228 Manuscripts of the late Sir H. Elliot, K. C. B. [No. 3. 



The Manuscript of the Notices on the General Histories of Moham- 

 medan India, is copied out in a fair hand, carefully corrected and 

 ready for the press. Even if the first part, which was printed in 1848, 

 is continued and not superseded, as was the intention of the author, 

 the manuscript of the General Histories ready for the press will fill 

 two thick volumes. 



The third volume — on the Ghaznawides— is nearly ready for the 

 press, and so is the ninth, the reigns of Jahangyr and Shahjahan 

 being all but completed. 



We have therefore four volumes of his valuable work ready for 

 the press, or very nearly so, and I have reason to believe that the 

 translations, &c. which I have not had an opportunity to examine 

 would fill an other volume. 



The English notes which he left, are innumerable. He had read 

 every book on the subject with the pen in his hand, and the number 

 and extent of his erudite references, extracts and remarks, is perfectly 

 incredible. It will, however, be very difficult to make a proper use 

 of them. 



The Persian extracts are of very great importance. His acquaint- 

 ance with the historical literature of India, enabled him at first 

 sight to select such passages from each work as contain new facts 

 and illustrate each other. I believe that he has made extracts of all 

 Indian Histories of which he had no copies in his own collection, and 

 in so far the materials for the work are complete. I have unfortun- 

 ately not been able to arrange and catalogue these extracts for want 

 of time. 



A List of Persian works which he left, including those which do 

 not bear on Indian Historiography is here annexed. It has been 

 drawn up in very great haste, and is therefore imperfect, and probably 

 not free from mistakes. Besides Sir Henry's own works, — which I 

 distinguish by the letter E, his collection contains also some MSS. 

 which belong to other parties, but which he had borrowed and were 

 among his books at the time of his death. The name of the proprietor 

 is always mentioned. Pencil notes in the fly-page have, in most in- 

 stances, been copied into this list and marked with inverted commas. 



All books are in Persian, unless it is particularly mentioned that 

 they are in another language. 



