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  2. Murray's Handbooks for Travellers - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of publisher John Murray III, 19th century. Murray's Handbooks for Travellers were travel guide books published in London by John Murray beginning in 1836. [ 1] The series covered tourist destinations in Europe and parts of Asia and northern Africa. According to scholar James Buzard, the Murray style "exemplified the exhaustive ...

  3. File:1871 Murrays Handbook for Travellers in Turkey.png

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    Cover of: Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Turkey in Asia including Constantinople, the Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Brousa and Plain of Troy. 2nd ed. Published by John Murray, London, 1871: Date: 1871: Source: eBay / nibahs: Author: John Murray

  4. Hugh Murray (geographer) - Wikipedia

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    On 22 January 1816 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Rev Thomas Brown, John Leslie and John Playfair. [2] At this time he was living at 24 Stockbridge, Edinburgh. [3] He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Murray was editor of the Scots Magazine from 1816 to 1817. [4]

  5. Elgin Bridge (Barabanki) - Wikipedia

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    Elgin Bridge is a 3,695 feet (1,126 m) long railway bridge across the Ghaghra River located in Barabanki district. [ 1] The bridge falls on the Barabanki - Gonda section of the North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. [ 2] The bridge is about 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Lucknow and stands at periodically changing confluence of two rivers i ...

  6. James A. Murray (zoologist) - Wikipedia

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    James Alexander Murray (18 September 1841 – after 1893) was a British zoologist, taxidermist, and museum curator in Karachi. He published several books including one on the edible birds of India and founded the Victoria Natural History Institute at Bombay but went bankrupt, was imprisoned, and died in obscurity.

  7. Razai - Wikipedia

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    Razai. Arzaai or Razai ( Hindustani: रज़ाई, رزائی; Punjabi: ਰਜ਼ਾਈ, رزائی; Bengali: রেজাই, romanized : rezāi) is a bedding ( quilt) very similar to, if not a type of, duvet or comforter, used in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. [1] Razais usually have a cotton, silk or velvet cover ...

  8. Murray Thurston Titus - Wikipedia

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    Titus was an associate editor of and frequent contributor to The Moslem World. He was co-editor of the Religious Quest of India series, to which he contributed Indian Islam, a volume published in 1930 by the Oxford University Press. [2] He published The Young Moslem Looks at Life in 1937, which is an essay directed at Christian youths ...

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    File: Map of Sindh - Handbook of the Punjab, western Rajputana, Kashmir, and upper Sindh - John Murray pg 296.jpg