Art. XI.—On a Treatise on Weights and Measures, by Eliyá, Archbishop of Niṣibin

1877 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-313
Author(s):  
M. H. Sauvaire
Keyword(s):  
Weights And Measures ◽  
Asiatic Society ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

The following letter, addressed to me by M. Henry Sauvaire, late of the French Consulate at Alexandria, at present Secrétaire-Interprète, Chargé du Vice-Consulat de France à Casablanca, Rabat et Mazagan (Maroc), appeared to me to be of so interesting and curious a nature that I requested the writer to permit me to offer it, together with the accompanying translation, for publication to the Royal Asiatic Society. The subject is at present very obscure, and the light thrown upon it by M. Sauvaire's researches, soon I hope to be more fully set forth in the work he is now preparing for the press, will be cordially welcomed by Orientalists.

scholarly journals Art. II.—Letters to the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society

1841 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 11-41
Author(s):  
W. Morley ◽  
Duncan Forbes
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
French Government ◽  
Asiatic Society ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Time ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

Whilst I was engaged last year in making a catalogue of the Oriental MSS. comprised in the libraries of the Society and the Oriental Translation Committee, I met with the historical MS. which is the subject of the following letter. I, at that time, applied to the Council of the Society for permission to forward a description of the MS. to M. Quatremere, who is employed in editing the only portion of the work hitherto known, in the hope that he would represent the matter to the French Government, and cause our MS. to be published in the “Collection Orientale,” as a sequel to his “Histoire des Mongols.” The council acceded to my request, and I accordingly wrote to M. Quatremère on the subject, but whether on account of my letter not having reached its destination or from the press of business, he has not as yet returned any answer to my communication. In the mean time, I think it desirable that the existence of this important volume should be made known to the public, and I have accordingly drawn up the following account of the MS. for insertion in the Journal of the Society.

scholarly journals Art. XXI.—Some Account of the Systems of Law and Police as recognised in the State of Nepál

1834 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Separate Paper ◽  
The Public ◽  
Asiatic Society ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Careful Comparison ◽  
Satisfactory Manner ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

[With a view to obtain correct and authentic information on the subject of Nepálese law, both in its theoretical principles and practical administration, Mr. Hodgson addressed a series of questions to several individuals who were judged most capable of replying to them in a full and satisfactory manner. Copies of these series of interrogatories, with their respective answers, have been communicated by him to the Royal Asiatic Society (together with a separate paper on crimes and punishments); and the following article has been drawn up from a careful comparison of the whole, excluding as much as possible the repetitions unavoidably occurring, in many instances, in the various answers to any particular question. A reference to the works of Kirkpatrick, Hamilton, and others, will shew how little has hitherto been contributed to the knowledge of Europeans respecting Oriental systems of jurisprudence, as far as regards the kingdom of Nepal; it is therefore particularly gratifying to be enabled to produce so complete a view of the subject as has been furnished by Mr. Hodgson, whose perseverance and energy in obtaining an acquaintance with these and other matters hitherto kept sacred from all strangers, are only equalled by the intelligent and liberal manner in which he communicates to the public the information he has acquired.—Ed.

An Account of the Plan, Objects and Progress of the International Association for obtaining a Uniform Decimal System of Measures, Weights and Coins (Concluded from p. 162)

1859 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 263-268
Author(s):  
Samuel Brown
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
International Association ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Decimal System ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
Uniform System ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject

The recommendations were—“That a work should be published, in which should be given the history, and an analytical and comparative table, of the different systems of weights, measures, and coins of the different nations of the earth, to be translated and published, under the supervision of the branch societies, in all the languages of the nations represented in the Association. 2. That, to ensure the accuracy of such a work, the branch societies should furnish information as to the monies, weights, and measures prevalent in each country, with their values in terms of the Metrical System. 3. That each branch society should use every means, especially by aid of the press, to enlighten public opinion on the subject, and to prepare for the meeting of an official International Congress for discussion thereon. 4. That, in the meantime, the branch societies should make every effort to procure that, in all statistical tables and documents, public and private, the different quantities and values should be accompanied by their reduction into the monies, weights, and measures of the Metrical System, so that all nations may have a common medium of comparison. And 5. That unity in the fineness of the coin, unity in the standard of value, and unity in weights and measures of all kinds, should be pursued, in order to facilitate the adoption of a uniform system.”

scholarly journals Art. XVIII. — Observations on some Ancient Indian Coins in the Cabinet of the Royal Asiatic Society

1836 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 381-386
Author(s):  
Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Asiatic Society ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

Having found in the cabinet of the Society several of the coins which have lately been the subject of so much interesting and intelligent research in India, I have selected the accompanying for publication in the Society's Journal; for, although of themselves, and in my hands, they may not add much that is of importance to our knowledge of their origin, yet, as they are in a tolerably perfect condition, they may contribute, by a comparison with others of the same class instituted by the talented individuals who are engaged in the inquiry, to facilitate the deciphering of the legends which they offer, to determine their affinities, and to ascertain their history.

Art. VIII.— Chinese Laws and Customs

1883 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Christopher Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
Great Care ◽  
Full Paper ◽  
Asiatic Society ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

When I promised to write a paper for the Royal Asiatic Society on Chinese Laws and Customs compared with the primitive Laws and Customs of the Latin, Teutonic, and Indo-Germanic Eaces, I was not aware that my friend Mr. E. H. Parker had already written on the same subject (China Review, vol. viii. p. 67). I have now read Mr. Parker's paper with great care and attention. Though he only deals with Comparative Family Law, yet this is so large a portion of my subject, and Mr. Parker's views are so in accordance with my own, that I doubt whether he has left me enough to say so as to form the subject of a full paper. I therefore propose, on this occasion, only to make a few observations.

Art. XV.—On the Revenues of the Moghul Empire

1887 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-499
Author(s):  
H. G. Keene
Keyword(s):  
Asiatic Society ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

It is not without sincere diffidence that I venture to lay before Oriental scholars the following remarks. It is my misfortune to find myself constrained to oppose the conclusions of one who, when I first took up the question, was the most accepted authority on the subject—the late Edward Thomas. That learned and distinguished man has recorded, in commenting on some former notes of mine (in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal), that I treated the matter in so discursive a way that he was unable to catch my drift. On observing this, I wrote a fresh paper for the Royal Asiatic Society—which has been unfortunately lost—in which I strove to speak out in a manner that should leave no room for misconception. Unhappily Mr. Thomas is no more among us; and one is again in the old difficulty. A hesitating delivery of opinion, which was originally caused by deference to the justly-deserved reputation of the opposing advocate, is now, in a manner, called for by respect for the memory of the departed.

XVI.—The Lycian Language

1891 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-686
Author(s):  
C. R. Conder
Keyword(s):  
Asiatic Society ◽  
The Third ◽  
Short Vowels ◽  
Saint Martin ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

The subject of the Lycian inscriptions appears to have been first brought prominently to notice by Sir Charles Fellows half a century ago. The first texts in this character were copied by Cockerell, and published in Walpole's travels. These were commented on, in 1821, by M. Saint Martin, who, judging from the bilingual in Greek and Lycian from Limyra, supposed the native version of the text to be comparable with the Syriac and Phoenician. Ten years later, in 1831, Dr. Grotefende communicated to the Royal Asiatic Society a paper, published in the third volume of the Transactions, treating of the five Lycian texts then known, and lie concluded from the declension of the verb that the Lycian must have belonged to the Aryan family of speech, and that it possessed long and short vowels as in Persian. In 1838–9 Sir C. Fellows collected copies of twenty-four Lycian inscriptions, including the great obelisk of Xanthus, on which are inscribed, in letters one and half inches long, no less than 246 lines of Lycian writing, and twelve lines of Greek hexameters. A certain number of coins of Lycian cities, with Lycian inscriptions, were also recovered, and the results published in 1840 in the volume called “ Lycia.” The copy of the great Xanthus text was however imperfect, and to this, as the most important of the Lycian monuments, Sir Charles Fellows devoted further attention, and in 1842 published a larger and very careful reproduction of the monument.

scholarly journals Art. XIX.—Supplementary Note to the Historical Sketch of the Kingdom of Pandya

1836 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 387-390
Author(s):  
H. H Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Supplementary Note ◽  
Asiatic Society ◽  
Historical Manuscripts ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society ◽  
Historical Sketch

Shortly after the paper which the Royal Asiatic Society has thought worthy of a place in the present Number of the Journal, the Historical Sketch of the Kingdom of Pandya, was printed, I procured a copy of a valuable work recently transmitted to England from Madras, “Oriental Historical Manuscripts in the Tamil Language; translated, with Annotations, by William Taylor, Missionary.” The most important of the manuscripts, now first published by Mr. Taylor, relate to the subject of my Sketch, and constitute materials highly essential to the elucidation of Pandyan history. The chief of them, the “Madura Sthala Purana,” is clearly the same as one of my authorities, the “Madura Purana;” and it seems likely that the “Pandion Chronicle,” and the “History of the Karnata Governors of Madura,” which are also amongst Mr. Taylor's translations, may be identifiable with documents in the “Mackenzie Collection,” of which I have made use.

scholarly journals Art. XXIX.—A Letter to Richard Clarke, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Honorary Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, on a MS. of the Jámi al Tawáríkh of Rashíd al Dín, preserved in the Library of the Honourable East India Company

1843 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 267-272
Author(s):  
William H. Morley
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Language ◽  
East India Company ◽  
Good Fortune ◽  
Asiatic Society ◽  
Considerable Portion ◽  
The Press ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

In the year 1838 I had the good fortune to discover, amongst the MSS. preserved in the library of the Royal Asiatic Society, a volume containing portions of the Jámi al Tawárikh, previously supposed to have been lost; and in the following year I had the honour of laying before the Society an account of my discovery, which was subsequently printed in their Journal. After I had written this account, and whilst it was passing through the press, Professor Forbes found another and more considerable portion of the same work in the collection of MSS, of the late Colonel Baillie, which was, singularly enough, written by the same hand, and evidently had formed part of the identical volume that I had previously met with. Professor Forbes gave a description of the MS. of Colonel Baillie in the same volume of the Journal. These fragments were in the Arabic language, and were translations from the original Persian work.

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