Various dates (966-1219 1558-1804). Addressed to various local rulers in Yarkand and Kashgar.Documents written in Yarkand, Kashgar and Samarqand. Some (all?) of the documents appear to be later copies of the original documents.MS Turk 70. Houghton Library, Harvard University.Twelve documents in Chagatai ; one in Persian.
specially prepared for the Foreign Department, from India ; published under direction of Colonel F. B. Longe, R. E., Surveyor General of India.Covers Xinjiang (also known as Chinese Turkestan or Uyghuristan) and portions of Russian Turkestan, Pakistan and India.Relief shown by spot heights.'Includes a note : "The Longitudes are referrible to the Greenwich Meridian, taking that of Madras Observatory as 80°-17\'-21\'\' East. They require a correction of --2\'-27\'\' to make them with the most recent value of the Geodetic Longitude of that Observatoryuiz80°-14\'-54\'\'."'"Litho., S.I.O., Calcutta."
Unbound.Written in one column, 16 lines per page, in black. Text framed within double black lines and each line also framed within double black lines.According to the colophon (f. 28v), copy completed in 1322 AH 1904 or 5 AD in Kashgar.MS Turk 71. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Chagatai.