Ouseley mission to Persia 1810-15 – Data on oriental manuscripts collected by the Ouseley brothers

These files form part of an archive of research data relating to the diplomatic mission to Persia 1810-15, led by Sir Gore Ouseley as ambassador. The data have been compiled by independent researchers W H (Bill) Martin and Sandra Mason;  their contact details are in the README file..  The files comprise a number of searchable listings relating to the reports produced by members of the mission and other relevant data.  The data formed the basis for a published report on the Ouseley Mission referenced below, which is also part of the archive. 

This section of the archive contains three databases, under the general heading of ouscollect, listing the main items in the Ouseley collections of oriental manuscripts now held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.  Some of these items were undoubtedly acquired during the Ouseley mission to Persia 1810-15.  Other were obtained during the brothers earlier stays in India or through booksellers in London and elsewhere.  The database files have been saved in two formats:  a Microsoft Access database (ouscollect.accdb) covering all the Ouseley holdings, and three separated comma-delimited text files (.txt).  The explanatory README text file contains a table showing the fields included in the databases and giving definitions of them and of the codings used in different cases.