"Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan" , ADAMEC,Ludwig W. The
Scarecrow Press,Inc. 1991 0 8108 2491 4 376
"My Feudal Lord" , DURRANI,Tehmina & Hoffer,William and Marilyn
, Corgi Books,Great Britain 1994 0-552-14239-5 382
CONTRIBUTORS
Princess Zeyneb Osman - additions to the Tarzi family
Princess Abida Sultaan - info of line of descent from Ahmad Shah Durrani
Prince Mostapha Khan - additions to family of Pr.Muhammed Nadir Khan
Mariam & Giulio - additions to the family of HM King Zahir Shah
Anthony Steensgaard - addition and correction
Carlo Cristofori - correction to a birthdate
E. Consolini - addition/correction to Royal Family
Khalid C. Sekander - addition to family of Loynab Sher Dil Khan
Liisa Allen for Sardar Humuyun Khan Durrani - addition to his family
CAMBODIA
SOURCES
"The Royal Family of Cambodia", CORFIELD,Justin J. Khmer Language &
Cultural Centre 2nd Edn 1993 ISBN:0 646 01398 X
CONTRIBUTORS
NAM Sisowath Samyl Monipong - many photos of his family as
well as of King Monivong's descendents.
HRH Sdech Krom Khun Sisowath Chivan Monirak - additions and corrections
NAR Sisowath Nakia - additions to the family of Prince Sisowath Sirirath
NAM Norodom Veakchiravouth - corrections
NAM Norodom Peyaro - corrections
NAM Sisowath Sothiro - additions
NAR Sisowath Chakara - corrections
Axel Roger - additions
Dr. Philippe Eldin de Pécoulas - additions and corrections
NAR Sisowath Monarac - corrections
NAR Sisowath Ravivaddhana Monipong - much information on family of King
Monivong
"infirmiers" - correction to family of Prince Sisowath Kulachad
Vinna - correction to name of Princess Norodom Viravinn
"Lucie" - photo of Sisowath Marie Josée
Neak Moneang Elsie Norodom - photo and addition to her family
NAR Sisowath Nandamoni - additions to his family
BURMA
SOURCES
"Empires in Collision" ; Oliver B. Pollak ; Greenwood Press,Connecticut,USA.
1979
"The Burmese Polity 1752-1819" ; William J. Koenig ; Michigan
University 1990
CONTRIBUTORS
Faye Brown - much info on early history of Burma
Dave Railton - message on INDIA-L ML
NEPAL
SOURCES
"Erika and the King" LEUCHTAG,Erika : Edward McCann,Inc. 1958
"The Life and Times of Maharaja Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal"
; PRASAD, Dr.Ishwari ; Ashish Publishing House,New delhi ; 1996 ; ISBN
81-7024-756-X
CONTRIBUTORS
Chris Pitt-Lewis - various information on Nepalese Royalty
Fr.Lawrence Ober - various information on Nepalese Royalty
Greg Hickman - snippet of info on Maharaja Juddha SJBR
Casey Bazewick - many links to info on Nepali Royalty
Shirley - information on Nepal Royal family
JAPAN / KOREA / CHINA
SOURCES
"Japan Year Book 1915"
"Japan Year Book 1940/1941"
CONTRIBUTORS
Prof.Jeffrey Taliaferro - various additions and corrections
José Verheecke - various additions and corrections
Brent Porter - update info on burial of Emperor Pu Yi and wife
Kay Yokota - correction to Japan Imperial Family
Yoji Konda - correction to Japan Imperial Family
"peb" - correction to Korean Imperial Family
LAOS
SOURCES
"Stalking the Elephant Kings : In Search of Laos" ; Christopher Kremmer
; Allen and Unwin 1997
"History of Laos" ; Maha Sila Viravong ; Paragon Book Reprint Corp.; NY
1964
CONTRIBUTORS
John Duncan McMeekin - substantial info on the succession in Laos
Eddie Luangkham (Canada) - pix and info on the RF of Champassak
"tiaolo" - addition to Sisaleumsak family
"R S" - various info on the Champassak Royal Family
Jean Paul Allard - photos and info on family of Pr.Souvanna Phouma
Dhira Sisouphanouvong - correction to Souphanouvong family
Jan-Olof Larsson - correct identification of photo
Tiao Sihanou Steve Sayasane - addition of his family
INDIA (Hindu)
SOURCES
"The Anglo-Indian Vision" , MOORE,Gloria Jean AE Press , Melbourne 1986
"Dictionary of Indian Biography" ; Buckland,C.E. ; London,1906
"Dictionary of National Biography" ; Sen,S.P. (Ed.) Calcutta 1972 Vols.1-4
; Institute of Historical Studies
"Who's Who" various years , A. & C. Black (Publishers) Limited
1984 0-7136-2385-3 2537
"Who Was Who 1897-1915" ; Volume I, London 1920 ; Adam and Charles
Black
"Who Was Who 1929-1940" ; Volume III ; London 1941 ; Adam & Charles
Black
"Who Was Who 1961-1970" ; Volume VI, London 1972 ; Adam and Charles Black
"Who Was Who 1971-1980" ; Volume VII, London 1982 ; Adam and
Charles Black
"The Rani of Jhansi" , LEBRA-CHAPMAN, Joyce; University of Hawaii Press,
Honolulu, 1986 200pps ISBN 0-8248-0984X
"A Desert Kingdom: The Rajputs of Bikaner" PATNAIK,Naveen The Vendome
Press 1990 0-86565-122-1 120
"The Imperial Gazetteer of India" Clarendon Press:0xford
"Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie ..... " , STOKVIS,Antonie
Marinus 1888
"Princess : The Autobiography of the Dowager Maharani of Gwalior" ; Vijayaraje
Scindia with Manohar Malgonkar ; Century Publishing,London 1985
"Lives of the Indian Princes" ; Charles Allen & Sharada Dwivedi
; Century Publishing, London 1984
"Heir Apparent : An Autobiography " ; SINGH, Karan ; Oxford University
Press 1982
"Highness : The Maharajahs of India " ; MORROW, Anne ; Grafton Books,London
1986
"Indian India" ; Volumes 1-2 ; 1946/1947
"A Princess Remembers ; Gayatri Devi and Santha Rama Rau" ;
J.B.Lippincott Company 1976
"Ruling Elites of Rajasthan" SHARMA,C.L. ; M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
1993 New Delhi ISBN: 81 85880 13 1
"The House of Marwar" ; SINGH,Dhananajaya ; Lustre Press (P) Ltd. 1996
ISBN: 81 7436 0026
"The Magnificent Maharaja" ; NATWAR-SINGH,K. ; HarperCollins Publishers
India Pvt Ltd 1998 ISBN: 81-7223-376-0
"Maharaja Suraj Mal 1707-1763" ; NATWAR-SINGH,K. ; George Allen & Unwin
(Publishers) Ltd, 1981 ISBN: 0-04-923072-7
"The Last Maharaja: A Biography of Sawai Man Singh II" ; CREWE,Quentin
; Michael Joseph Ltd 1985 ISBN: 0-7181-2632-7
"The Tiger of Mysore: The Life and Death of Tipu Sultan" ; FORREST,Denys
;Chatto & Windus (London) 1970 ISBN 0-7011-1581-5
"Ranji" ROSS,Alan : Pavilion Books Limited 1988 ISBN 1-85145-223-0
"A History of Jaipur" ; SARKAR,Jadunath ; Orient Longman Limited
1984 (rept 1994) ISBN 81-250-0333-9
"Annals & Antiquities of Rajasthan" ; TOD, Col.James ; Rupa & Co,
Calcutta 1997 (1832) 2 vols. ISBN 81-7167-366-X (set)
"Reversing the Gaze: Amar Singh's Diary, A Colonial Subject's Narrative
of Imperial India" ; RUDOLPH,S.H. & RUDOLPH,L.I. with KANOTA,Mohan
Singh ; Oxford Uni Press, New Delhi, 2000 ISBN 019-564-752-1
"From Purdah to the People" ; CHUNDAWAT,Padma Shri Laxmi Kumari, TAFT,Frances
(ed) ; Rawat Publication,India ; 2000 ISBN 81-7033-606-6
"History of Garhwal 1358-1947" ; RAWAT, Ajay S. ; Indus Publishing Company,New
Delhi ; 1989 ; ISBN 81-85182-18-3
"Illustrated Encyclopaedia & Who's Who of Princely States in Indian
Sub-continent"; DUA, Prof.J.C.
"The Rajas of the Punjab"; GRIFFIN, Lepel H.; Atlantic Publishers and Distributors,
New Delhi; 1990 (1870)(2 vols.)
"The Maratha Rajas of Tanjore"; SUBRAMANIAN, K.R.; Asian Educational Services,
New Delhi; 1988 (1928); ISBN 81-206-0399-0
"Rajputana Gazeteers: The Mewar Residency"; ERSKINE, K.D. (compiler) 2
vols in one; Vintage Books, Gurgaon 1992 (1908).
"The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893
"Burke's Peerage,Baronetage and Knightage" ; 1931 part 2
"Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage", 1916 London
"Knights Bachelor 1938-1939", 19th Edn, The Imperial Society of Knights
Bachelor, Leicester
CONTRIBUTORS
HH Maharawal Shri Mahipal Singh - genealogy and photos of Dungarpur Royal
Family
HH Maharana Shri Paranjayadityasinhji of Sant - updated information on
Sant
HH Maharaja Bhupendrasinh - info on Lunawada Royal Family
HH Maharajadhiraj Sipahdarulmulk Jayant Singh Ju Deo - info on Charkhari
RF
HH Maharana Shri Paranjayadityasinhji Krishnakumarsinhji - addition to
RF of Sant
Rajkumar Nakul Shah - genealogy and photos of Tehri-Garhwal Royal Family
Thakur Sunder Singh - genealogy of the Sodawas Noble family
Vyricharla Shruti Devi - data on the Royal Family of Kurupam
Tikka Raj Aishwarya Chand Katoch - data on the Lambagraon RF
Yuvaraj Jaideepsinh Jadeja - genealogy of Kotharia RF
Maharaj Durgapratapsinh Sisodia - genealogy of the Pratapgarh RF
Maharajkumar Divyaraj Singh - genealogy of the Barwani RF
Maharajkumari Viveka Kumari - info on the Idar RF
Kanwar Achal Singh Bhati - additional info on the RF of Osian
Kanwar Dhananajaya Singh - additions to Royal family of Jodhpur
Maharajkumar Surendra Kumar Singh - info on Raigarh Royal Family
Maharaj Kumar Jayendra Pratap Singh - additions to Balrampur RF
Baijilal Yogeshwari Kumari Devi - additions and corrections to Jaisalmer
RF
Kanwar Sidharth Singh - info on the Rohet Royal Family
Thakur Raghuvir Singhji - info on Dundlod Royal Family
Rawat Ghanshyam Singh - info on Rawatsar Royal Family
Raja Chandra Vijay Singh - info on Sahaspur-Bilari Family
Rao Digvijay Singh - info on Patan Royal Family
Thakur Vikram Singh - info on Chomu Royal Family
Rajkumar Dinraj Pratap Singh - additions to Kasmanda RF
Kanwar Anirudh Singh Rathore - addition to Neemaj RF
Nandita Batra - addition to Cooch Behar Royal Family
Thakur M. Singh - addition to RF of Idar
Rajender Singh Rathore of Thikana Ganwari (Didwana) - obit of Thakur of
Nawalgarh
Yasmin Singh - info on her family
Kishorsinh Jadeja - genealogy of his family
Fr.Lawrence Ober - various information on Indian Royalty
Amandeep S. Madra - family tree of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Chiranjit Banerjee - date of Moon Moon Sen's birth
Raj Singh - photos and genealogy of the Kutlehar Royal Family
Chris Pitt-Lewis - various information on Indian Royalty
Dr. Tibor Cellor - many photographs of Royalty
Amrit Paul Mangat - correction to Patiala Royal Family
Richa Manjari Devi - info on Gidhaur Royal Family
Aniket Naik Nimbalkar - info on Phaltan Royal Family
Jaisinh Nimbalkar - info on Phaltan Royal Family
Kanwar Karni Singh Jasol - much info on Jasol Royal Family
Janhavi Marwaha - addition to Phaltan Royal Family
Kanwar Ratanjit Singh - additions to Kapurthala Royal Family
Yuvaraj Jaideepsinhji Jadeja - info on many Jadeja States
Rajender Singh Rathore - addition to Mandawa page
Jaisinh Nimbalkar - info on Phaltan Royal Family
Abhijit Malwade - much info on the Maratha states, Aundh etc
Deepak Aggarwal - much info on Taluqdars of Oudh
Praveen Singh - substantial info on Bansi RF
N. Bartonitschek - some corrections
Jan Limaye - background info on Sangli RF
Govind Grewal - info on Bharatpur and Jind RFs
"Indore5" - corrections to Jhabua RF
Philip Bailey - addition of various dates
Pere Farro Llorella - additional info on Miraj RF
Kamal Siddiqi - photo of the Rana of Amarkot
PAKISTAN or MUSLIM INDIA
SOURCES
"Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan" , Edition 1960-61 , Lahore
"My Feudal Lord", DURRANI,Tehmina Hoffer,William and Marilyn Corgi
Books,Great Britain 1994 0-552-14239-5 382
"King of the World : The Life of the last great Moghul Emperor" EDWARDES,Michael
: Secker & Warburg London 1970 SBN 436-14091-8
"Changing Times" SINHA,Bhupendra Chandra : Anthropological Survey of India
1965
"The Last Wali of Swat" MIANGUL,Jahanzeb (Wali of Swat) and BARTH,F.
1985
CONTRIBUTORS
Princess Abida Sultaan - information on the Bhopal Royal Family
Mir Asad Ali Khan - info on descendants of Hyderabad nobility
Muhammed Iftikhar Ali Khan - info on Nawab of Jaora
James Sinclair (UK) - the family tree of the Nawabs of Murshidabad
Chris Pitt-Lewis - info on the Mughal Head of House and ascent
"Rustatt" - info on the family of the present Nizam of Hyderabad
Thierry Strasser - good info on the early Mughals
Nawab Ali Anwaar Fahd Qureshi - info on Karnataka Zamindari
Shamyl Saigol - addition to Bahawalpur Royal Family
Syed Mohammed Mohsin Zulfiqar Naqvi - additional info on his family
Munizeh Zulfiqar - additional info on her family
Syed Humayum Mirza - additions and corrections
Tasneem Taj - additional information
Prince Adam Khan - addition to Hunza Royal Family
Gazala Raza - correction to Kotwara RF
THAILAND
SOURCES
"The Royal Family of Thailand " , FINESTONE,Jeffrey Phitsanulok Publishing
Co., Ltd. 1989 974-8356-90-6
"Lords of Light" , CHAKRABONGSE, (Prince) Chula
CONTRIBUTORS
ML Javalit Kitiyakara - information on her family
ML Tuan Snidvongs - correction to his parents names and titles
OTHERS
SOURCES
"Sikkim and Bhutan", COELHO, C.V., 1971 Delhi
"Time Change" ; Hope Cooke ; Simon and Schuster,New York 1980
"Who's Who in the World" ; Marquis 13th Edition ; 1996
"International Who's Who 1995-96" ; 59th Edition, London 1995 ; Europa
Publications Limited