Death 1852-05-28

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