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Henry George Raverty

October 15, 2023

Henry George Raverty (31 May 1825 – 20 October 1906) was an officer and linguist in the British Indian Army.

Life Edit

Raverty was born in Falmouth, Cornwall.[1]

He served from 1843 to 1864, rising to the rank of Major in the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry.[1]

Raverty fought in the Punjab campaign of 1849–1850 and Swat campaign of 1850. He compiled a gazetteer of Peshawar. While serving in Peshawar he was taught Pashto by the scholar Qazi Abdur Rahman Khan Muhammadzai (1827-1899) and Mirza Muhammad Ismail (1813-1912)[2][3][4] and he began to study Afghan poetry.[5]

On retirement from the army, he returned to England and continued his oriental studies, culminating in his vast Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan and his unpublished History of Herat. He died at Grampound Road, Cornwall, England in 1906.[1]

Works Edit

  • A Grammar of the Pukhto, Pushto or Language of the Afghans (1855; 2nd edition 1860; 3rd edition, 1867)
  • Thesaurus of English and Hindūstānī Technical Terms (1859)
  • A Dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pushto, or Language of the Afghans (1860; 2nd edition, 1867)
  • Selections from the Poetry of the Afghāns, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century (1862)
  • The Gulshan-i-roh : being selections, prose and poetical, in the Pus'hto, or Afghān language (1867)
  • The Fables of Aesop al-Hakīm (1871)
  • A Pushto Manual (1880)
  • The Tabakat-i-Nasiri of Minhaj-i-Saraj, Abu-Umar-i-Usman: A general history of the Muhammadan dynasties of Asia, including Hindustan from A. H. 194 (810 A. D.) to A. H. 658 (1260 A. D.), and the irruption of the infidel Mughals into Islam (1881) (translation from the Persian)
  • Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan (1881–1888, Pakistani edition 1978)

References Edit

  • Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  • Sindh jo Mehran (in Sindhi language), published by the Sindhi Language Authority, Hyderabad, Sindh.

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b c Jones, Schuyler. "Raverty, Henry George (1825–1906)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35686. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Muhammad Ismail, Qandahari". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ Articles: Thinking like a Pathan – Dawn Pakistan
  4. ^ Mirza Muhammad Ismail Teacher of Raverty, Mirza Muhammad Ismail
  5. ^ The Pathans – Classic Works & Reading 21 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine

External links Edit

  • Selections from the Poetry of the Afghāns, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century, 1869 (full text)
  • A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues. Second edition, with considerable additions. London: Williams and Norgate, 1867 (as digital dictionary).


  

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henry, george, raverty, 1825, october, 1906, officer, linguist, british, indian, army, contents, life, works, references, notes, external, linkslife, editraverty, born, falmouth, cornwall, served, from, 1843, 1864, rising, rank, major, bombay, native, infantry. Henry George Raverty 31 May 1825 20 October 1906 was an officer and linguist in the British Indian Army Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 Notes 5 External linksLife EditRaverty was born in Falmouth Cornwall 1 He served from 1843 to 1864 rising to the rank of Major in the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry 1 Raverty fought in the Punjab campaign of 1849 1850 and Swat campaign of 1850 He compiled a gazetteer of Peshawar While serving in Peshawar he was taught Pashto by the scholar Qazi Abdur Rahman Khan Muhammadzai 1827 1899 and Mirza Muhammad Ismail 1813 1912 2 3 4 and he began to study Afghan poetry 5 On retirement from the army he returned to England and continued his oriental studies culminating in his vast Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan and his unpublished History of Herat He died at Grampound Road Cornwall England in 1906 1 Works EditA Grammar of the Pukhto Pushto or Language of the Afghans 1855 2nd edition 1860 3rd edition 1867 Thesaurus of English and Hindustani Technical Terms 1859 A Dictionary of the Puk hto Pushto or Language of the Afghans 1860 2nd edition 1867 Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century 1862 The Gulshan i roh being selections prose and poetical in the Pus hto or Afghan language 1867 The Fables of Aesop al Hakim 1871 A Pushto Manual 1880 The Tabakat i Nasiri of Minhaj i Saraj Abu Umar i Usman A general history of the Muhammadan dynasties of Asia including Hindustan from A H 194 810 A D to A H 658 1260 A D and the irruption of the infidel Mughals into Islam 1881 translation from the Persian Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan 1881 1888 Pakistani edition 1978 References EditConcise Dictionary of National Biography Sindh jo Mehran in Sindhi language published by the Sindhi Language Authority Hyderabad Sindh Notes Edit a b c Jones Schuyler Raverty Henry George 1825 1906 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 35686 Subscription or UK public library membership required Muhammad Ismail Qandahari Retrieved 14 November 2014 Articles Thinking like a Pathan Dawn Pakistan Mirza Muhammad Ismail Teacher of Raverty Mirza Muhammad Ismail The Pathans Classic Works amp Reading Archived 21 August 2007 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditSelections from the Poetry of the Afghans from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century 1869 full text A dictionary of the Puk hto Pus hto or language of the Afghans with remarks on the originality of the language and its affinity to other oriental tongues Second edition with considerable additions London Williams and Norgate 1867 as digital dictionary nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry George Raverty amp oldid 1115460541, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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