The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland; New Series [14, 1 ed.]

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JOURNAL OF THF,

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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF

GEEAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

VOLUME THE FOURTEENTH.

LONDON: TRUBNER AND

CO., 57

&

59,

MDCCCLXXXII.

LUDGATE

HILL.

STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS

PRINTERS, HERTFORD.

CONTENTS OF YOL. XIV. [new

series.]

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Art.

PAGE

—The Apology

I.

of

An

A1 Kiruly.

Essay on

its

Ago

and Authorship. By Sir "William Muie, K.C.S.I.,

LL.D Art. II.

I

—The Poet Pampa.

Art. III.

—On a Coin Shah.

mal

By Lewis

Rice

19

Shams ud Dunya wa ud Din Mahmud

of

By CmiELES College,

J.

Rodgers, M.R.A.S., Nor-

Christian

Yemacular

Education

24

Society for India, Amritsar

Art. IV,

—A Sculptured Tope on an old Stone By William

Art. V.

at Dras, Ladak.

Slmpsox, F.R.G.S

28

—Note on PL xxviii.

fig. 1, of Mr. Eergusson’s “ Tree and Serpent Worship,” 2nd Edition. By S. Beal,

Professor of Chinese,

Art. VI.

— On By

.......

39

the Present State of Mongolian Researches. Prof. B.

Cust, Esq.,

Art. VII.

London University

In a Letter

Julg.

Hon.

Sec.

—Sanskrit Ode addressed Congress of

.

Robert N. 42

to the Fifth International

Orientalists

September, 1881

to

R.A.S

assembled at

Berlin,

By the Lady Pandit Rama-baT,

of Silchar, Kachar, Assam.

With a

by Professor Monlee Williams, C.I.E

Translation

66

CONTENTS.

VI

PACE

Art. VIII.

—The Intercourse

of China with Eastern Turkestan

and the Adjacent Countries in the Second Century By Thos. W. Kjngsmill B.c.

Art. IX.

— Suggestions

of

Semitic

the

Comparative and Critical Study.

By

M.R.A.S

G. Beetin,

Art. X.

on the Formation

A

Tenses.

105

— On a Lolo MS. Written on Satin.

By M. Teeriex

DE La CouPEEiE, M.E.A.S

Art. XI.

—On Tartar

By

and Turk.

Member

Corresponding

74

119

W.

S.

of the

Koelle, Ph.D.,

Boyal Academy

of

Science in Berlin, and Missionary of the Church

Missionary Society

Art. XII.

—Notice

125

of the Scholars

who have

Contributed to

the Extension of our Knowledge of the Languages

By E. X.

of Africa.

Honorary Secretary

Cost,

E.A.S

Art. XIII.

160

— Grammatical J.

Missionary

Society,

E. Schon, F.E.G.S.

;

and Chaplain

of the of

Church

Melville

Chatham

Hospital,

Art. XIV.

Sketch of the Haiisa Language.

By the Eev.

—Buddhist

176

By Arthur

Saint Worship.

Lillie,

M. E.A.S

Art.

XV.

218

—Gleanings

from the Arabic.

By H. W. Free-

land, M.A., M. E.A.S

Art.

XVI. — A1 Kahirah and

Art. XVII.

—How

the

its

Gates.

of

By II.

Mahabharata Bogins.

Arnold, C.S.I., M. E.A.S., Elephant

227

Siam

C.

Kat, Esq.,

By Edwin

Officer of the

White 246

CONTENTS.

vii rAC;K

Art. XVIII.

—Arab

II.

XIX.

Art.

Metrology.

By M.

IV. Ed-Dahaby.

Sautaire

264

—The Vaisbnava Religion,

with special reference

Modem

S'iksha-patrl of tho

to the

Svanii-Narayana.

Sect called

By Monier Williams,

C.I.E.,

D.C.L., Boden Professor of Sanskrit, and Follow of Balliol College,

XX.

.\rt.

—Further Xote Sir

—The

XXII.

— On

317

Afghanistan.

of

By

LL.D By

319

Identification of the Sculptured

Sanchi.

Art.

on the Apology of Al-Kindy.

The Buddhist Caves William Simpson

XXI*.

Art.

289

K.C.S.I., D.C.L.,

—

XXI.

Art.

W. Muir,

Oxford

Tope at

By William Simpson

332

the Genealogy of Modern Numerals.

By

Sir E. Clive Bavlet, K.C.S.I., C.I.E

Art. XXIII.

— The

Cuneiform

Inscriptions

ciphered and Translated.

XXIV. — Sanskrit Text

.\rt.

of the

By

335

Van, De-

of

A. H. Satce ....

S'iksha-Patri

of

the

Svami-Xarayana Sect. Edited and translated by Professor Monier Williams, C.I.E. D.C.L. ,

Art.

XXV. — The

.

.

XXVI. — The

773

Oldest Book of the Chinese (the

King) and

its

Authors.

Couperce, M.R.A.S

Index

733

Successors of the Seljuks in Asia Minor.

By Stanley Lane-Poole Art.

377

Th-

By Terrien de La 781

817

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CLIVE BAYLEY,

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Bart., M.P. C.I.E.

COUNCIL

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ELLIS, SIR H.

K.C.S.I.

FERGUSSON, JAMES, Esq., GROTE, ARTHUR, Esq. HAIG. COLONEL KAY, H. C., Esq.

C.I.E., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.

MALCOLM

R.

KEATINGE, COLONEL, C.S.I., V.C. LEWIN, COLONEL T. H. MACL.AGAN, GENERAL ROBERT, R.E., F.R.S.E. M-CRINDLE, J. W., Esq. MORRIS, HENRY. Esq. PELLY, MAJOR GEN. SIR LEWIS, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. ROBINSON, SIR W., K.C.S.I. RUSSELL, THE LORD ARTHUR, M.P. STANLEY OF ALDERLEY, THE LORD.

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W. VAUX, H. F.

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HONORARY SECRETARY; N. OUST, Esq.

ROBERT

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N. B,— The marks prefixed to the names signify Original Member. Non-resident Members. + Members who have compounded for their Subscriptions. tt Members who, having compounded, have again renewed their Subscriptions, or given Donations. { •

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. |His Highness Hassan Pasha, Egypt.

Abbott, Major-Gen. James, C.B., Ellasy, Swanmore, Ryde. *^Abd-ije-eahiian, Moulvie Syed, Barrister-at-Law, 42, Taltollah

Lane, Calcutta.

Abrahams, Israel, Esq., F.R.S.L., 65, Russell Square, W.C. *Acquarone, Luigi M., Constantinople. *Adamson, Harvey, Esq., Assistant Commissioner, British Burma. *A-di)is,

William Judson, Esq., C.E.

to the

Moulmain Municipality,

Burma.

British

*fAKAMATz, S., Esq., Japan. * Alabaster, Harry, Esq., Siam. Alexander, Lieut.-Gen. Sir E.R.S.E.,

United

Edward, K.C.B., K.C.S.I.,

Jas.

Service

Club;

Westerton,

Bridge of

Allan, N.B.

Ali Mahomed Khan. *Allen, H.

*Ameer

J.,

Esq.,

H.B.M. Consul, Newchwang,

China.

Ali, Moulvi Syed, M.A., LL.B., India.

Amherst,

W.

Square

;

A. Tyssen, Esq., M.P., 88, Brooh

Street, Grosvenor

Bidlington Park, Brandon, Suffolk.

Anderson, Gen.

W. Warden,

United Service Club.

18,

Eaton Rise, Ealing; Senior

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W.

Sir William, 29, Bryanstone Square,

W.

J.,

LL.D., Roy.

Coll,

Aebib, Dr. Enrico,

5,

Craven Mill,

W.

^Ansoege, Prof.

of Mauritius, Port Louis.

Aebdthnot, Francis Fitzgerald, Esq., 78, Portland Place, ^IAedaseee, Cursetji, Esq., Bombay. Aedaseee, Hormanji, Esq., Bombay.

The Rev. Marsham

"^'Argles,

F.,

R.D.,

W.

Bow Bazaar

154,

St.,

Calcutta.

Arnold,

'Ed.Y}m,'E.s(\.,C.'&.l.,\b,Maroldstone Road,

Aethde, The Rev. W., M.A., *Aston,

W.

Battersea-rise,

Cromwell Road.

Clapham-common.

G., Esq., British Consulate, Miogo, Japan.

^Austen, Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-, F.R.S., Junior United Service Club

;

Deepdale, Reigate.

Austin, Stephen, Esq., Bayley Lodge, Mertford.

*Eaba, Tatui, Esq., Japan.

*f Babbage, Major-General

H.

P.,

Bainton Mouse, Park Road,

Bromley, Kent.

Baddelet, H.

St. Clair, Esq., 32,

Pont

Street, Belgrave Square.

Baillib, N. B. E., Esq., 93, Gloucester-terrace, Myde-park.

^'Barkley, D. G., Esq., Lahore, Panjab.

*Baeeow, Lieut. Arthur F., 12th Regiment B.N.I., Agra. *|Bate, The Rev. J. Drew, Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency. Batten,

J.

H., Esq., F.R.G.S.,

5,

Manston-terrace, Meavitree,

Exeter.

*Bay'Ley, Sir E. C., K.C.S.I., C.I.E., V.P.R.A.S., Athenesum Club

;

The Wilderness, Ascot. Beal, The Rev.

S.,

Prof, of Chinese, University College, London

The Rectory, Wark, Northumberland.

*Beames, John, Esq., Bengal C.S. ^’Beigiiton, T. Durant, Esq., Midnapore, Bengal.

*Bellew, Walter H., Esq., Surgeon-Major,

C.S.I., Lahore.

Benson, Colonel, Whitby, Yorkshire.

*Beetuiee, M. Victor, Cambodia. Bertin, G., Esq., 124, Gower Street. *Besuwan, The Rajah of. *Best, j. W., Esq., Mangalore, Madras. *Best, K. T. Esq., Lane End, Migh Wycombe. *BiDDULPn, Major-Gen. Sir Michael, K.C.B., Rawul Pindi, PanJab. *Bircii, j. K., Esq., Binapore.

Biudwood, Sir George, K.C.S.I., M.D., India

Office.

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LIST OF

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MEMBERS,

Blair, Major II. F., R.E., India P.W. Department. Blunt, The Lady Anne Isabella, 10, James Street, Buckingham Gate.

Blunt,

J. E., Esq.,

Blunt, Wilfred

fBoND,

S.,

U.M.

Consul, Larissa.

Esq., 10, James Street, Buckingham Gate.

Swinburne, Esq., Singapore.

I.

Boulger, D.

Bowring,

C., Esq., 46,

Edwards Square, Kensington.

L., Esq., C.S.I., Lavrockbere, Torquaij,

IBrandretu, E. L., Esq., 32, Elcaston Place, Queen's Gate. Brown, Chas. P., Esq., 22, Kildare-gardens, TFestbourne-groce,

Browne,

J. F., Esq.,

Bengal C.S., Cuttuck.

Bruce, The Roy. R., 137, Queen's Road, Bruce, Charles, Esq., Minister of Public Buciian,

St.

John, Esq., Blanche-

BucKiNGHAii

Bagsioater. Instruction, Ceylon.

Poonamallee Road, Madras.

Ville,

Chandos, The Duke

.AND

W.

of,

JFotton,

Aylesbury,

Bucks.

Budge, E. A., Esq., Christ's

College,

Cambridge.

fBuRGESs, James, Esq., LL.D., Archwological Surveyor and Reporter,

Bombay ; 22, Seton Place, Edinburgh. Burnell, A. C., Esq., Ph.D., late Madras

C.S., West Stratton,

Mitcheldever Station, Plants.

fBuRNS, David Laing, Esq., Allahabad. |Burt, Major T.

S.,

F.R.S., Pippbrook Mouse, Dorking.

fBuRTON, Captain R. F., M.M. Consul, Trieste. Bushell, S. W., Esq., M.D., Pekin. Butts, Henry H., Esq., Assistant Commissioner, Fyzabad, Oudh. Cababe, Paul, Esq., The Grove, Walton-on- Thames. Cadell, Mrs.,

6,

Westbourne Park,

W.

Cadell, Colonel, V.C., Cockenzie Mouse, Preston Pans, N.B. Cain, The Rev. John, Dummagudem, Tipper Godavari, S. India. |Cama, K. Rustomji, Esq., Bombay. Campbell, Sir George, K.C.S.I., M.P., Southwell Mouse, Southwell Gardens.

Carletti, Signor P. Y., Professor of Arabic, Brussels. Carmichael, David S., Esq., Sec. Rev. Department, Madras.

Cesnola, General Palma di, Metrop. Museum of Art, New York. Chamberlain, Basil Hall, Esq., Imp. Naval College, Tukio, Japan.

Charnock, Dr. R.

S., M.D., F.S.A., Junior Garrick Club. Chenert, Thomas, Esq., M.A., 16, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet Street.

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6

MEMBERS,

LIST OF

H. a., Esq., C.B., Consul for Sicily, Palermo. fCLAEK, Gordon 'W., Esq., 72, Great Tower Street. fCLAEKE, Hyde, Esq., 32, St. George's Square, S.'W'.

'*^Cht7BChill,

^fCiAEKE, H. Wilberforce, Major R.E., Brigade Dep6t Barracks, Bedford.

Clendhtning, Miss, 29, Dorset Square, N.'W. *CoDEnrGTON, Oliver E., Esq., M.D., Secretary, Bombay Asiatic

Bombay.

Society,

*CoLE, Major Robert A., Madras Staff Corps, Coorg.

Edward, Bart, M.P., V.P.R.A.S., 14, South Park Lane; Abington House, Abington, Jf.B.

f fCoLEBEOOKE, Sir T. Street,

*CojWELL, C.

J. Esq.,

B.C.S., East India United Service Club.

Cowell, Edward B., Esq., M.A., Professor of Sanskrit, Cambridge. *Ceaig, W., Esq., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The

Ceanbeook,

Right

Hon.

the

Viscount,

G.C.S.I.,

17,

Grosvenor Crescent, S.'W.

Ceawfoed and Balcaeees, The Right Hon. the Earl

of, 42,

Brook

Street.

j-CEAWFOEn, R. W., Esq., 71, Old Broad Street. |Ceawshat, G. Esq., Haughton Castle, Humshaugh-em-Tyne

6,

Adelphi Terrace, Strand. *fCEiJTTENDEN, Captain C.

J.,

R.H., 16, Talbot Road, Bayswater.

*Ct7nha, Gerson da. Esq., 39, Hornby Row, Bombay.

^CuNifryGHAM,

Army,

Major-General A.,

R.E.,

C.S.I.,

C.I.E., Bengal

Archceological Surveyor to the Government of India,

Simla.

* CuESETJEE, Manockjee, Esq., Bombay. CusT, Robert N., Esq., Hon. Secretary R.A.S., 64, St. George's Square,

S.W.

^IDadabhai Pestonji,

Esq., Bombay.

*Dalyell, Sir Robert A. 0., H.M. Consul, Rustchuk. Davles, the Rev. John, M.A., 16, Belsize Square. f Davis, Sir John Francis, Bart., K.C.B., E.R.S., Athenceum Club: Hollywood, Bristol.

^Dennys, H.

B., Esq., Phil.D.,

Hongkong.

IDerby, The Right Hon. the Earl

of,

D.C.L.,F.R.S., 23, St. James's

Square.

Dickins, E. V., Esq., Assistant Registrar, London

University,

Burlington Gardens.

Dickson,

Sir J. R. L.,

M.D.,

H.M.

Legation, Teheran, Persia.

LIST OF

*Dickson, "W., Esq., Foreign Douglas,

B..

7

MEMBERS.

Office.

K., Esq., Professor of Chinese, King's College; British

Museum. *fDoTLE,

Patrick,

Superintendent

C.E.,

Esq.,

Works,

Public

Maipang-Larat, Penang, Straits Settlements.

Dkummoxd, The Hon. Edmund,

72, Eccleston Square.

fDuFF, The Right Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-, F.R.S., Governor of Madras.

Duff, Smyttan G., Esq., 58, Queen's Gate, S.W. Dumeegue, Capt., 4, Windsor Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man. *Dupuis, "W. Hutton, Esq.,

H.B.M.

fEAsrwicK, E.

C.B.,

Esq.,

B.,

Consul, Teneriffe.

F.R.S.,

Club;

Athenaeum

54,

Hogarth Road, Cromwell Road. f

Wm.

fEASTWiCK, Captain

J., 12,

Leinster Gardens,

Hyde Park.

EoEXjJThe Hon. Sir Ashley, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., India Egoeling,

Office.

Esq., Professor of Sanskrit, Edinburgh.

J.,

Elliot, Sir Walter, K.C.S.I., F.R.S., Wolfelee, Hawick. Ellis,

Sir

H. Barrow, K.C.S.I., India

69,

Office;

Cromwell

Road, S.W.

fEESKixE, Claude, Esq., 66, Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park.

Faeduxjie, Jamshedji, Esq., fFAjRGUES,

Calcutta.

Esq., Indian Telegraph Department, Teheran.

J.,

*Faulkxee, a.

S., Esq.,

Bombay.

*fFEEGUS0N, A. H., jun., Abbotsford Estate, Lindula, Ceylon. *fFEEGusox, Donald W., Colombo, Ceylon. Feegussox, James, Esq.,

C.I.E., D.C.L.,

Langham Place, W. *Feegussox, Thomas T., Consul du Royaume *Fixlat, Colonel

J.,

LL.D.,

F.R.S.,

20,

de Belgique, Chefoo.

Finlayston House, Kittanning, Pennsylvania.

*Frxx, Alexander, Esq., H.B.M. Vice-Consul, Teheran. Fitzgerald, G. Vesey "*^Fleet, j.

F

,

S., Esq., 92,

Esq., Belgaum,

Queen's Gate,

Bombay

S.W.

Presidency.

Foeloxg, Major-General j. G. R., 11, Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh. Foestee, The Right Hon. W. E., M.P., F.R.S., Reform Club; 80, Eccleston Square.

Foulkes, The Rev. T., Madras. Feaxks, a. W., Esq., M.A., F.R.S., British Museum. IFeeelaxd, H. W., Esq., Athenceum Club.

8

LIST OF

The Eight

Feeee,

Hon.

MEMBERS.

Sir

H. Bartle

E.,

F.E.S.,

Eart.,

G.C.B., G.C.S.I., Athenaeum Club, Wressil Lodge, Wimbledon

Common. Feyee, Lieut.-Col. George E., Madras Staff Corps, Rangoon.

Gaednee, Christopher, Esq., M.B.M. Consul, Ichang. C., Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E. '^'Ghose, Eamchundra, Esq., 32, Jhamapuhar Lane, Calcutta. fGATOEE,

fGiBB, E. J. W., Esq., Conservative

Club,

Lockwood, Gartcosh,

Glasgow. Gibbs,

The Hon. James,

C.S.I., C.I.E., Calcutta.

Edinburgh Mansions, Victoria S.W. Gill, T. R., Esq., 21, Karefield Road, BrocMey. Gillett, William Stedman, Esq., Ilarefield, Southampton.

f Gill, Capt. "W.,

*Glasfijed, Lieut.-Col. C. L. R., Bengal Staff Corps.

fGoLnsMiD, Major-Gen. Sir F.

J.,

C.B., K.C.S.I., Egypt.

R.,Q.Q.'H.Gi.,J).C.\j.,GovernorofNew Zealand.

*Goedon, Major R., 32, Clarges Street. Geaham, Cyril C., Esq., C.M.G., Colonial

Office,

S.W.

Walton

;

Mouse, Ryde.

Grant, Alexander, Esq., Rosey Villa, Cheltenham. *Geant, Charles, Esq., Bengal C.S., Jubbulpore.

Gray, Albert, Esq.,

7,

Eig Tree Court, Temple.

Gregory, Sir William H., K.C.M.G., Athenaeum Club; George's Place,

Myde

3,

St.

Parle Corner.

*Geibble, James D. B., Esq., Madras Civil Service, Cuddapah. ^Geieein, Sir Lepel H., 'K.C.^.l., Bengal C.S.,Lndore, Central India. ^Geieeitii, R. T. H., Esq., M.A., Dir. Publ. Instruction,

N.W.P.

Geote, Arthur, Esq., 42, Ovington Square, S.W.

Haggaeb, a. H., Esq., 20, Grove Road, Wanstead, Essex. 5, Park Road, Beckenham, Kent.

Haig, Col. Malcolm R,,

"^''Halevy, Prof. Joseph, 26,

Harrison,

J.

Rue Aumaire,

Paris.

Park, Esq., 22, Connaught Street,

Haetington, The Most Hon. the Marquess

of,

Myde Park. Secretary of State

for India, Devonshire Mouse, Piccadilly.

Hawkins,

The Rev.

Dorsetshire

;

W.

Bcntinck, M.A., F.R.S.,

Axnoller,

33, Bryanstone Square.

Haynes, Joseph, Esq.,

J.P.,

F.R.S.L., Marlborough

Chambers,

Pall Mall, S.W.

Head, Barclay V., Esq., Sec. Numism.

Soc., British

Museum.

LIST OF

9

MEMBERS.

^Heming, Captain Dempster, Madras Town Police. *Hektey, D. F. a., Esq., 2[alacca, Straits Settlements. Ueywood, James, Esq., F.R.S., 26, Kensington Palace Gardens. f Grange, j’HoDGSON, Drian Houghton, Esq., F.H.S., Alderley Wotton-under-Edge. *IIoey, AVilliam, Esq., H.A., Bengal C.S., 18, Jihercorn lerrace, Belfast.

Frederic, Esq., Jl.B.21. Consul, Zanzibar.

*Holmwood,

fHoLROYD, Thomas, Esq., Elland Lodge, IVimhledon. H. M., Director of Public Instruction, Lahore

fHoLKOYD, Major W.

*Hoi.x, 11. E. W., Esq., Sec. R.A.S.,

Walter

f*IIooi'ER,

P’.,

Byrne Road, Balham.

Esq., Xegapatam, India.

Hughes, Captain Sir

P’.,

K.C.13., Bole, Hove, Wexford.

*Hughes, George, Esq., Empire Club, Bengal C.S. *Hughes, Major Gwynne, 2I.C.S. P., H.D., Peshawar, Afghanistan.

*Hcghes, The Kev. T. *Huxter, The Hon.

W. W.,

B.A.,

General of Gazetteers and

C.I.E.,

Statistics to

LL.D., DirectorGovernment of

the

India, Calcutta.

Hutt, Benjamin, Esq., E.I.U.S. Club,

St. James’s Square.

lotTNGE, S. Takatsgu, Count, Japan.

Irtixe, W., Esq., Ghazipur, *fjAMES,

Harvey, Esq., Bengal Civil

S.

*jARi)rjfE,

Service, Allahabad.

John, Esq., Judicial Commissioner, British Birma.

*fjAYlKAR, Atmarain

S. G., Esq.,

Surgeon-Major, Muscat, Persian

Gulf *JoYJTEB, R. B., Esq.,

Kat, H.

Dharwar, Bombay Presidency.

C., Esq., 11,

Durham

Villas,

Kensington.

EAatixge, Col. R. H., C.S.I., V.C., 147, Cromwell Road, S.W. *Keexe, H. G., Esq., District Judge, Meerut. *ICeee,

The Rev. W.

*Xet.sall,

John,

B., Westbury, Dorset.

Esq.,

Madras

C.S.,

Ganjam, Eltham Lodge,

Dulwich Wood Park, Upper Norwood, S.E.

^fKEMBALL, Lieut.-Gen. Gate, S.W.

Sir Arnold, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., 79, Queen's

j-XERR, Mrs.

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10

Eobert Moss, Esq., Bengal C.8. Knighton, AV., Esq., LL.D., Mortimer Mouse, Sydenham, Surrey.

‘^'King,

*Knox,

Thomas George, K.C.M.G.

Sir

’^’Ktnneeslet, C. "W. Sneyd, Esq., Singapore, Straits Settlements

;

Beaeonsjield Cluh.

La

Cotjpeeie, Terrien de. Esq., 85, Kennington Road, S.E.

The Eight Eev. the Lord Bishop

’^'Lahoee,

Laidlat,

W., Esq.,

J.

Scacliff House,

of,

Lahore, Panjdh.

North Berwick, K.B.

'^'Lanman, C., Esq., Professor of Sanskrit, Yale College, E.S.A.

Law, Major-General E. C., Surbiton. |Law, J. S., Esq., Oriental Club; South Lodge, Southgate. fLAWFOED, Henry S., Esq., M.A. Laweence, E. AV., Esq., Oakleigh, Beckenham. *'Lataed,

The Eight Hon.

Row,

Sir

H. Austen, G.C.B., D.C.L.,

3,

Savile

N

^Lees, Colonel

AV^.

Nassau, LL.D., 115, Piccadilly.

Legge, The Eev. Dr., D.D., Professor of Chinese, Oxford. ^fLEiTH, Tyrrell, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Malabar Mill, Bombay. ^ILeitnee, Gottlieb AV., Esq.,

Offg.

Bir. of Public Lnstruction,

Lahore.

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P., Esq., C.S.I., President of the Administra-

Egyptian Railways, Alexandria.

^'ILeppee, C. H., Esq.

fLE Strange, Guy,

Esq., 46, Charles Street, Berkeley Square.

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Mawick

Place,

Victoria Street, S.AA'.

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Henry

B., K.C.B., 44,

Elm Park

*Locke, H. Hover, Esq., Principal of

^Lockhart,

J.

Loewe, Dr.

H. Stewart,

L.,

1

&

2,

*Long, the Eev. James,

Road, Chelsea.

the School

of Art, Calcutta.

Esq., iZbwy-iTowy.

Oscar Villas, Broadstairs, Kent. 19,

Adam

Street, Strand.

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Major-General Sir Peter

S.,

K.C.B., C.S.I.

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S.AA".

MEMBERS.

LIST OF

Lttton, The Right lion, the Earl

Athenmm

Club

;

of,

11

G.C.B., C.I.E., G.C.S.I.,

Knehworth Park, Hertfordshire.

JIacaktxey, Dr., Secretary

to

Chinese

the

Embassy

Richmond

;

Ilouse, 49, Portland Place.

M'Caktuv, J. W., Esq., *McCokkell, G., Esq.,

Cricklewood,

6, Hillside,

Horbury

7,

Crescent,

N.W.

Kensington Park

Road.

McCrixdle,

J.

W.,

Boltersan Church Road, Upper Norwood.-

*^IcCuLLUM, H. E., Capt.

11.

E., Broadfields, Singapore.

Macdoxell, Arthur Antony, Esq., Boden Sanskrit Scholar, Thornleigh,

Woodstock Road, Oxford.

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IMackixxox, William, Esq., Tarbert, Argyleshire

Ballinakill, near Clachan, 7,

West Loch,

Lothbury, E.C.

Maclagax, General Robert, R.E., F.R.S.E.,

37,

Lezham Gardens,

South Kensington.

Macrae, A. Park,

C.,

Esq., M.D.,

Westbourne

119,

Terrace,

Hyde

W.

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C.S.I., 27,

West Cromwell Road, South

S.W.

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W.

E.,

Esq.,

10,

Draper's

Gardens,

Throgmorton

Avenue, E.C.

Mathem", F., Esq., 103, St. George's Square, S.W. ^Maxwell, W. E., Esq., Residency, Larut, Straits Settlements. Mayer, Joseph, Esq., F.S.A., Pennant House, Bebington, Cheshire. Mayxe, J. D., Esq., Goodrest, Reading; 1, Crown Office Row, Temple.

Meltill, Philip, Esq., Ethy House, Lostwithiel. Melvill, Major-Gen.

*Merk, W. R. H.,

,

21 ,Palmeira Square, Brighton.

Esq., Bengal C.S., Umritsir.

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LIST OF MEMBERS.

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Road

Oriental Club;

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Milligah, Joseph,

f

17,

Leamington

Villas.

Polit. Agent, Muscat.

;

Craven Street, Strand.

6,

"^Minchin, Lieut. -Col., Bengal Staff Corps; Polit. Agent of Bahawalpur, Panjdb.

Thomas Karen

^Mitchell,

Candy,

Esq.,

Assistant

Commissioner

of

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Past

Ilill,

Cliff Lodge,

Toungoo, British

Ramsgate.

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Office ;

1,

;

Mal-

Wetherby Gardens,

S. Kensington. "*^MnKEEJi, Phanibhusan, 53, Albert Street, Regent's Park, f

H.W.

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Llantrissant

Esq.,

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Road,

Oxford.

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Prof. F.

W.,

15,

Arundel

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J. T., Sealkot, Panjab.

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Noetiicote,

4,

Hamilton Place, Piccadilly.

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Pines, Exeter.

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LIST OF

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N., Esq., Ganjam, Madras.

W.

*Palgrate, *Paxdia,

13

MEMBERS.

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A., Esq., Secretary to the

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C.,

R.A., Bangalore.

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IPeek, Cuthbert E., Esq., Wimbledon Mouse, Wimbledon, Surrey. fPEEK, Sir Henry MT., Bart., M.P., Wimbledon Mouse, Wimbledon, Surrey.

fPELLT, Lieut.-Col. Sir Lewis, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., Athenceum Club 1,

Eaton Square, S.W. Sir Arthur

Phayee, Major-Gen.

P., C.B.,

G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I.,

Athenccum Club; Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. ^Phillips,

The Rev. Maurice, Salem, South

India.

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C., Esq.,

Admiralty.

*fPHTA Rajanattataxthae, His the

Office.

Excellency, Private Secretary

to

King of Siam.

PiLKixGTOX, James, Esq., Swinthwaite Mall, Bedale, Yorkshire,

Reform Club. PixcHES, Theophilus G., Esq., British Museum. PixcoTT, Frederic, Esq., 77,

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Stanley Lane,

Esq.,

6,

M.M.

Park

Resident, Baghdad.

Villas

East,

Richmond,

Surrey.

*PoPE, the Rev. Dr. G. PoBTjiAX,

M.

TJ.,

15,

Belahay Street, S.W.

T., Esq., Ashfield, Bridgewater, Somerset,

Andaman

Islands.

^Powell, Baden, Esq., Conservator of Forests, Panjab. Powis, The Right Hon. the Earl of, LL.D., D.C.L., 45, Berkeley Square.

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J.,

Sanskrit College, Benares.

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8,

Cavendish Square.

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J. C., Esq., Barrister-at-Law,

Madras.

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Rajah

Jaikishah

Pumj

Dass

MEMBERS.

House, Faringdon, Bucks,

Bahadooe,

Raees

Moradalad,

of

Rohillchund.

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IRawlinson, Major-General Sir H.

C.,

E.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S.,

India Office; 21, Charles Street, Berkeley Square; Director

R.A.S. Redhotjse, J. W., Esq., Hon. M.R.S.L., 16, Kilhurn Priory.

*fREiE, Prof. R.

T.,

LL.D., Barrister-at-Law, Hotel Victoria, Rome.

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of,

K.G., F.R.S., Governor-

General of India.

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J.

Robinson, Vincent

H., Esq., C.I.E., F.S.A., Bengal C.S., Berar. J.,

Weymouth

Esq., 34,

Street,

W.

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Cluh;

50,

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j..

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W.

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Trevor, Esq., 139, Cambridge Street,

S.W.

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*Rustomjee,

P., Retired

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Lord Arthur, M.P.,

C., Esq.,

Ghazipur,

2,

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N.W.P.

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Rtlands,

W.

Street,

H., Esq., F.S.A., Sec. Bib. Arch. Soc., 11, Hart

W.C.

Sabdnjie, The Rev. J. L., 35, Colville Square,

Salisbury,

The Most Hon.

the

Marquess

W. of,

K.G., F.R.S.,

Hatfield.

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1,

Eastern Terrace, Brighton.

USX OF MEMBERS. Reuben

Sassoon,

Satow,

15

D., Esq., 1, Belgrave Square,

Ernest, Esq., Ph.D.

Secretary,

S.W.

JI.M.

Legation,

Yedo,

Japan. *Satjtaire, M., Rohernier par Montfort (J^ar), France.

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ScHiNDLEB, A. H.,

Esq., Teheran, Persia.

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Esq.,

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W.

Sinclair,

F., Esq., Kaira,

Bombay

Presidency.

SiNiLV, Xarenclra Prasamna, 70, Gloucester Road, Regent’s Park,

N.W. Sircar, Mahendra Lai, M.D.,

Calcutta.

Smith, Mrs. M. A., 34, Great Cumberland Place, Dyde Park. W., Esq., D.C.L., P.R.S., 41, Grosvenor Place. fSpoTTiswooDE, t

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15, Grosvenor

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Carter, Esq.,

M.D., Shanghai, China.

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Stephen,

Carr, Esq., Ludidna,

N. W. Provinces.

Strachey, WiUiam, Esq., Oriental Club, Hanover Square.

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Stulpnagel, Dr. C.

R., M.A., Ph.D., Prov. Govern. Coll., Lahore.

Suyematsu, Kenehio, Imperial London Legation of Japan, 88, Lancaster Road, W.

SwTNNERTON, The Eev.

f Tagore

C.,

Punjab.

Sourendro Mohun, Rajah Bahadur, Mus.D., M.R.S.L.,

Calcutta.

Talbot, Captain Edmund,

84, Albert Street, Regent’s Park.

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Bart., G.C.S.I., C.I.E.,

V.P.R.A.S., Athe-

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R.

C.,

R.E., TTmhalla, Panjal.

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;

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Civil

and

Sessions Judge, Vizagapatam.

Thompson, Major, Moscow.

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Hyde Park. The Rev. Anton, K.C.M., Cumberland

^-fTiEN,

*Tolboet, T.

*Teemlett,

W.

Terrace, Gravesend.

H., Esq., Bengal C.S.

J. S., Esq., Jellander,

Panjab.

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3,

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Bournemouth. Teottee, W., Esq., 11, Hertford Street, Mayfair. H.M. Consul, Biarbekr.

^‘Teottee, Major, R.E.,

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Zipper

Hamilton Terrace,

St.

John's

Wood. *Vaugh.an, The Rev. James, Krishnagar, Bengal. f Veeney,

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4,

South Street, Mayfair

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M.,

5,

Rue

de Beaune, Paris.

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S., Esq.,

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Street.

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*fWiLLiAMS, The Rev. Thomas, B.A., Ahmednagar, Bombay. Wills, Howel, Esq., ii-mot,

8,

Thanet Place, Strand.

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31. D.

Castle, Cork.

Inchrye Abbey, Newburgh, Perth-

shire, If.B.

fWoLLASTOX, A.

3T.,

Wortham, The Rev.

Esq., India

Offiee.

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V.P.R.A.S., India

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LIST OF

mior^aitg IJlcmbijr^s,

HIS HIGHNESS HAWAB IKBAL HD-DAULAH BAHADUK. HIS EXCELLENCY THE MARQUESS TSENG (Chinese Ambassahoe at the Coitet of Senator

St. James).

M. Amari, Rome.

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Professor

DiUmann, Berlin.

The Rev.

J.

Edkins, Peking.

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Don

Pascual de Gayangos, Madrid.

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Gorresio, Turin.

Pandit Isvrarchandra Vidyasagara, Calcutta. Professor B. Jiilg, Innsbruck. Professor

H. Kern,

Leiden.

Professor Richard Lepsius, Berlin. Professor Barhier de Meynard, Paris.

Babu Rajendralala Mitra, Professor F.

Max

C.T.E., Calcutta.

Muller, Oxford.

Dr. J. Olshausen, Berlin. Professor Jules Oppert, Paris.

Professor R. Roth, Tubingen.

Dr. A. Sprenger, Wabern, Switzerland. Professor A. F. Stenzler, Breslau.

Syed Ahmed Khan, K.C.S.I., Alligurh. Ahmed Vdfyq Effendi, Constantinople. Sir

Professor A. Weber, Berlin. Professor

W. D. Whitney,

Yale College,

New

ILaven,

U.S.A.

^embers.

(Jforcign

[No further additions

will

be made to the

M. Alexander de Chodzko,

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MEMBERS.

LIST OF

list

of Corresponding or Foreign Members.]

Paris.

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Xew

York, U.S.A.

(Torrcspojulinig

Sir Eutlierford Alcock, K.C.B., 14, ster,

^mbe/s. Great Queen Street, Westmin-

S.W.

Lieut.-General

Sir

George Balfour, K.C.B.,

M P.,

6,

Cleveland

Gardens, "W. Sir

W. H.

Medhurst, K.C.B., H.B.M. Consul, Hankow.

Professor F. Jieve, Louvain.

The Chevalier Etienne Pisani, Constantinople. The Rev. "W^. M. Thompson, Beyrut. Sir Richard "Wood, C.B., G.C.^.G.,

8X£PH£>' AVST12( A>'D

80>'8, P&lNT£fiS,

Consul-General, Tripoli.

H£aTFO&D.

JOURNAL OF

THE ROYAL ASIATIC Art.

SOCIETY.

The Apology of Al Kindy. An Easay on its Age and By Sir AVilliam Muir, K.C.S.I., LL.D.

I.

Authorship.

Al

Biruni,

A.D.

1000

his

in

Vestiges

of Ancient Nations,

(a.h. 390), while describing the

the authority of Ibn Ishdc al Kindy,

Sabeans, cites

Abd

Masih ibn Ishac

al

the

words

Christian, in these

“ Likewise

written

customs of the

al

Kindy, the Christian, in his

reply to the Epistle of Abdallah ibn Ismail al Hashimy, relates of

them

(the Sabeans) that they are notorious for

Human

sacrifice,

but that at present they are not able to practise openly the same.”

*

A

work answering the above description has recently been published by the Turkish Mission Aid Society, in Arabic, under the following

Abd

al

Hashimy

to

embrace Islam

the same,

to

and

;

The Epistle of Abdallah ibn Ismail Masih ibn Ishac al Kindy, inviting him and the Reply of Abd al Masih, refuting title

:

al

inviting the

Hashimite

to

embrace the Christian

Faith.

The book, we learn from a Note at the end, was printed from two YISS. obtained, one in Egypt, the other in Constantinople.

Neither has the name of the copyist, nor the year of

transcription.

*

are both said in this note, to be full

Chronology of Ancient Kations, p. •

;

They

«

187,

by Dr. Sachau, London, 1879.

~

jo j ilUI

TOL. XIT.

— [new

SEEIES.]

(A

'

1

cl)

THE APOLOGY OF AL KINDT.

2

and discrepancies. But the book has been edited with care and intelligence, and as a whole may be regarded of errors

The

as a correct reproduction of the original.

deserves

great

executed.

The

credit

for

way

the

editor certainly

in which

the

task

is

I proceed to give a brief account of the work.

letters,

themselves anonymous, are preceded by a

short preface

“ In

“It lived a

is

the

Name

related that in the time of

man

MAitfrN, there

The same was famed, among high and low,

devotion to Islam,

ordinances.

Abdallah al

Hashimite descent, and of Ahbasside lineage, nearly

of

related to the Caliph. for

of God, the One, the Eteenal.

and the

observance

careful

This person had a friend,

endowed with the

and

gifts of culture

learned

science, of

of

all

its

and virtuous, pure and noble

descent from the Beni Kinda, and distinguished for his attachment

The same was in the service of the Caliph, and nigh unto him in honour and dignity. Now these two men had a mutual love, and an implicit trust in the friendslxip of each other. Al MamCtn, Commander of the Faithful, moreover, and his whole to the Christian faith.

Court, were aware of

names,

lest

it

Christian a letter, of

’

it.

But we

are averse from mentioning their

The Hashiiute wrote

should do harm.

which

this is a copy.”

to

the

^

I subjoin the Arabic text

$ \

^

dll

\

|*icj

ji

La.^a.
't register, 4to.

Petersburg, 1835.

Etienne Kowalewski, Dictionnaire mongol-russe-fran-

gais, vol.

4to. pp. xiii.

i.

pp. 595-1545, 1846

;

and 594, Kasan, 1844 vol. ii. iii. 4to. pp. 1547-2690, 1849. ;

vol.

4to.

An

excellent dictionary. Texts.

Geschichte der Ost-Mongolen

und

Hires Furstenhauses, verfasst

; aus dem Monund mit dem Originaltexte, nebst Anmerkungen Erlaiiterungen und Citaten aus andern unedirten Origiualwerken herausgegeben von Is. Jac. Schmidt, 4to. pp. xxiv. and 609, St. Petersburg, 1828. Compare also Abel Remusat, Obser-

von Ssanang Ssetsen Chungtaidschi der Ordus golischen ubersetzf,

vations sur VUistoire des

8vo.

pp.

88,

Paris,

Mongols Orientaux, de Sanang-Setsen,

1832

(Extrait

du Nouveau

Journal

Asiatique).

Die Thaten des Yertilgers der den, des verdienstvollen

zeJin TTebel in

den zehn Gegen-

Relden Bogda Gesser Chan

;

eine rnon-

PRESENT STATE OF MONGOLIAN RESEARCHES.

58

golische helclensage, nach einem in Feliing gedruckten exemplare

aufs neue abgedruckt unter der Anfiicht des Akademikers Is. Jac, Schmidt.

Edited by the Imperial Academy of Science,

4to. pp, 191, St. Petersburg, 1836.

Die Thaten Bogda Gesser Chan’s, des Vertilgers der wurzel der zchn ubel in den zehn gegenden.

Fine

dem Mongolisehen ubersetzt von pp. XV. and 287, St. Petersburg, 1839.

sage, aus

W.

Cp.

Schott,

TJeber

actions of the Berlin

sage

die

Academy

von

ostasiaiische

Is. Jac.

Helden-

Schmidt, 8vo.

Geser-Chan (Trans-

of Science, Phil. hist, class,

1851, pp. 263-295), and B. Jiilg, TJeber die griechische heldensage

ini u'iederscheine bei

den Mongolen (from the Transactions

Yersammlung deutscher Philologen und Schultnanner zu Wurzburg, 1868 (Leipzig, 1869, pp. 58-71). of the

Altan Tobtschi. Mongolian Chronicle translation, ivith addition of the

Kalrnuk

and

in the original,

of the history of the Uhaschi Chuntaidschi and his tear with the Oirats. Transtext

by the Lama Galsang Gombojew (Russian), sixth part of the “Arbeiten der orientalischen abtheilung der Kaiser-

lated

lichen archiiologischen gesellschaft,” 8vo. pp. xiv. St.

and 234,

Petersburg, 1858.

Ardschi Burdschi. Mongolskaja powjest (Ardschi Burdschi, Mongolian Tale). Translated from the Mongolian into Russian by the Lama Galsang Gombojew, 4to. pp. 19, St. a

Petersburg, 1858. Schiddi-Kiir, Sobranie Mongolskich skazok (Siddhi-Kur, a Collection of Mongolian Tales).

golian into Russian by the

Translation from the

Lama Galsang Gombojew,

Mon8vo.

An extract from the Ethnopp. 102, St. Petersburg, 1865. graphical gazette “ Sbornik ” of the Russian Geographical Society, 1865.

B.

Jiilg,

Mongolische mdrehen.

Ivng Ardschi Bordschi. Tristan stiick

und

Isolde.

aus Tristan

und

von Ardschi Bordschi

Bin

Erzdhhing aus der Sanun-

scitenstiick zuni gottesgericht in

Mongolisch und deutsch nebst don bruchIsolde.

Als probe einer gesanwit-ausgabe

und den neun nachfrags-erzdhlungen

Siddhi-Khr, 8vo. pp. 37, Innsbruck, 1867.

Mongolian print out of Russia.

This

is

the

des first

PRESENT STATE OF MONGOLIAN RESEARCHES. B. des

Jiilg,

MongoUsche mdrclicn-sammlung.

Siddhi-Kdr

mch dor ausfubrlichen

59

Die neun mdrchen

and die geschichte Chan (Mongolian, with a German translanotes), 8vo. pp. xvi. and 256, Innsbruck, 1868. redaction

des Ardschi-Bordschi

tion

and

critical

B. Julg, Mongofische mdrchen.

Die neun nachtraga-erzdh-

hingen des Siddhi-Kdr and die geschichte des Ardschi-Bordschi

Eine Fortsetzung zu den “ Katmuhischen Mdrchen.” Translated from the ^Mongolian, with Introduction and Notes, Chan,

and 132, Innsbruck, 1868. AVe cannot pass by in silence the Sagas from the far East With historical or, Kahnouk and Mongolian Traditionary Tales. By the Author of “Patranas; preface and explanatory notes. Household Stories from the Land of Ilofer,” 8vo. pp. xx. and 420, London, Griffith and Farran, 1873, which contains from page 1-324 a complete verbal, though now and then misunder8vo. pp. xvi.

of the Siddhi-Kdr and Ardschi-Bordschi of The author does not mention this on the the present writer.

stood, translation

title-page,

and from page

inferred that

it

v.

of the preface

it

might be naturally

was her own work.

We have finally to mention that between the years 1867 and 1879, in the Synodal Printing Office at St. Petersburg, a number of Christian liturgical writings have been printed in Mongolian and Russian, for the use of such of the Mongols as have been converted

are primers saints,

from Buddhism

to Christianity.

for children, calendars, catechisms,

Psalm-books, missals, church

rituals.

Such

legends of

It is not neces-

sary to mention these severally, as they cannot claim to be strictly scientific.

B. Kalmuk.

Grammars. Alexander Popow, Grammatika Kalmyckago jazyka (Grammar of the Kalmuk Language), 8vo. pp. ix. and 390, Hasan, 1847. A good book. Alexius Bobrownikow, Grammatika mongolsko-kalmyckago

jazyka (Grammar of the Mongol-Kalmuk Language), 8vo. pp. xi. and 400, Hasan, 1849. have already adverted to the

We

merits of this book

when speaking about Mongolian grammars.

PRESENT STATE OF MONGOLIAN RESEARCHES.

60

H. A. Zwick, Grammatik

der West-Mongolischen das

a-d and 149,

Oder Kalmukischen Sprache, 4to. pp.

preface

ist

Oirad

s.l.s.a.

The

dated Konigsfeld in the Grand-Duchy of Baden,

is

The book

November, 1851.

many

has lived for

autographed.

is

The author

years as a Moravian in the colony at

Sarepta (Province of Astrachan), near the Kaspian, in intercourse with the Kalmuks, partly as a missionary.

however, has nothing to recommend

The book,

it.

Dictionaries.

The

Kalmuk

earliest

dictionary

that

is

by Philip Joh. von

Strahlenberg, Das Nord~ und Oestliche Thcil von Europa und Asia, in so weit solches das gantze Russische Reich mit Siberien

und der grossen Tatarey

in sich begreifet,

etc.,

4to. pp. xxvi.

and

438, Stockholm, 1730; pp. 137-156: Vocabularium Cahnucko-

Mungalicum. It title.

was translated a few years

An

later into

English under the

Historico-Oeographical Description of the North and

East Parts of Europe and Asia Russia, Siberia and Tartary ; both state, together

;

but more particularly of

in their

Ancient and Modern

with an entire new Polyglot Table of the Dialects

and a Vocabulary of the ; Kalmuk-Mungalian Tongue, as also a large and accurate Map of those Countries, and variety of Cuts representing Asiatick- Scythian Written originally in High German by Mr. Antiquities.

of thirty-two Tartarian Nations

Philip John von Strahlenberg, a Swedish Officer, thirteen years Captive in those parts.

Now faithfully

translated into English,

4to. pp. ix. and 463, London, 1738. The vocabulary is to be found on page 142. II. A. Zwick, Handbuch der Westmongolischen sqmache, 4to. pp. 1-100 are autographed pp. 401-482, containing the ;

German index

to

the dictionary, are printed

appeared, however, in 1852. gedr.

I.

v.

Baden).

It

N. Heinemann is

;

but

in

it is

Hufingen

scientific

s.l.s.a.

It

(Grand-Duchy of

dictionary;

method

;

of some value on account of

most complete existing vocabulary.

;

title-page runs, gezcich. a.

a rather voluminous

however, arrangement and confused

The

it

lacks,

everything its

is

being the

TRESEXT STATE OF MONGOLIAN RESEARCHES.

G1

Farm. Smirnow, Kratkij riissko-kahnyckij slorcar (A Short Fussian-Kalmuk Dictionary), 8vo. pp. 127, Kasan, 1857. Const. Golstunskij, Ritssko-Kahnyckji slowar (A RussianKalmuk Dictionary), 8vo. pp. iv. and 136, St. Petersburg, 1860.

A

complete Kalrauk-German Dictionary to the tales of

many

Siddhi-Kur, with

my edition

found in

syntactical contributions, is to

be

of the Siddhi-Kur, on pp. 135-223. Texts and Translations.

In the Nomadische Streifereien of Benjamin Bergmann, to which I alluded above, are translations, or partly paraphrases from the Kalmuk. Thus Yol. I. pp. 247-351, Ssiddhi-Kur, Mongolian Tales. III. pp. 185-230, The Mirror of the World, a Mongolian Document, i.e. a Buddhist Cosmology, pp. 231-302, Bokdo Gdssdrchan, a INlongolian This is the Religious Writing in two Books. so-called Abridged Gesser. :

IV. pp. 3-180, Goh Tschikitu, a Religious Document in An attractive four books, from the Mongolian. heroic story. pp.

An

181-214.

Poem taken from

Epic

the

Dschangariad (fragment). I further mention

Alexius Bobrownikow, Dschangar. Narodnaja Kalmyckaja

Kalmuk Popular

skazka (Dschangar, a

Tale), 8vo. pp. 30,

It is a Russian translation of the

Petersburg, 1854.

St.

Dschangariad, and a reprint from the Advertiser of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, vol. V. p.

99

sqq.

was rendered

St.

Petersburg, 1854,

This Russian translation, by Bobrownikow,

into

German by Franz von Erdmann

in the

“Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen gesellschaft,”

Leipzig, 1857, vol. gar.

xi.

pp. 708-730, Kalmixckischer Dschan-

Erzdhlung der Heldenthaten des erhabenen Bogdo-Chan

Dschangar.

Galsang Gombojew, History of

and of

his icar icith

the

Oirats.

the

A

TJbasclii

Kalmuk

Chuntaidschi, text,

with a

PRESENT STATE OF MONGOLIAN RESEARCHES.

62

Russian translation, in the above-mentioned Allan Tohtschi,

A

St.

Petersburg, 1858, pp. 198-224. poetic heroic story. Kalmukisch. X. des Siddhi-K&r.

B. Jiilg, Die mdrchen

Erzdhlung, fob pp. 6, Vienna, 1861. This was published as a specimen of an edition which subsequently appeared. Const. Golstunskij, Ubaschi-Chun Taidschijn tudschi, narod-

Kalmyckaja poema Dschangara i Siddilu K&rgjn-tuli, Kalmyckom jazykje (The history of the Ubaschi Chun-Taidschi, the Kalmuk Popular Poem Dschangar, and

naja

izdanyja na

the tales of the Siddhi-Kur), edited in Kalmuk, autographed, entirely

Kalmuk,

St.

Petersburg,

1864,

oblong fob

The

history of Ubaschi on pp. 1-7, Dschangar, pp. 7-74, Siddhi-

Kur, pp. 48. B. Jiilg, Die mdrchen mit

deutscher

des Siddhi-Kur.

Kalmukischer

text

und einem kalmukisch-deutschen and 223, Leipzig, 1866.

uhersetzung

lodrterhuch, 8vo. pp. xvi.

B. Jiilg, Kalmukische mdrchen.

Die mdrchen des Siddhi-

Kiir Oder Erzdhlungen eines verzauherten Todten.

zur Sagenkunde auf huddhistischem

gebiete.

Ein Beitrag

Aus dem Kalmuk-

and 69, Leipzig, 1866. K. Th. Golstunskij, The Mongol-Oirad Laws of the Year 1640, the Supplementary Commands of the Galdan Chun-Taidschi, and

ischen uberselzt, 8vo. pp. vi.

Laws compiled for the Wolga Kalmuks under the Kalmuk Chan Donduk-Daschi, Kalmuk text, with a Russian translation and notes (Russian), 8vo., introduction pp. 1-16, text pp. 33, translation and notes pp. 35-143, St. Petersburg, the

1880. C. Buriatic.

Grammars.

M. Alexander Castr^n’s Versuch lehre nebst

einer Bnrjdtischen sprach-

kurzem ubrterverzeichniss. Ilerausgegeben con Anton

and 244, St. Petersburg, 1857. Grammatika Mongolo-Burjatskago razgotcornago Orlow, A.

Schiefner, 8vo. pp. xv.

jazyka

(Grammar

of the

Mongol-Buriatic Colloquial Lan-

guage), 8vo. pp. X. 265 and iv. Kasan, 1878. The book of Orlow is distinguislied by the solidity and

soundness

of

its

author.

It

abounds in good examples.

PRESENT STATE OF ilONGOLIAN RESEARCHES.

63

Instead of the original Mongolian types, a Russian transcription

used.

is

At

all

grammar

the

events,

is

thorough and rich in instructive matter than

is

much more the essay of

Castren.

As

I mentioned above, the Buriats are being gradually

over to civilization, and even to Christianity.

has been writings.

An

won

attempt

made to promote this end through instructive I may name, in this respect, a Christian tract

(most probably translated by

I. J.

Schmidt), under the

title

amugulang un jabudal un nwr (path of the blessed conduct), small 8vo., pp. 28, Petersburg, 1818, in Mongolian ssain

I

types.

may

also

mention that

this

tract

was translated

and published in Kalmuk, pp. 14. A similar tract, which contains the Christian doctrine, prayers, the creed, the ten commandments, etc., was printed s.l.s.a.

Mongolian types, small 8vo. pp. 30. It has been Kalmuk, pp. 26.

in

translated like the former into

N. Boldonow, Daida-delchein

usc/iir

(on the

(0 mirozdanii)

world-structure), 8vo. pp. 29, Irkutsk, 1862.

Buriatic, in

a

Russian transcription. TJhchenie 0 stcjatoj christianskoj

icjerje, etc.

(information on

the Christian creed), expounded in conversations with the Buriats, together with a translation into the dialect of the

Buriats

north of the Baikal, 8vo. pp. 148, Kasan, 1877.

Russian and Buriat, the latter in a Russian transcription. Schitie sicjatitelja Nikolaja,

the

High

epUkopa

Priest Nicholas, bishop of

JtTgrlikiJskago

Myra

(Life of

in Lycia).

dialect of the Buriats north of the Baikal, 8vo. pp. 31,

1879. I

In the Kasan,

Buriat transcribed in Russ.

must add

that, formerly, the Russian,

more recently the

English Bible Society, have endeavoured to provide good translations of the Sacred

ment.

I think I

may

Bocks of the Old and New Testamention these among literary

fairly

monuments, as, owing to the rarity of Mongol-Kalmuk texts, they were for a long time the only source of our knowledge of the language. Besides this, they are distinguished by the accuracy of the translation, and are thus deserving of the

PRESENT STATE OF MONGOLIAN RESEARCHES.

64

At

highest praise.

the request of the Russian Bible Society,

Schmidt translated into Mongolian The Gospel according to S. Matthew, sm.

I. J.

St.

pp. 118,

fol.

Petersburg, 1819.

The Gospel according pp. 222,

St.

to

Mark and

S.

Luke, sm.

S.

fol.

Petersburg, 1821.

The Gospel according

to S. John, sm.

Acts of the Apostles, sm.

fol.

fol.

pp. 99,

s.l.s.a.

pp. 143, St. Petersburg, 1820.

And

into Kalmuk The Gospel according to S. Matthew, sm. fol. leaves 59. The Gospel according to S. Mark and S. Luke, sm. fol.

pp. 225.

The Gospel according to S. John, sm. fol. pp. 97. The in a modern reprint, 12mo. pp. 145, s.l.s.a. The Acts of the Apostles, sm. fol. pp. 137. Two English missionaries, Edward Stallybrass and TVilliam Swan (and for a time, at least, Robert Yuille), have lived for same

twenty-three years convert

;

among

the Buriats,

whom

they tried to

they had even set up a printing establishment in

Selenginsk so as to be able to print and propagate more easily

To

the writings necessary for their mission.

their labours is

due the Mongolian Old Testament, which has been published in a thick quarto volume by the London Bible Soeieti/. It was

and was Mongolian types indicated at the end of

translated in Siberia during the years 1836-1840,

printed at the

mission

existing in Russia

—

press with

a fact

which

is

the

the divisions which appeared in the course of the j'ears in

Mongolian.

I.

Jac. Schmidt,

Member

of the Russian

Academy

of Science at St. Petersburg, had to declare, under an order of

the

Minister of Education and of the

Interior,

that the

was in accordance with the text of the editions recognized by the Protestants. This declaration is printed at the head of every one of the books in Russian. These enterprising missionaries have also translated the Weiv Testament, which, however, was printed with other translation

type after they were expelled from Russia

The New

:

Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ:

translated out of

the original

Greek

into

the

Mongolian

PRESENT STATE OF MONGOLIAN RESEARCHES. language, by years

Edward

expense

of,

the

many

Stallybrass and "William Swan,

residing

missionaries

65

Siberia

in

;

and

for,

the

at

and Foreign Bible Society, 8vo.

British

pp. 925, London, 1846.

In conclusion, I must

call special attention to

quoted grand work of A. Bozdnjejew, introduce us to

the frequently

who was

the

first to

The

the popular literature of the Mongols.

book in question has the

Mongohkich piemen, of the Mongolian

etc.

tribes).

and

Mongols, collected

title

Ohraztsy narodnoj litcratury

:

(Specimens of the popular literature Part I. Popular songs of the

edited,

with additional notes

on

the

character of the popular poetry of the Mongolian tribes, on the

poetry of the higher literature, and the artificial character of the

Mongol versification, 8vo. pp. vi. and 346, St. Petersburg, 1880. The author lived for three years among the different Mongolian tribes, and collected much and valuable materials for his work, among which may be mentioned the very valuable historic works entitled erdenijn erike, koko debter, schara tudschi, juan tschao, publications which will provide a rich mine for Mongolian researches. The author contemplates finishing his work in four volumes. The present volume is extremely rich in instructive matter, and makes us acquainted, In pp. 1—43 we have the as it were, with a new world. original text of the Mongolian, Kalmukian, and Buriatic popular

songs.

Then

follows,

in

pp.

60-319, the

in a Russian transcription, with a Russian translation,

copious is

commentary on the songs.

The Russian

text

and a

transcription

especially valuable as giving us, for the first time,

an

exact notion on the deviation of the present pronunciation

from the original alphabet as determined by the written

The remarks on pp. 319-346 regarding Monand strophic composition are also deservmuch praise. Every statement is illustrated by

characters.

golian versification

ing of

copious and practical examples.

I look forward anxiously to

the publication of the remaining volumes. Innsbkuck, July 24 , 1881

.

TOL. XIV.— [new series.]

5

66

Art. VII

.

— Sanskrit Ode addressed

Fifth International

to the

Congress of Orientalists assembled at Berlin, September,

1881.

Kachdr,

By

the

Assam.

Lady Pandit Kama-baT, of Silchar, With a Translation by Professor

Monier Williams,

C.I.E.

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