Persian manuscripts collected by Sir William Ouseley 14th-19th century

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Persian manuscripts collected by Sir William Ouseley 14th-19th century

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb3105-mss.ouseley1-409,410-14(r),415-20

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jav,

san,

mya,

syr,

hin,

ben,

heb,

tel,

urd,

fas,

ara,

pli,

University of Oxford, Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library

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Ouseley, William, Sir, 1767-1842

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English orientalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Castlerea, Ireland, to Richard Gough (and docketed by him), 1788 Jul. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609880 ...

Sir William Ouseley

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Sir William Ouseley (1767-1842) was educated for the army, but preferred oriental, especially Persian, studies. He left the army in 1796, was knighted in 1800, and in 1810 accompanied his younger brother Sir Gore Ouseley (1770-1844) to the East, as his private secretary. Their political mission led them through India to Persia, and in both countries the two brothers made large separate collections of oriental manuscripts. See the Dictionary of National Biography for details on both. ...