A Dictionary Of Words Used In The East Indies To Which Is Added Mohammedan Law And Bengal Revenue Terms With An Appendix

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Words Used in the East Indies, With Full Explanations written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Dictionary of Words Used in the East Indies, With Full Explanations: The Leading Word of Each Article Being Printed in a New Nustaleek Type; To Which Is Added, Mohammedan Law and Bengal Revenue Terms; With an Appendix Therefore, when he has taken the pains to peru e feveral volumes concerning our Rafi India pofi'effions, he has been compelled to fit down With a Very ima perfcet knowledge of the fubjaet, be, caufe he has not been in po fifipn of any explanatory Dictionary to refer to whenever he might be in doubt. To remedy this evil, an Indian Voca bulary was publi ied at London in 1788, 121110; a Dictionary of Moham medan Law and Bengal Revenue Terms, by Mr. Gladwin, at Calcutta, in 1797, Ato; (but this Work is exceedingly fcarce in Europe;) and an Indian Glof fary, in 8v0, by Mr. 'roberts, in1800: yet neither of thefe works have the original words in the Perfian cha racter placed at the beginning of the articles. This defeet has been often mentioned to the Editor, by various Gentlemen who have returned from -the Eai'c Indies, who felt the Want of fuch a vade mecum, and who have expre 'ed a defire to fee a work exe outed on a more extenfive plan, fuch as might be ufeful to thofe Who may, be employed by the Company in the feveral departments of Government, of Law, and of Commerce. When larrived in India, fays Mr. Roberts, what greatly added to my mortification, in not being acquainted with the na tive languages, was, that when I perufed a newfpaper, that fource of ne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."