Item VIII/ii/08 - The History of the Reign of Shah-Aulum, the Present Emperor of Hindostan

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GB 2014 WS-01-GRE-VIII/ii/08

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The History of the Reign of Shah-Aulum, the Present Emperor of Hindostan

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  • 1957 (Accumulation)
  • 1798 (Publication)

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4to, 1 volume

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(ca. 1763-1839)

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FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Francklin (qv); b.; adm. 6 Jun 1774; KS 1777 (aged 14); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1781, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1781, aged 18, but did not matr.; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1782; Ensign, 19th Native Infantry 31 Jan 1783; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Lieut., 20 Oct 1789; Capt., 30 Sep 1803; Maj., 29 Mar 1810; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Col., 22nd Native Infantry 16 Dec 1814; invalided 1 Oct 1815; Regulating Officer, Bhangulpore 1814-25; retired in India Dec 1825; Librarian and member of Council, Royal Asiatic Society; an oriental scholar of considerable reputation; one of the donors of the Warren Hastings Cup; author, Observations made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia, 1788, and other works; m. 9 Mar 1801 Marian Hastings, dau. of John Collie, Surgeon, EICS Bengal; d. 12 Apr 1839. DNB.

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Inscribed from Davis to Capt. Whitford

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  • English

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  • Latin

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WS-GRE-VIII/ii/8

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GB 2014

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Final

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Partial

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  • English

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  • Latin

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