Reid, James Robert, 1838-1908 (Administrator, British Raj)

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Biography

James Robert Reid (1838-1908) was born in Edinburgh, the son of Dr Alexander Reid, LLD. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh. In 1860 he joined the Indian Civil Service and served in the North-Western Provinces, where he revised the land settlement of the district of Azimgarh. In 1884 he was appointed Chief Secretary to Government and Senoir Member of the Board of Revenue in 1890 and was decorated C.I.E. In 1894 he retired and eventually settled in Edinburgh, where he was active in the affairs of the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor. He served on the Council of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society from 1898 and contributed several articles to the Magazine. ('Obituary', Scottish Geographical Magazine, XXV, 2 (1909), pp.89-90; 'Mr James Robert Reid', Charity Organisation Review, 25, no. 146 (1909), pp.107–8, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43788488 [external link, accessed on 9 August 2023]). Reid also served on the Council of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

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سرگذشت راجهای اعظم گڙه Sarguẕasht-i rājahā-yi A‘ẓamgaṛh, 1289 A.H., 1872 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 377

Scope and Contents This is an Urdu version of the original Persian work, which is a brief account of the rulers of A‘ẓamgaṛh by Sayyid Amīr ‘Alī Raz̤vī, who mentions several nobles of Niẓāmābād, all of whom had attained long ages, as the authority for this work. The history begins from the adventures of Abhman-Singh, son of Chandar-Sen-Rāi, of the tribe of Gūtam, who received the title of Nādir-Dawlat-Khān from the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.), and ends with the transfer of the district to the British...

Dates: 1289 A.H.; 1872 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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