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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Irvine    
First Name(s)  William    
Year of Birth  1840    
Entry  I.C.S. : born July 5, 1840 : son of William Irvine : educated privately and at King's College, London : went out to the N.W.P., India, 1864 : rose to be Magistrate- Collector : retired, 1888 : wrote the Rent Digest (1868) on agricultural tenures and rent law procedure : has also written articles on the Bangash Nawabs of Farrukhabad, 1878 : since 1888, has had in preparation a History of the Moguls in the 18th century (portions published in the J.A.S.B.) : has written on India in the 18th Century : in the Indian Antiquary, the Asiatic Quarterly Review, and the Indian Magazine : also the chapters on Muhammadan India (1000-1750. a.d.) in the new edition of the Imperial Gazetteer : is engaged, for the Government of India, on a translation, with notes, etc., of the Memoirs of Niccolo Manned, Venetian (1656 to 1717 A.D.), 4 vols, in the Indian Text series : since 1896, Member of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society.     
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