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Useful Armenian/Indian Research Material

 

Other Reference Books in my Collection

History of the Armenians in India by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1895. Reprinted 2004 by Gorgias Press   My Own Darling
Letters from Montie to Kitty Carlisle

 
Christopher Carlisle
Armenians in India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.  A Work of Original Research by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1937. Reprinted 1992 by Asian Educational Services.
Free digital download available from http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/
  An Assemblage of Indian Army Soldiers & Uniforms from the original paintings by the late Chater Paul Chater
 
by Michael Glover
The Republic of Armenia.
A history of the Armenian Republic from its inception and birth in 1918.
 
by Mesrovb J. Seth.Out of Print   This is Hong Kong
The Story of Government House
by Katherine Mattock
Armenians at Agra and Gwalior. *
From the days of Akbar in the middle of the 16th century to the Indian Mutiny of 1857, with two full page illustrations.
 
by Mesrovb J. Seth. Out of Print   Hong Kong Practice
Drs. Anderson & Partners - the first hundred years
by Katherine Mattock
Agah Catchick Arrakiel *
A loyal and an eminent Armenian merchant of Calcutta in the second-half of the 18th century, with one full page illustration.
 
By Mesrovb J. Seth. Out of Print   Partners in Law by Katherine Mattock
Khojah Petrus *
An Armenian merchant-diplomat, the "Armenian Petrus" of Clive.
By Mesrovb J. Seth. Out of Print   Voices from the Past
Hong Kong 1842-1918
by Solomon Bard
Hindoos in Armenia *
150 years before Christ.  An unknown chapter in the history of Ancient India.
 
By Mesrovb J. Seth. Out of Print   The Royal Navy in Hong Kong since 1841 by Kathleen Harland
Gritch Voskegritch Matenagrin
(The pen of the author with a golden pen) being a biographical sketch of the immortal poet, Mesrovb David Thalidian, written in classical (grabar) Armenian, with a photographic illustration of the poet's pen and the facsimile of his autograph signature. 
 
Written by Mesrovb J. Seth.

Printed and published by the Mekhitharists of Venice, with a Foreword by the Rev. Father Vardon Hatzuni, the author of the History of Ancient Armenian Costume. Out of Print.
 
  Hong Kong Going and Gone The Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch
Madras, The Birthplace of Armenian Journalism
A history of the first Armenian Journal, the Azdarar, published monthly at Madras by the Rev. Arathoon Shumavon, in 1794, with four full page illustrations.
 
By Mesrovb J. Seth. Out of Print   Historic Photographs of Shanghai, Hong Kong & Macao by Dennis George Crow
A Manuscript Koran in Classical Armenian
From the Journal and Proceedings, Asiatic Society of Bengal (New Series) Vo. XIX, 1923, No.7
by Mesrovb J. Seth. Out of Print   Hong Kong Cavalcade by John Luff
Is Classical Armenian Dead? by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1923. Out of Print   The Race Goes On...
A Millennium Retrospect of Racing in Hong Kong

 
by The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Armenians Settlements in India by Anne Basil. 1969. Out of Print   Family Business
A History of Grosvenor Chater 1690-1977

 
by Michael Chater
Iranian Armenians in India By Anne Basil.  Extract from the Iran Society Silver Jubilee Souvenir. Out of Print   Baxter's Guide
Biographical Sources in the India Office Records

 
by Ian Baxter
Eighteenth Century Armenian Graves by Mesrovb J. Seth. Out of Print   The Golden Oriole
Childhood, family and friends in India

 
by Raleigh Trevelyan
The Society of Mekhithar by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1924. Out of Print.   Whampoa
Ships on the Shore
by Austin Coates
Armenians and the East India Company * by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1926. Out of Print.    Hong Kong 100 Years Ago by Hong Kong Museum of History
Gorgin Khan * by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1928. Out of Print.   The Indian Mutiny 1857
 
by Saul David
The Oldest Christian Grave in Calcutta * by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1932. Out of Print.   Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Volume 16, 1976

Volume 18 1978

 
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong
Armenians at Chandernagore * by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1931. Out of Print.   Sir Catchick Paul Chater
A Brief Personal Biography

A Prominent Armenian from Calcutta and the Grand Old Man of Hong Kong

 
by Liz Chater
The Second Oldest Christian Church in Bengal * by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1936. Out of Print.   Chater
Who Was This Man?
1846-1926

 
By Liz Chater (unpublished private manuscript)
Armenians as Political Stepping-Stones (Khojah Israel Sarhad).*
 
by Mesrovb J. Seth. 1936. Out of Print.   Bizen-Ware by James Orange
A Short Record of Armenian Churches in India and the Far East. by Rev. Aramais Mirzaian. The Central Press, Calcutta, 1958. Out of Print   The Chater Collection
Pictures Relating to China, Hongkong, Macao, 1655-1860

 
by James Orange
The Wandering Armenians by Rev. Aramais Mirzaian and Dr. Charles Price. Sydney 1980. Out of Print   The Chater Legacy
A Selection of the Chater Collection

 
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Armenians: A Pilgrim People in "Tierra Australia"
 
by Father Aramais Mirzaian. Sydney 1975. Out of Print   A Mountain of Light by Austin Coates
Armenians in Australia and New Zealand
 
by Father Aramais Mirzaian. Sydney 1966. Out of Print   China Races by Austin Coates
A Brief Account of the Advent of the Armenians and their Settlements in Major Cities in India during the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Their Churches and Schools, Their Professions and Their Business Affairs
 
By Isia Martin. 1975. Out of Print   The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai by G.H. Choa
Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy Prospectus
 
by Armenian College & Philanthropic Academy 1957. Out of Print   The Taipans
Hong Kong's Merchant Princes
by Colin N. Crisswell
The Calcutta Review January 1904 Chants and Hymns of the Church of Armenia
 
Undated. Out of Print   A History of Hong Kong by Frank Welsh
The Life Story of A.M. Arathoon
 
by H.M. Nadjarian, 1958, Calcutta. Out of Print.   In the Web by Peter Hall
Respected Citizens. The History of Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia. by Nadia Wright. 2003. www.amassia.com.au   The Quest of Noel Croucher
Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist
by Vaudine England
Armenian College Old Boys' Union Souvenir. Golden Jubilee 1909-1959
 
by Armenian College Old Boys' Union, 1965 Calcutta.  Out of Print   La Martiniere, Calcutta
The Future is Today
La Martiniere School
Armenians in Southern India by S.M. Gregory. The Asiatic Review. Undated. Out of Print   Corridor Collage La Martinere for Girls, Kolkata
Census of the Armenian Population of the City of Calcutta
 
by Johannes Avdall. 1837. Calcutta. Out of Print.   La Martiniere, Calcutta 1836-1986 La Martinere School
The Complete Monumental Register: Containing All the Epitaphs, Inscriptions in the Different Churches and Burial Grounds in and About Calcutta by M. Derozario. Digital download available from google. http://books.google.co.uk/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp   Counting House by Denis Way & Robert Nield
Racing Reminiscences  

by J.C. Galstaun. 1942. Out of Print.

 

  City of Victoria
A Selection of the Museum's Historical Photographs
Hong Kong Museum of History
The Life and Adventures of Joseph Emin, An Armenian, Written in English by Himself 1726-1809 By Joseph Emin. 1792. Printed in London. Out of Print. Re-printed 1918.  Free digital download available from
http://www.archive.org/details/lifeadventuresof00eminuoft

 

  Old Hongkong Volume two 1901-1945 Trea Wiltshire
A Week at the Bandel Covent, Hugi Bengal Past and Present   Passing Shadows, Hong Kong Peter Moss
       

Other Reference Books in my Collection

  Hong Kong 1862-1919 Georffrey Robley Sayer
Armenians in Victoria, Australia in the Nineteenth Century By Nadia Wright.  Offprint of Volume 28 of Haigazian Armenological Review.   Revista de Cultura
Macao's Cultural Minorities
Published by Instituto Cultural do Governo Da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau
New Julfa. The Armenian Churches and other Buildings. by John Carswell   Historical Pictures
Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art

 
by Hong Kong Museum of Art
Calcutta in the 17th Century by P. Thankappan Nair   The Decisive Battles of India
From 1746 to 1849 Inclusive

 
by Colonel G.B. Malleson
Vanda Miss Joaquim. Singapore's National Flower & the Legacy of Agnes & Ridley.
 
by Harold Johnson and Nadia Wright.   Calcutta Remembered.
Rickshaw Ragtime
Jug Suraiya
An East India Company Cemetery. Protestant Burials in Macao
 
by Lindsay and May Ride, edited by Bernard Mellor.   Gazetteer of Manipur by Captain E.W. Dun 1886.
Sir Matthew Nathan
British Colonial Governor and Civil Servant
By Anthony P. Haydon   Letters from Afar by Mrs. Worcester Reed Warner
Impressions of The East.
The Art of George Chinnery
By Hong Kong Museum of History and Hong Kong Museum of Art   The British Survey
South East Asia
The British Society of International Understanding.
Hong Kong 1983.
A Review of 1982

 
Hong Kong Government Information Services   Letters from a Merry Widow and Two Gentlemen 1906-1914 Christopher Carlisle
Helena May
The Person, The Place and 90 years of History in Hong Kong

 
by Esther Morris with research by The Helena May History Group   Armenians in India and Tibet H.E. Richardson
History of Armenia
from BC 2247 to the year of Christ 1780 or 1229 of the Armenian Era

(digital copy available via Google)
 
by Father Michael Carmich. Translated from the original by Johannes Avdall   Considerations of India Affairs
(digital copy available via Google)
William Bolts
List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
(digital copy available via Google)
 
By. E.A.H. Blunt   Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India
(digital copy available via Google)
C.J.C. Davidson
Research and Missionary Labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and other Sects. During his travels between the years 1831 and 1834
(digital copy available via Google)
 
Rev. Joseph Wolff   Armenian Churches in India
Past, Present and Looking to the Future
Researched by Liz Chater for the Armenian Church in Kolkata (unpublished)
The Statues of Statue Square by Liz Chater (unpublished)      

 

▲Those marked with this triangle are in my personal collection

* Those marked with an asterisk have been incorporated into
Armenians in India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.  A Work of Original Research
by M.J. Seth

 

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