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The Thugs or Phansigars of India : comprising a history of the rise and progress of that extraordinary fraternity of assassins, and a description of the system which it pursues, and of the measures which have been adopted by the supreme government of India for its suppression

Title
The Thugs or Phansigars of India : comprising a history of the rise and progress of that extraordinary fraternity of assassins, and a description of the system which it pursues, and of the measures which have been adopted by the supreme government of India for its suppression / compiled from original and authentic documents published by Captain W.H. Sleeman.
Author
Sleeman, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1788-1856.
Publication
Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, 1839.

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2 v.; 19 cm.
Alternative Title
  • History of the Thugs or Phansigars of India.
  • The Ramaseeana, or vocabulary, of the Thug language.
Subject
  • Thugs (Indic criminal group)
  • Thugs (Indic criminal group) > Encyclopedias
Note
  • Vol. 1 half-title: History of the Thugs or Phansigars of India.
  • "Chiefly compiled from a volume published in Calcutta in 1836, entitled 'Ramaseana, or, A vocabulary of the peculiar language used by the Thugs, with an introduction and appendix ...'"--Pref.
  • "The Ramaseeana, or vocabulary, of the Thug language": v. 2, p. [35]-112.
Indexed In (note)
  • Wolff, R.L. 19th cent. fiction
Call Number
SLG (Sleeman, W. H. Thugs or Phansigars of India)
LCCN
05011573
OCLC
  • 2541062
  • 18284449
Author
Sleeman, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1788-1856.
Title
The Thugs or Phansigars of India : comprising a history of the rise and progress of that extraordinary fraternity of assassins, and a description of the system which it pursues, and of the measures which have been adopted by the supreme government of India for its suppression / compiled from original and authentic documents published by Captain W.H. Sleeman.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, 1839.
Indexed In:
Wolff, R.L. 19th cent. fiction, 6379
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History of the Thugs or Phansigars of India.
The Ramaseeana, or vocabulary, of the Thug language.
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SLG (Sleeman, W. H. Thugs or Phansigars of India) Library has: v. 1
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