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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Parsons | | First Name(s) | Abraham | | Death Year | 1785 | | Entry | Son of a merchant Captain : became a merchant at Bristol : consul for the Turkey Company at Scanderoon : travelled to Aleppo Bagdad, Bussora, Bombay, along the coast to Goa, returning by the Red Sea and Cairo : died 1785 : his Account of Travels in Asia and Africa published in 1808 from his MS. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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