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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Morley    
First Name(s)  William Hook    
Birth Year  1815    
Death Year  1860    
Entry  Born about 1815 : son of George Morley, of the Inner Temple : educated for the legal profession : called to the bar in 1840 : a notable Oriental scholar, well versed in Arabic and Persian literature : member of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1847 : Librarian to the Society from 1859 : wrote on Indian Law : on the Muhammadan Law prevalent fn India, and other important works : author of Coins of the Atabak Princes of Syria and Asia Minor: compiler of the Catalogue of Arabic and Persian MSS. in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society : died May 21, 1860.     
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