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Volltext: A descriptive Catalogue of Dr. G. W. Leitner's Collections exhibited at the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873

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Gilgit, &c. &c.; Part III. for the general reader).— 
Messrs. Trübner, publishers, London. 
The following Parts were in manuscript 
1. A Brief Account of Dr. Leitner’s Adventures on 
a tour in 1866 through Zanskar, Ladäk, Little Tibet, 
Kashmir, Gilgit, &c. 2. A Full Account of Mr. Hay- 
ward’s Death (compiled from various non-official 
sources), and the precise extent and value of Ins 
explorations and statements in 1870. 3. The Race 
and Language of Kandia or Kilia (discovered by Dr. 
Leitner in 1872). The district lies between Swat 
and the Indus. 4. Further Details regarding the 
Legends, &c. of Chilas and other Shin Countries. 
5. The “ Traveller’s Vade-Mecum ” in the follow- 
ing Shin Dialects :—Gilgiti, Guraizi, Chilasi, Kandia 
or Kilia.—Also in Kashmiri. 6. Various Routes to 
Badakhshan through the Hindukush (from Srina- 
gar, Leh, Peshawar, Kabul, and Abbottabad, through 
Kandia, Chilas, Dareyl, Tangir, Hodur, Dir, Chitral, 
Kaflristan, Bajaur, Swat, Petsh, Daranur, and Lugh- 
man, &c., &c.), with the names of the chiefs and places 
of interest, references to local traditions, &c., &c. 
7. A Comparative Vocabulary and Grammar of the 
Languages of the Hindukush with Kashmiri (eleven 
languages, which have been either discovered or in- 
vestigated for the first time by Dr. Leitner). 
8. An Account of the Countries and Inhabitants 
of Lughman, Daranur, Petsh, Chitral, Bajaur, and 
the various parts of Kaflristan; with Dialogues, 
Songs, &c., in several of the Languages. 9. A 
Sketch of a Secret Trade-dialect, and of the argots 
on the Panjab Frontier. 
10. The Inscriptions, Songs, and Literature of 
Kashmir. (Text and Translation.) 
The following of Dr. Leitner’s printed publications 
were exhibited :—- 
I.—Introduction to a Philosophical Grammar of 
Arabic (being an attempt to discover a few simple 
principles in Arabic grammar), by Dr. G. W. Leitner 
(in English). This book is very important to students 
of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. 
11. —Dr. Leitner’s Arabic Grammar in Urdu. 
III. —The same in Arabic (in course of publication). 
IV. —The Theory and Practice of Education; with 
special reference to Education in India,. 
V. —The Races of Turkey (a treatise in connexion 
with Muhammadan Education). 
VI. —Sinin-ul-Islam, being a Sketch of the His- 
tory and Literature of Muhammadanism and their 
place in Universal History, for the use of Maulvis 
and European Students of Urdu. Part I. (136 pages) 
eontains the early history of Arabia to the year 
1259 a.d. (Part II. will be published in the course of 
1873.) Students and others proceeding to India are 
recommended to study the elegant and easy Urdu in 
which this book is written. 
VII. —Dardistan. Part I. A Comparative Voca 
bulary and Grammar of the Dardu Languages 
(Arnyiä, Khajunä, Kaläsha, and two dialects of Shinä). 
VIII. —Dardistan. Part II. A Vocabulary (Lin- 
guistic, Geographical, and Ethnographieal) and Dia- 
logues in the Shina dialects (Gilgiti, Astori, and 
Chiälsi), with copious notes. 
IX. —Dardistan. Part III. (described on page 8), 
containing the Legends, Riddles, Proverbs, Fahles, 
Customs, Songs, Religion, Government, and Divisions 
of the Shina Races, and the History of the Encroach- 
ments of Kashmir on Dardistan. 
X. —Dr. Leitner’s smaller pamphlets, such as his 
“ Discovery of Grseco-Buddhistic Sculptures at 
Takhti-i-Bahai,” the “ Simla Dialect,” “ Adventures 
of a Siah-posh Kafir and his Wanderings with Amir 
Shere Ali,” “ Scheme for the Establishment of an 
University in the Panjab,” &c. 
All the above books were printed at Lahore at 
Dr. Leitner’s press. 
Dr. Leitner obtained the highest distinction, a 
diploma of honour in this group, which was the only 
one awarded to Great Britain and her colonies and 
dependencies. The section under which Dr. Leitner 
principally exhibited was Section IV. “ for Auxiliary 
Means for the Improvement of Adults, through lite 
rature, the public press, public libraries, educational 
societies, and associations for instruction,” but it is 
understood that the diploma was also awarded to 
the collections, as a whole, including the sculptures, 
as bearing on education. 
D. — CATALOGUE OF Dr. G. W. LEITNER’S COLLECTION OF LIIASSA, LADAKI, 
BALTI, AND DARDU CURIOSITIES, AND OF ARTICLES OF INDUSTRY 
FROM YARKAND, KlIOTAN, BOKIIARA, KAFIRISTAN IN THE IIINDU- 
KUSH, &c. &c. 
1. Picture, in distemper, on canvas, found in a 
temple near Gya, Ladak, representing three Clior- 
tens (offering and relic-repositories in Tibet) and 
flowers.—Ladak, Middle Tibet. 
2. An Astori woman’s bonnet with strings and 
Dardu frontlet. 
3. A pair of stockings, knitted, obtained at Bonji, 
on the Chelas and Ghilghit frontier, a yard long, 
exquisitely done.—Dardu. 
4. A Red Lama’s (Tibetan priest) ordinary cap.— 
Zanskar. 
5. A picture, in distemper, on canvas, representing 
a goddess sitting on a throne, composed of an open 
flower, holding the red lotus, and surrounded by 
figures in the margin. 
6. A woman’s bonnet, obtained at a village at 
the foot of the Nangaparbat.—Dardu. 
7. A woman’s girdle, checkered pattem of black, 
white, red, and yellow, wool.—-Ghilghit, Dardu. 
8. A pair of stockings, thick, woollen, obtained on 
the Ghilghit frontier, one yard and a half long. 
9 & 10. Jade waist-clasps, white. 
11 & 12. One large and one small cup of Serpen 
tine, obtained at Skardo.—Little Tibet. 
13. Ghilghit stockings, usual Dardu pattem, with 
heels. 
14. A pair of jade wristlets. 
15. A Shinä (Dardu) woman’s toilette apparatus, 
consisting of a semi-circular box-wood (imported) 
comb, with a covering in clotli rudely embroidered 
with silk; two small bags embroidered also, to con- 
tain trinkets, and a brass brooch.—Dardu. 
16. A Zanskar shepherd’s cap, black, thick, wool, 
long nap.
	        
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