PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OP BENGAL, 



for June, 1869. 



The Monthly Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, the 

 2nd instant at 9 o'clock p. m. 



T. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced — 



1. From Mr. A. M. Cameron — A copy of a lecture on Persian 

 Poetry and Romantic Poets of Persia. 



2. From the Government of India, in the Foreign Department — 

 A copy of a Journey to Kashgar, in 1858, by Capt. Valikhanof, 

 translated by Mr. R. Michell. 



3. From Mr. H. von Schlagintweit-Sakunlinski — New data 

 regarding the death of A. von Schlagintweit, (Extract from the reports 

 of the mathematical and physical class of the Bavarian Academy of 

 Science, Miinchen, 1869). 



Mr. H. von Schlagintweit states that, from information which 

 he received last autumn from a Musalman servant, named Ab- 

 dullah of Umritsur, he had been able to ascertain much more 

 accurately the date of the death of his unfortunate brother, than it 

 had been possible to do from previous dates. Abdullah writes that 

 Mr. Adolph v. Schlagintweit' s camp was attacked by Vali Khan in 

 front of the city of Kashgar, and that the traveller fell in the struggle. 

 Abdullah was thrown in prison, and the next day he observed the 

 new moon of the Muharram. He further states that the day on which 

 he was imprisoned was a Chahar-shambih, or a Wednesday. From 



