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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. Hayward’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 following
Shin Dialects :—Gilgiti, Guraizi, Chilasi, Kandia
or Kilia.—Also in Kashmiri. 6. Various Routes to
Badakhshan through the Hindukush (from Srinagar,
Leh, Peshawar, Kabul, and Abbottabad, through
Kandia, Chilas, Dareyl, Tangir, Hodur, Dir, Chitral,
Kaflristan, Bajaur, Swat, Petsh, Daranur, and Lughman,
&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 investigated
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 History
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 Vocabulary
and Grammar of the Dardu Languages
(Arnyiä, Khajunä, Kaläsha, and two dialects of Shinä).
VIII. —Dardistan. Part II. A Vocabulary (Linguistic,
Geographical, and Ethnographieal) and Dialogues
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 Encroachments
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 literature,
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 Cliortens
(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 Serpentine,
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 contain
trinkets, and a brass brooch.—Dardu.
16. A Zanskar shepherd’s cap, black, thick, wool,
long nap.
